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Monthly Archives: September 2015
Fit Girl – the dream
Yesterday I wrote about Fit Girl’s injury, and how (even after years of getting no where with it) she managed to find out what worked for her to help her run long without pain. Once she knew what worked for … Continue reading
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Fit Girl – more about FG
In the last few months I’ve been posting about Fit Girl’s recent journey to her being able to train for and complete her first half marathon and her first marathon. But those of you who have been reading my blog … Continue reading
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Loch Ness Marathon 2015 Summary
On Sunday, Fit Girl completed the challenge of her lifetime – in running her first, and possibly last (?) marathon… (…and I ran along side her as her mobile support team 😀 ). Fit Girl ran the Loch Ness marathon … Continue reading
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Garmin livetrack & the weather
From 10am, you can track is running the Loch Ness Marathon using Garmin livetrack and this link: http://livetrack.garmin.com/session/e4e8c4b8-ebd8-45b7-8658-1b6fb1276a88/token/329156EB38EB8294FFE316B345654 The weather looks quite good at the startling, and it should get warmer (but not too warm hopefully) through the day. We’re … Continue reading
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Shhhhh! – don’t tell FG!
On Thursday night, I’m not sure why, but I logged into the eBay app on my phone and started bidding for two Garmin 225s – kind of with the hope that I’d be outbid… … I was thinking it’d be … Continue reading
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Itchy feet, butterflies & strategy
Now might be a good time to look at my last weeks training and what I’ll do the week after the marathon. Put simply – it’s not a lot. 🙂 Taper and rest time this week (mixed in with a … Continue reading
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Ready for the LNM
That’s us! We’ve done our training for the Loch Ness marathon! I ran on Tuesday this week (12 miles) and I was going to run on Thursday but late working at work got in the way. Three late nights, lucky … Continue reading
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100 years ago…
If you follow my Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/lornpearsontrains you’ll maybe see that Tuesday 22nd set ember would have been my Granny’s one hundredth birthday! Each year, I drop an elephant in memory of her. Usually I don’t make it a special … Continue reading
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Wk37 into marathon week
Last week I ran 4 times / about 40 miles in total. I started my evening class – an NQ in Introduction to Counselling at City of Glasgow College, and I had 3 good rest days. Pizza and ice cream … Continue reading
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Wk36, 37 & 38
With just over two weeks to go to the Loch Ness Marathon, and after a week or so of not a lot of exercise, I got back into it this week. When we were away, we did an 11 mile … Continue reading
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