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- Cycling, walking, sickness and a forgotten fiver!
- Best to be bright!
- Graham’s Skyr yoghurt pouches
- Dealing with the ups and downs of life
- New bike helmet
- September Training & progress
- Walk walk walk – it’s good for you!
- Bike kitted out!
- First big cycle for a while
- Cycle, walk, cycle, chat, drop an elephant
- New trainers day!
- Body assessment and new bouncy seat
- Time for a walk
- September Stop & Recover
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- Wk30 into Wk31 – July into August
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- Training Plan & Effort Run
- Lorn’s Eggs lockdown
- June into July
- Birthday to remember (in lockdown)
- New HRM strap (present)
- Effort run in the rain
- A simple bit of feel good
- Wk23 into Wks24 & 25
- Half marathon in city centre
- Long run Sunday again
- Progress and results – during lockdown – 10 weeks
- Granny’s Egg Flip
- 12.5 more solo miles in hot lockdown ☀️
- Mileage for May
- Easy take-away alternatives
- New Under Armour capris!
- Energy for life notes
- Hill Street hill reps
- Training & nutrition for next two weeks onwards
- 9.5 miles not really in the rain
- Wk20 into Wk21 in lockdown
- What’s wrong with being bored?
- Long run wk20
- Time to read
- My brilliant breakfast
- How to run and be socially distanced
- Brighton Marathon 2021
- Training & Operation 28 Days progress
- Simple swap – vanilla & berry yoghurt
- Wk15 into Wk16 & progress
- Springkell & Sherbrooke Hills long run
- Trainers galore
- Sherbrooke Hills
- Operations 28 Days
- Who needs McDonald’s?
- Wk13 & Wk14 into Wk15 – fancy being active every day?
- Ever wanted to learn to run?
- Strange times #2
- Strange times
- Wk12 into Wks13 & 14
- Things to do during these times of COVID-19
- Balloch to Clydebank Half Marathon 2020
- Wk11 into Wk12 and block 3
- The importance of fuelling for the long run
- Wk10 into Wk11
- 12M long run incl 3x2M Threshold
- 1kg+ difference
- Wk9 into Wk10 Training
- Long run plans until June
- Numbers and results
- Wk8 into Wks9 & 10
- Get your sleep
- Wk7 into Wk8
- New coffee machine
- Wk6 into February training and results
- Heart rate and what it can tell you
- January and Wk5 into Wk6
- Wk4 into Wk5
- Wk3 into Wk4
- Nigel Barge 10k
- Blue Monday and making changes
- Fresh start for me in 2020
- Wk2 training into the next block
- Myprotein layered bar
- Pint number 33 given
- First interval session of 2020
- Wk1 into Wk2 & Chilli
- Start as you mean to go on …
- 1,000 miles in 2019 – run!
- Wk52 into Wk1
- 9.6 miles in the rain and cold 🥶
- Elephant savings 2019
- Wk51 until the end…
- Some light at the end of the tunnel
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- Why Change to Vodka? A fictional story I wrote about a girl growing up.
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Completed Challenges
- Great Scottish Run Half Marathon
- Spring Summer Strength Workout Challenge
- 8 year life cycles?
- Ultra Challenge ?
- Winter Strength Workout Challenge
- Run in the rain with me!
- Carb Cycling Plan
- Intermittent Fasting 2:5
- Last challenge of 2011
- Super 8s Strength Workout
- Food list for 2015
- Winter Ultra Run Challenge
- Walking the West Highland Way: Tue 3rd April!
- Super Strength Workouts wi Mr Muscle
- Walk the WHW in 3 days!
- Strength & Barrathon Half Marathon Training
- 5k PB Challenge Time
- Highland Fling Training
- 6 Week Fat Burn Tabatas Challenge
- Why worry?
- Summer 2014 Super Strength Challenge
- My Glasgow Marathon 2013
- My Training Plan until Christmas
- Super Lean Regime
- Winter Training Plan 2014
- Building back into it Winter 2014
- Belfast Marathon Training
- One New Route a Week
- D33 Ultramarathon
- Intermittent Fasting 1:6
Blogroll
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- 60 Must Read Health & Fitness Blogs
- A Trail Runner's Blog
- Art of manliness
- Ben Does Life
- Brittany goes running: Dirty Shoes
- Chris Upson's Blog
- Colin Knox Blogspot
- Cris Walsh's Training / Racing
- Critical Mas – IF
- Debs on Running
- Dr Rachel Runs
- Every Day's a Picnic
- Fiona Rennie WHW
- From Recovery to Beyond
- Gerry the Pace Maker
- Glasgow Triathlon Club
- Highland Runner
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- Wiggle
Archives
Category Archives: Food
Hey Mr Big Man
Hey Mr Big Man… why are you doing this to yourself? By 8:20am at work, you’ve eaten a roll and sausage, a sandwich and a packet of crisps. Not to mention the can of coke you cracked open and guzzled. … Continue reading
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My Mocha Proteinshake
One of my regular readers Jill asked me the following question: I was wondering what is in your chocolate and coffee protein shake? I really struggle with the taste of whey and so I’m hoping your recipe does not contain … Continue reading
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How to improve what you eat and lose weight?
A friend of mine has asked for some help with losing weight. One thing I’ve learned is that you can exercise until the cows come home… but it’s actually in the kitchen that makes a big difference. Exercise can help, … Continue reading
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Tagged eating, food, food and drink, food choices, healthy, ing, lose, loss, nutrition, t, weight
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BBC2: 8th Aug: 9pm: The men who made us thin
This might be worth a watch / record later on tonight: The men who made us thin: BBC2 9pm, 8th August. It’s a 4 part series which investigates the connections between obesity and weight loss, confronting some of the men … Continue reading
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Good ways of eating
A friend text me today asking me if I knew of any good but easy enough healthy eating plans… my first thought was for her to follow the Smarter Science of Slim – where you eat mainly Veg, Fish, Meat, Eggs, … Continue reading
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Scary stuff – aspartame
Ditch the diet drinks and drink water instead!
Bad habits and will power: chocolate
In the last few weeks I’ve fallen into a bad habit of having chocolate nearly ever day: mars bars, snickers, Easter Eggs. It tends to be mid to late afternoon when I get chocolate cravings, and think ‘f&ck it! Why … Continue reading
24hr Intermittent Fast Completed
Well, that’s another intermittent fast completed… 24 hours this time… from 2pm Sunday to 2pm Monday. I’m finding it really easy to do and fit in as a way of life for me. I’m mainly sustaining myself on liquid during … Continue reading
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Top 10 (20) Nutrition Tips
Here are my top 10 nutrition tips for how to get the most out of how you eat and drink. 10 for Eating for health and weight loss, and 10 for Eating for runners. 🙂 We do it (eat) every day … Continue reading
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How to EAT for the distance
I’ve been reading Slow Burn by Stu Mittleman. In it he talks about how to think, train and eat for the distance. He suggests you stay away from the usual carb laiden diet and instaed eat a diet based around … Continue reading
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