Birthdays are great. Not that I had mine recently – July seems to be filled with everyone else’s. Trouble is, you can’t really go out with a couple of mates celebrating a birthday and totally not drink, can you? So, with my schedule suggesting I …
Read MoreStay on the scene, like a six machine!
Six miles on my treadmill yesterday, and I felt good. Today…not quite so good! My calves have been tight all day but decided to give them a test for a three miles run. I’ve been wearing my leg compression sleeves from just after returning from …
Read More7-Up
The schedule said seven miles to do today. I didn’t tell my legs this, although they might have expected something special after the longer runs already this week. I warmed up indoors as the thunder clouds gathered and the rain started to fall. Great. Then it …
Read MoreAfter Eight
Eight miles over two days. Doesn’t sound a lot in the grand scheme of things, but it does consist of a difficult five-miler outside yesterday and one three-miler on the treadmill today. Back-to-back, that’s not bad for the first week of my proper schedule, and …
Read MoreThis is heavy, Doc
I wanted to do an entry today to my future self, as I got a few things I’d like to say to that dude that may help him. People say you should look after the future, so I think it’s important you take care of …
Read MoreFantastic four
Saturdays usually begin quite late in the morning, I must confess. Sometimes I don’t get to see the morning at all, aside from the very start of it, which is more like the day before, if you catch my drift. Anyway, seeing as I didn’t …
Read MorePun-ishment
European Championships Semi Final 1 Review You couldn’t have expected a Klose finish to that Semih final! Turkey did so well, and certainly were no Lahms to the slaughter. Ahhhh. I just had to get that out. Blame the Males pun gene for that one! …
Read MoreRunning, Rain and the Russian Revolution
Guus Hiddink is a genius! Why didn’t we get him as England manager? He’s just led Russia to the semis at the expense of his home country, Holland. Surprised? Not me – I predicted they’d beat the Dutch, as I reckoned the team in orange …
Read MoreTwo mile runski
I put on the Russia v Sweden match whilst running a couple of miles on the treadmill, and enjoyed Hiddink’s Reds complete a coprehensive win over the tired Swedes. I thought Russia would do well before the tournament started, but had written them off since …
Read MoreRun cut short
Ran for about 15 minutes, just over a mile, on the treadmill. Condition Before: Calves a bit tight, but felt I could run for maybe 20-30 mins. Condition After: Got cramp in left foot, which affected left leg, so didn’t push it and stopped. Felt …
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