Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.
Lance Armstrong
With that in mind, it was time to get on with it! Months of training, changes to diet […]
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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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Map
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
Comments
Still no iPod, I think I may have found a donor. It was very close today […]
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Took an extra rest yesterday and did my 4 miler today.
Map
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
Pace for […]
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A good rest day on Friday was really needed (sore from Thursday nights cross training) and the plan to go for my last big run while Jack was at Grandma and Granddad’s on Saturday was soon scrapped for various reasons. I was too sore, injured, tired and it was pouring of rain. A […]
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Another day, another warm day, another run.
Map
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
Comments
A very hard run today. The […]
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After the last couple of runs, I am still pretty down but doing my best to remain positive. Since Monday morning I have eaten like a dream, no bad stuff, in fact, super good stuff and I am feeling better for it. I headed out today to do a 5 miler and had […]
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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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While reading an article on BBC Sport about Ultra Running (Beyond the marathon), there was a wee bit about comparing running 26.2 miles to running 62 miles. Anyway the interesting paragraph was:
After running a marathon, the average person will lose two centimetres in height, shed up to five kilograms in weight, sustain muscle tears […]
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