Belated catch-up

6 Jul 2009, 6:05 p.m.

Sunday (28th) Distance: 10.03 miles Time: 1h29m32s   Mile  1 - 9m13s Mile  2 - 9m04s Mile  3 - 8m54s Mile  4 - 8m59s Mile  5 - 9m07s Mile  6 - 8m53s Mile  7 - 8m43s Mile  8 - 8m57s Mile  9 - 8m37s Mile 10 - 8m42s 0.03m   -   17s   Monday Exercise: Gym c...

Throwing myself off a 7-store...

27 Jun 2009, 12:38 p.m.

Monday Exercise: Gym class Elliptical trainer Distance: 0.90k Time: 15 mins Core & flex class Time: 30 mins Tuesday Exercise: Gym training Treadmill hill run Distance: 1.15m Time: 15m Core exercises: 10 mins Strength exercises: 25 mins Elliptical t...

Stanford in the Vale Half Mar...

21 Jun 2009, 11:20 p.m.

Weekly catchup: Monday Exercise: swim Distance: 550m Crawl: 17 lengths Breaststroke: 5 lengths Tuesday Exercise: Gym training Treadmill hill run Distance: 1.15m Time: 15m Core exercises: 10 mins Strength exercises: 25 mins Elliptical trainer Distance:...

One short. One long.

14 Jun 2009, 9:48 p.m.

Distance: 2.74m Time: 20m09s Mile 1 - 7m18s Mile 2 - 7m40s 0.74m  - 5m09s Midday. The Stanford in the Vale village summer festival Fun Run. I go along to the Village Hall at 11.20am to register myself and my daughter. I've already agreed with her that...

Weekly catchup

13 Jun 2009, 9:36 p.m.

I've had a busy week exercising, but not blogging. So a brief note now to list what I've been doing in the last five days:   Monday Exercise: swim Distance: 800m Crawl: 32 lengths Tuesday Exercise: Gym training Treadmill hill run Distance: 1.15m Time: ...

10 mile run - just for fun...

7 Jun 2009, 10:41 p.m.

Distance: 10.02 miles Time: 1h31m08s Mile 1    - 9m33s Mile 2    - 9m36s Mile 3    - 9m26s Mile 4    - 9m13s Mile 5    - 9m11s Mile 6    - 9m04s Mile 7    - 8m49s Mile 8    - 8m57s Mile 9    - 8m38s Mile 10    - 8m23s 0.02mile -  12s After another succe...

45 mins round most of the vil...

4 Jun 2009, 9:54 p.m.

Distance: 5.09 miles Time: 45m14s Mile 1 - 8m49s Mile 2 - 9m04s Mile 3 - 8m58s Mile 4 - 8m49s Mile 5 - 8m43s 0.09 mile - 48s I was going to go to the gym this evening, but heard the forecast for tomorrow was rain, so decided to swap to get out in the s...

National Running Day

3 Jun 2009, 5:29 p.m.

Distance: 4.25m Time: 36m27s Mile 1 - 8m34s Mile 2 - 8m48s Mile 3 - 8m34s Mile 4 - 8m21s 0.25m  - 2m09s Apparently it's National Running Day today. Though that didn't make any difference to my planned 4 mile lunchtime run. I was going to do that anywa...

2 hours exercise in 2 days

2 Jun 2009, 11:20 p.m.

Distance: 800m Time 30min Monday - last session in the pool in Didcot. Now I've got SOLL Leisure centre membership - I'll be swimming in Wantage or Faringdon instead. Or maybe even in the open air pool in Abingdon. I started off in the "fast" lane as us...

25 mile month

31 May 2009, 9:57 p.m.

Distance: 8.1 miles Time: 1h15m40s Mile 1 - 9m48s Mile 2 - 9m32s Mile 3 - 9m58s Mile 4 - 9m47s Mile 5 - 9m10s Mile 6 - 9m00s Mile 7 - 8m42s Mile 8 - 8m41s 0.10m  - 0m58s At long last I'm back into the habit I want to be. Running a few times a week, wit...

Burn baby burn

28 May 2009, 10:59 p.m.

Distance: 1.8km Time: 15 mins This evening I spent an hour in the gym. I was having my own programme set-up for me by a personal trainer. Basically I want to lose a bit of weight (I still have a bit of a spare tyre in spite of the 730 miles I've run in ...

Another quick jog

27 May 2009, 10:31 p.m.

Distance: 4.19 miles Time: 35m45s Mile 1 - 8m44s Mile 2 - 8m36s Mile 3 - 8m37s Mile 4 - 8m14s 0.19 m - 1m32s At last I'm getting back in the habit of going for a run. Today I was keen to get out for a 4 mile run, but kept putting it off as it was wind...

