WMWMarathon

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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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
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Still no iPod, I think I may have found a donor. It was very close today […]

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2632. That’s my number. No where near as good as Ed’s number, but it has instantly become my new lucky number! Not that I had a lucky number before now.
Just to say that my 4 miles today was replaced by the best part of 3 hours playing football in the sun for […]

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Even though its only 4 miles today, I couldn’t do it. I am too sore all over, too tired and various too many parts of my body hurt too much. I am going to rest again today and then do my runs Wednesday/Thursday/Friday. I am off to see Leanne (Sports Therapist) this […]

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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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Went up to rugby training last night and did a wee session in the Gym with Mucky, Bawbag, Shrek and C-Bass. The gym at the rugby club is proper old school and consists of free weights (that hurt your hand when you use them), bars hanging from the ceiling (to do pull ups) and […]

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Map

Route
Eastfield » Musselburgh Road » Seaview Terrace » Promenade » End of Promenade at Seafield Road East (and then back again in reverse)
Distance
5 miles
Time
Pace was 44:49, made it in 44:50. Check out my new geeky table

#
Projected Pace
Actual Pace
Mile Time
Difference
Cumulative Difference

1
8:58
8:43
8:43
-0:15
-0:15

2
17:56
18:05
9:22
+0:24
+0:09

3
26:53
26:37
8:32
-0:26
-0:16

4
35:51
34:56
8:19
-0:39
-0:55

5
44:49
44:50
9:54
+0:56
+0:01

Stops
A micro stop as I went round the bollard at the end […]

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