Monthly Archives: September 2014

Nightmare. Waiting in Heathrow Terminal 5, ahead of our 12 hour flight. I get my iPod nano out… … only to find it’s blank. 😦 I synced it yesterday and added some ‘Corries’ songs on it. Seems my nano didn’t … Continue reading →

Plenty of running and plenty of rest made up last week, plus some snotters. A slightly sore throat on Tuesday, led to sniffles and sneezes through the week, and ended up with me buying plenty cold pills from super drug, … Continue reading →

I’ll start packing for our trip soon, after the gym today we had a nice lunch out, now I’m trying to rest some to hopefully get rid of the bugs I seem to have accumulated. I bought lots of drugs … Continue reading →

My clever little Garmin 620 estimates my VO2 max based on my heart rate and other measures… This week it’s showing as 52. That’s 3 points lower than in May before the Belfast marathon when it was 55, and I … Continue reading →

I finished up work on Friday for about 2.5 weeks of leave. I feel a bit strange, and now that our holidays are finally here, I really want to take advantage and get a bit of us time away from … Continue reading →

I got this email tonight from the guys who organise the Southside 6 run. I’m running it on the 2nd November, but if anyone wants to help marshal, follow the instructions below: The Southside Six – 2nd November 2014 As … Continue reading →

I got a nice message on my Facebook page today, all the way from Australia! Daniella Rossi posted the following message to me about my 7 week half marathon plan, which she found after searching for tips: https://lornpearsontrains.co.uk/2012/02/01/7-week-half-marathon-plan/ I think … Continue reading →

About three months ago after helping a colleague from HR (Tom), he promised to make me a quiche for all of my help. It’s taken a lot if pestering by me, and even a deadline of the end of this … Continue reading →

This week I got back into training, running wise and with a little swim too, but decided strength training would be better left until after my holidays. I didn’t want DOMS before the wedding dance, so gave it a miss. … Continue reading →

This morning as I was running along the outside of Bellahouston park, at about 7:20am and about 6 miles into my 8.5 mile run… I saw another runner, running in the same direction as me inside the park. I could … Continue reading →