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Monthly Archives: August 2010
Wk35 – 11.5M last long run before half m
Monday was the bank holiday and I was off work. I took the opportunity to have a lazy day on Sunday and do the long run, my last long run before the half marathon – on the Monday. We … Continue reading
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Wk34 – Climb up Ben Ime
On Saturday we went up Ben Ime. We were going to try and do Ben Narnain then Ben Ime, but the route we took took us around the side of Ben Narnain…suited me fine. We walked for just over … Continue reading
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Wk34 – Thursday – swim and bb warm up
On Thursday I went swimming at Tollcross then played a bit of a warm up at basketball. I just wanted to make sure that my ankle was ok with the layups / jumping / landing. And it was…but I didn’t … Continue reading
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Wk34 – weight
Havent weighed myself for around 2 – 3 weeks… and been eating sensibly and doing the usual exercise…anyway 9st 7, 23% fat, 56.2% water. Blood pressure: 112 over 72, RHR 57.
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Wk34 – Tues – 10k run, Spinfit
Tuesday night, I was still feeling tired, but went to Bella and decided I would do a run instead of the normal gym/weights session. I’m going to be stopping weights soon anyway for holidays… and could do with some more … Continue reading
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Wk34 – BodyPump
With the swim postponed I decided I would do body pump again instead of swimming on Monday night. I took it easy as it was my first time back for ages, and luckily for me we had a stand … Continue reading
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Wk33 – 13.1M half marathon prep
The end of the week last week and I had 3 rest days…Thursday, Friday, Saturday, with the full intention of doing a lot on the Sunday – 13.1 miles, plus teaching swimming. I must do things again on Thursday … Continue reading
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Wk33 – Wednesday run
So…I forgot to mention…the Great Scottish Swim is ‘postponed’ as there is blue green (toxic) algae in the lake… so I decided I would take a night off from swimming and just do the run. I’ll try and do swimming … Continue reading
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Wk33 – Tuesday night gym n spin
On Tuesday night it was the usual visit to the gym, then spin fit. Helen is back at spinfit again, and I wasn’t really feeling like ‘gyming it’ so I was tempted to go for two spinfit classes… but I … Continue reading
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Wk33 – Swim Session 8 (properly this time!)
Monday night – straight to the pool. I felt the usual lethargic at about 4pm in work…and tired after work, but went straight to the pool and tried not to put off the inevitable. I was in the pool … Continue reading
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