Want an insight into the pain, the glory, sore nipples, buckets of sweat and killer bushes that is my marathon training? No? Oh well, go away then. But if you are interested in my latest efforts, then please read on… Welywn Garden City 10 Miles …
Read MoreIn da zone
It’s been a busy week for me so far, with seemingly not much time in the evenings, but I managed to fit in two runs on consecutive days. Three miles yesterday and three today. All on my treadmill, and all in relative comfort. I’ve now …
Read MoreThe Comeback Kid
He’s back…hopefully for good!!! Every day from Friday, I’ve been getting up and doing my inner quad exercises for twenty minutes. It’s actually quite painful and drags on and on, but it seems to be working. Yesterday, I did about thirty minutes’ walking on the …
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 …
Read MoreRoad (or, rather, treadmill) to recovery
Ok, so it was hardly the injury of the century, but it was big enough for me to be really concerned. I’ve had anothe run since on the treadmill with the Nikes and things have been good. Slow and short, but doing everything they recommend …
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