I'm seriously miffed. I took an extra rest day yesterday - just did 30 mins of stretches and weights at lunch time - and planned to run a 10k today. After about...
Had a poor day today. I wrecked a back muscle about 2 miles into my lunch time run, so I had to walk the other half. Rubbish.. I just wanted to explain my injur...
Feeling happy today as have had the all clear to exercise more. Doctors have said I can run properly in 3 weeks and until then I can adopt a walk/run strategy. ...
Better training day today. I cycled to work and back - a neat 14 miles each way - and a 4.5k run for lunch.
Running was a chore though - hayfever, feeling si...
I was supposed to play squash today but ended up running my 10k+ route around work. For some reason I managed to knock 5 minutes off my time! Dunno why.. I've o...
With less than two weeks to go to the Edinburgh Marathon, and everytime I run seeming to have ridiculously tight lower legs. I think I have isolated it to wh...
Despite waking up this morning feeling less than enthusiastic about my impending participation in today's Newbury Duathlon, it turned out to be a really fun rac...
A big hello to all that competed in today's Chilly Duathlon at Castle Combe in the UK. As always, it lived up to its name, with 4 degrees C temperatures and th...
In Estonia we have this event called Winter xDream (http://xdream.ee/files/2010_wx_instructions_eng.pdf).
"Nike Winter Xdream is an adventure rogaine, where ...
Don't you feel it growin',
Day by day
People
Gettin' ready for the news
Some are happy,
Some are sad
Wo, we got to let the music play
Wo, oh yeah
What t...
Now I'm really confused. I went out for a lunch time run, and didn't particular push but still did a PB! Only by two seconds but last time I did this I was near...
I tried really hard on my 4.5 mile run this lunch time. Fortunately, I managed a PB for this particular route and I'm relatively chuffed. Downside is that even ...
I did my work 10k at lunch again today. I wasn't pushing at all but happily ran around in nearly a PB. Legs felt great - I can't really explain this upturn in f...
Well for some reason I was more nervous than usual ahead of yesterday’s Bristol Triathlon. Not quite sure whether it was the thought that I believed the compet...
Yesterday was my first ever open water triathlon; and like pretty much every other race so far this year (have now done three Duathlons and two Triathlons as pa...
Last week I had the pleasure to meet Rosie Swale Pope who at 57 years old set off to run around the world! Yes, around the world, it only took her 5 years.
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Today was meant to be a rest day (from running, at least), but this strange golden orb appeared in the skies above Newbury and suddenly the temperature lifted a...
It ain't what you do it's the way that you do it
It ain't what you do it's the time that you do it
It ain't what you do it's the place that you do it
And tha...
So I took part in the first of my 12 2010 races on Sunday - at Dorney Lake (hello to anyone else who was there - apart from no.63, you cheating git!).
Despi...
I know the internet is already filled with pointless rants, with people getting overly upset by one thing or another. But as this vehicle is open to me, the te...