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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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)
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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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Marathon week is here, Tuesday 3 miles.
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Route
Eastfield » Musselburgh Road » Seaview Terrace » Promenade » Bottom of Figgate Lane (and back)
Distance
3.0 miles
Time
Pace for 3.0 miles should be 26:54, today was (8:42, 8:22, 8:57), ran 8:41 pace and the total was 26:02 (-0:52)
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0
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Bags of energy in the first mile, back to normal in the third […]
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Took an extra rest yesterday and did my 4 miler today.
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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
Pace for […]
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Smallest run for a long time today. 3 miles, but I decided to make it 3.2.
Map
Route
Eastfield » Musselburgh Road » Seaview Terrace » Promenade » End of Funfair (and then back again in reverse)
Distance
3.2 miles (2 x 1.6 miles)
Time
Pace for 3.2 miles was 28:42, I managed 28:13 (-0:29)
Splits were 1.0 mile (-0:10), 1.6 miles […]
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Despite my post from earlier, I went up the Club for some treatment and it was such a nice night, I decided to attempt my run. It was strange, I was going to be running on grass round the perimeter of Cavalry Park (home to Portobello Rugby Club). I knew from years ago […]
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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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