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Monthly Archives: August 2015
Napping and eating primally
About a year ago I bought Mark Sisson’s book the ‘The Primal Blueprint’ – a good book prescribing the primal life and paleo diet. See more at http://www.marksdailyapple.com Now I’m the first to admit that I’m a bit of s … Continue reading
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Day 1 Jersey – the day I met Hilary
4 and a bit miles walking today in St Helier, Jersey. 👣👣👣👣 Around 16,000 steps and the sun came out. All of the travel went well. We were up very early (4am) after about 6 hours sleep and in time … Continue reading
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5 weeks to go to the LNM
With 5 weeks to go until the Loch Ness marathon, and I think my training is going well. A good mixture of rest, running and everything else. 🙂 Fit Girl is on track and uninjured too. Here’s what I’ve done … Continue reading
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Frequent Locations on iPhone
How freaky / big brother is this? If you have an iPhone, it can track your ‘Frequent Locations’ and the time you spend in them. Settings > Privacy > Location Services > System Settings > Frequent Locations It shows you … Continue reading
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Long run preparation
Marathon and long run training…. it leads to conversations like this on a Friday at work: > Someone: ‘What are you up to this weekend Lorn?’ > Me: ’21 miles tomorrow … then…’ > Someone: ‘What?! 21 miles are you … Continue reading
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Great Scottish Run – HM route recces
Are you doing the Great Scottish Run on the 4th October? If so, you have 6 complete weeks left to train for it – how is your training going? Wc 24 Aug – Wc 31 Aug – Wc 7 Sep … Continue reading
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Holiday fund…
Today we finally got to crack open our holiday fund ‘terramundy’. We got it as a Christmas present and we’ve been stowing away notes and silver and gold. Here’s the result – ready for our holiday to Jersey in a … Continue reading
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Wk32 into Wk33
Last week was a bit of a cop out running wise, just two runs, but two good walk days. And a couple of days gardening too, which I’ve realised might as well be instead of the strength workout I missed. … Continue reading
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Front Garden getting there…
No long run for us today, we had a lie in instead – nearly a 12 hour sleep! Just what I needed after a restless night the night before – where I got about 4 hours due to my brain … Continue reading
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Sometimes life takes over…
Monday was meant to be a strength day for me, with Tuesday and Wednesday as planned rest days (because I was helping at the BBC at the Edinburgh Festival at our Potterrow site.) But I didn’t manage to get out … Continue reading
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