Getting back to fitness

26 May 2009, 10:46 p.m.

Distance: 625m Crawl: 25 lengths Distance: 5km Time: 22m26s Gym: reps: 230 I'd thought about going for a run on bank holiday Monday, but my feet were still a bit tired and aching from all the walking I did in London at the weekend (for some reason I d...

Looking forward to tomorrow's...

22 May 2009, 9:15 p.m.

Distance: 3.13m Time: 26m39s Mile 1 - 8m32s Mile 2 - 8m22s Mile 3 - 8m22s 0.13m  - 1m21s Friday evening. I haven't run for ten days! Busy all last weekend, then under the weather, then busy again... I really need to take my kit to work and get out for ...

Too nice to not run

12 May 2009, 10:30 p.m.

Mile 1 - 7m59s Mile 2 - 7m45s 0.32m - 2m40s Now what? I seem to be one of a many FLM09ers suffering from PMT. Post Marathon Tension. The blues you get once the huge challenge you've been working up to for months has been and gone, and all you have left ...

Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep

10 May 2009, 10:20 p.m.

Mile 1 - 9m10s Mile 2 - 8m53s Mile 3 - 8m43s Mile 4 - 8m47s Mile 5 - 8m52s Mile 6 - 8m48s Mile 7 - 8m36s Today saw my first run out since the London Marathon. The only exercise I've done since 26th April was a 25 length swim on the following Tuesday. I...

I've only blimmin well run a ...

26 Apr 2009, 9:11 p.m.

Unofficially I reckoned I ran it in 4h31m02s Officially FLM reckoned I ran it in 4h30m58s 5km 0:31:28     25km 2:40:32 10km 1:03:41   30km 3:12:56 15km 1:36:33   35km 3:46:19 20km 2:08:31   40km 4:18:11 half 2:15:33      finish 4:30:58 Too tired to blog...

Am I ready for Sunday?

24 Apr 2009, 10:04 p.m.

As ready as I'll ever be. Just a gentle 10 minute jog in the morning, and then it's the BIG one on Sunday. At last. It's gone sponsorship crazy this week. In the last 5 days I've had 22 online sponsors donating £290 between them. And offline I've raise...

Green Day

22 Apr 2009, 2:03 p.m.

Monday Distance: 3.25 miles Time: 30m04s Mile 1 - 9m10s Mile 2 - 9m11s Mile 3 - 9m10s 0.25m - 2m32s Tuesday Hair: vibrant green Time: about an hour Today Distance: 2.08 miles Time: 20m22s Mile 1 - 9m17s Mile 2 - 10m20s 425ft - 0m45s On Monday I went...

Last swim...

20 Apr 2009, 2:06 p.m.

Distance: 800m Crawl: 32 lengths   Back in the pool at lunchtime for my "recovery" swim. It seems so long since I last swam, but it was only 2 weeks ago. I don't know how many sessions I have left on my swim card, perhaps one? I don't know whether I'll ...

Elite vs. Endurance runners

19 Apr 2009, 9:05 p.m.

Distance: 8.41 miles Time: 1h20m06s Mile 1 - 9m49s Mile 2 - 9m46s Mile 3 - 9m18s Mile 4 - 9m12s Mile 5 - 9m21s Mile 6 - 9m24s Mile 7 - 9m24s Mile 8 - 9m39s 0.41m - 4m08s Last of the long runs. Well I say long, but 80 minutes is quite short really. Less ...

7 days 11 hours 30 minutes to go

18 Apr 2009, 10:15 p.m.

Distance: 1.06 mile Time: 10m20s Just a gentle jog this evening. After a day out sightseeing in London, where we covered 20 miles in 7½ hours. Don't worry - none of it was running, and most of the distance was covered either underground or on the top de...

What do I do when it's all over?

15 Apr 2009, 2:23 p.m.

Distance: 4.34 miles Time: 40m01s Mile 1 - 9m37s Mile 2 - 9m05s Mile 3 - 9m09s Mile 4 - 9m00s 0.34m  - 3m09s There are only 10 days 18 hours and 37 minutes left until the London Marathon. I've been working towards this goal for so long now, I can't ima...

65 miles from the sea

13 Apr 2009, 10:15 p.m.

Distance: 2.27 miles Time: 21m08s Mile 1 - 9m38s Mile 2 - 9m09s 0.27m - 2m21s In England, apparently, you are never more than 65 miles from the sea. I live 65 miles away from Southampton. And 65 miles away from Portishead. But I'm not sure the saying ho...