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Monthly Archives: August 2017
Nice surprise today
Today at work I got a nice surprise from someone… as a thank you for the last year… she came down to my desk, and gave me a gift … – two little elephants and a nice card with lovely … Continue reading
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Greedy…
Look what I found etched in my ice cream tub tonight! Someone knows me well! So I had 3.5 scoops of ice cream tonight. Lol
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11.5 miles with mile intervals
Today was the day I’d run between 10-13 miles, up and out for before 930am, I was a mile into it and I decided I’d do effort sessions for a mile every 3 miles… if you fancy mixing up you … Continue reading
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100 miles again …
It was all going so well in August for my 100 mile challenge… I was ahead of target until about half way through the month, mainly due to a good 19 miler run… Since then the running has been intermittent, … Continue reading
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Do you train every day?
Today, two people asked me if I ‘train every day’… (it might be because I was wearing knee length shorts with nikes at work)… but anyway – train every day? No way. Who would do that? I need my rest. … Continue reading
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Wk33 into Wk34
This last week was an almost perfect week exercise wise – 3 runs, 2 strength sessions, 3 rest days. Not the most miles with just 16.8 miles, but I did do two good running coaching sessions earlier in the week, … Continue reading
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10 miles in Daviot Woods
Long run Saturday, I’m up in Inverness so decided to do something different and hit the forestry trails. About 2 miles up to this sign then around a in couple of funny shaped squares of forest. The weather was showers … Continue reading
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Wk32 into Wk33
Last week was 3 runs, 2 rest days and two strength days – ideal. Yahoo. Mon: Rest Tue: 5.7M easy + Massage Wed: 5.8M coaching Thu: 6.6M easy + Physio Fri: Strength – HIIT 25 mins plus Sat: Rest Sun: … Continue reading
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Physio & Strength
When I popped a muscle in my neck / shoulder at the start of June (putting atop on) – I figured it was about time I got back to strength training, mixed with my running 100 miles a month. I … Continue reading
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Wk31 into Wk32
A lot of running last week, finishing off 123 miles in July on Monday… with 4.4 miles coaching in the morning, then 12 miles in the evening (7.2 miles of running coaching). Then the next night was 2.9 miles of … Continue reading
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