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Five days on since the Marathon and only now am I beginning to return to normal. After the Marathon I went up to the Fountain Spa (Kings Manor) with my Dad. I had 4 swims, 2 sauna visits and 2 jacuzzi’s.
On Sunday night and Monday, I was numb from the waist down. […]

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I woke up Sunday morning, 6:00am to have something to eat. I was not going to get caught out again with the diet thing. I had spent the week, carb-loading and was feeling a bit stuffed. A Weetabix and a honey covered bagel were my poison before I slowly and reluctantly got […]

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The last week has been tough, carb-loading is hard. I can only equate it to a turkey getting ready for Christmas. Eating bread, pasta, oatcakes, oat bars, lucozade, water, etc. all the time is tough going and I reckon I have put on about 4 pounds!
Thank you to all the messages of good […]

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Route
Eastfield » Edinburgh Road » New Street » Promenade » Links View » New Street (and back)
Distance
2.0 miles
Time
My 8:58 Pace for 2.0 miles should be 17:56, today was (8:56, 9:02), ran 9:00 pace and the total was 17:59 (+0:03)
Stops
0
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Still no iPod, I think I may have found a donor. It was very close today […]

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Another day, another warm day, another run.

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Route
Eastfield » Musselburgh Road » Seaview Terrace » Promenade » Halfway along Promenade to 2 mile point (and then back again in reverse)
Distance
4 miles
Time/Pace
35:56

Here are the accumulative pace times (my actuals are in brackets):

8:58 (8:33), -0:25
17:56 (17:53), -0:03
26:53 (27:13), +0:20
35:51 (35:56), +0:05

Stops
0
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A very hard run today. The […]

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First of all, before I get into it, a big congratulations to Chris for his run. He did really well to manage as many miles as he did. Well done mate.

So here I am, the Beast has arrived. Three varying warm-up runs for it (1, 2, 3), one average, one great and […]

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Chris seemed quite calm on Friday/Saturday, however I was bricking it All I could think about was will my feet be OK?, will I have to limp back embarrassed and crying?, will my body be able to do it?, will the Doctor hook up with his new assistant Martha?
I usually sleep regardless of […]

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Brilliant, after 2 weeks of injury and illness, I was right up for going out today. The rest appeared to have done me good as I was full of beans and raring to go. Despite missing the 8 mile run yesterday I was confident enough to do it today instead of the 4. […]

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Route
Milton Road East » Milton Road » Duddingston Crescent » Park Avenue » Stanley Street » Bridge over Sir Harry Lauder Road » St Marks Place » Argyle Crescent » St Marys Place » James Street » Promenade » Musselburgh Road » Eastfield
Distance
4.1 miles
Time
38:12
Stops
3, two to have a stretch and one at Portobello Golf Course […]

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As the title says, that’s how long it is till the Forthside Half Marathon. We should have ran 56 miles EACH the last fortnight, Chris has managed about half that, me just over 4 miles Going to give it a real push this week and try and get running again.
I got some […]

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