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Monthly Archives: December 2010
Wk52 – Circuits – my last workout of 2010
Friday morning, the last day of the year I joined my friend Jackie for circuits at Bellahouston. It consists of running hills for about 45 minutes, then about 40 minutes of circuits indoors. I’m ok on the hills, you can … Continue reading
Last run of 2010 … I think.
Wednesday morning and it’s about 4’C outside. The snow has finally thawed and there are now only small avoidable areas of ice left over on small sections of the pavements. So I figured I’d attempt my Maxwell Park route. I … Continue reading
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Nike Plus…
When I started running properly in June 2008 I got my Nike Plus chip which linked to my iPod Nano. You put your chip on or in your shoe and link it to your Nano to get feedback in your … Continue reading
Wk52 – 262 mile challenge – complete!
Tuesday morning I went to the gym at 10am when it opened. As you can see the snow has finally thawed and the weather is looking decidedly warmer (not in negative numbers) for the next week at least. … Continue reading
Wk52 – Run and weights
Monday morning after Christmas and I went to Bella gym to do a run and weights. I had 9.47 mikes to go for my 262 mile challenge so I figured I’d do 4.47 miles hill running on the treadmill as … Continue reading
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Lorn’s Christmas 2010
Christmas Day 2010 was good. 😀 I woke up like clock work at the usual time of 6:05…and dozed until about 6:45 when I could have got up. But I managed to lie in until about 9am when we opened … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010, christmas, cuisineart soupmaker, day, eating, food, presents
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Totals for 2010…
Up to this week this year (51 weeks) I’ve: Cycled: 900 miles, 64 hours, (22% of time), ave 14mph, 48,000 calories Run: 720 miles, 106 hours, (37% of time), ave 6.8 mph, 77,000 calories Swim: 60 miles, 25 hours, (9% … Continue reading
Wk51 – Interval Treadmill run
Today we had our Christmas lunch out with work… to an Indian. I used to eat Indian food but kind of stopped eating it a few years ago as my gf doesn’t eat them. And now when I eat … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010, 300m, 7.1mph, 7.78, 700m, 9.3mph, bellahouston, intervals, km, last run of 2010, treadmill
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New just giving page set up…
I’ve set up my charity just giving page for the Lochaber Marathon I’m planning on running in April 2011. I’ve decided I’m going to run it for Breast Cancer Care as one of my friends (34!) is currently fighting … Continue reading
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Tagged a, breast cancer care, charity, lochaber, lorn, marathon, raise money, runs
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2010 – Challenges and Achievements
At the start of 2010 I set myself a few challenges… or goals I wanted to complete. Some of them were exercised based and some not. Now I get to see how I’ve done and then I’ll reset my goals … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010, ben, challenges, complete, done, goals, half marathon, ime, marathon, mighty deer stalker, munro, nevis, not done, run, trail, vorlich
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