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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Its Sunday. Its 6am. It can only mean one thing…..I’m bloody knackered!!
So this it, all the training, the generous sponsorship by you guys and the final week of grumpy carb loading (sorry Suz!). I’d love to say I’m sitting here ready to go, feeling great and happy with the prep that I’ve […]
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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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Ladies, may we have a total please…
Thanks girls.
Thank you to some overnight sponsoring and a nice chunk of donation this morning from Suz’s work, we have just beaten the £3000 barrier. Amazing. I am speechless.
A big thank you to all 162 163 165 donations we have received, that’s incredible and lets hope we […]
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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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I’ve not given up or been eaten by a monkey - the lack of blogs is just due to a crazy-as week. Exam time at school, followed by Suz being a bridesmaid at a wedding up north on the weekend, made for a wee bit of a nightmare week.
But anyway, I’m back again. […]
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I was speaking at the Rugby Club Dinner on Saturday night. Being honest, I have been very nervous about it for weeks as I had to stand up in front of around 70 peers and deliver a speech about the season. There were professional speakers there as well (and me) so I had […]
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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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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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