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- Custom-Made Nikes on their way!
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- Calories for 1 March
- Wk8 into wk9 training & February totals & thanks
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- From survival to being able to thrive
- Getting there with my running
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- Custom Metcons ordered!
- Up down up…
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- Customised Nike Metcon 6’s
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- January Totals
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- Lockdown 3, day 1 – 3 good things
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- Setting up a plan to be active & my 2021
- Totals for 2020 – 2020 miles
- Money elephant savings 2020
- 2020 miles for 2020
- Wk51 into Wks52 & 53
- How do you see 2020?
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- New Apple Watch & Apple Fitness +
- Wk50 into Wks51 & 52 and 2020 miles total to aim for
- You never know …
- Be kind, be nice and help if you can
- New book – Shoot for the moon
- Get back running – training plan
- Wk49 into Wk50
- Taking the garagym to the next level
- Results and an odd family trait
- Physio 3
- How many pairs?!
- Wk48 into Wk49 & getting there
- Birds and their routine
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- What’s for you won’t go by you…
- Bereavement 5 years on
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- First walk run workout planned
- Wk45 into Wk46 and November plans
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- Sort of fed up
- Wk43 into wk44 and my ankle & hip!
- Moira’s virtual run (walk) 2020
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- Good spin session & my HR zones
- Wk39 & 40 into Winter
- Diamonds and rocks
- Cold feet and hands!
- Cycling, walking, sickness and a forgotten fiver!
- Best to be bright!
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- Dealing with the ups and downs of life
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- 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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- Working from home set up
- Wk30 into Wk31 – July into August
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- 7 x 1:1 min Speed repeats
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- Winter Ultra Run Challenge
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- Run in the rain with me!
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- Highland Fling Training
- Building back into it Winter 2014
- Super 8s Strength Workout
- My Glasgow Marathon 2013
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- Winter Training Plan 2014
- Carb Cycling Plan
- Belfast Marathon Training
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- My Training Plan until Christmas
- Last challenge of 2011
- Summer 2014 Super Strength Challenge
- Spring Summer Strength Workout Challenge
- Why worry?
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- 8 year life cycles?
- Great Scottish Run Half Marathon
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Apple Music is ace
I’ve been making a conscious effort to listen to more music, mostly whilst I work to hopefully quietly drip feed some good feeling in whilst at home inside my spare room at my laptop. I know I probably sound like … Continue reading
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From survival to being able to thrive
I was recently tasked with a self development project of looking at my life and my career and plotting them out. Looking at the positives and the negatives of both. It was a good project and also got me to … Continue reading
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Getting there with my running
Today I went for my second run of the week, and my forth run since I decided to try a different tactic with my running to try to get over my hamstring issue. I ran 4 miles up to Maxwell … Continue reading
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Wk6 into wk7 training
These posts are generally for me to look back on my week and how my training went, and to plan the next week. They help me to be consistent with my training, and in getting a balance with things like … Continue reading
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Custom Metcons ordered!
So… I decided on these colour ways for my custom metcons… I changed the soles from being white to grey… but kept the white tops and pink and orange bits. They’ll only be used in the garagym so they should … Continue reading
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Up down up…
I’ll be honest, yesterday, for one reason or another wasn’t a good day for me. Perhaps I was tired, and a bit sore from training week in the week… I just felt a bit shi!!y. I was down, but I … Continue reading
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Wk5 into Wk6 & ‘It’s a sin’
Last week went well for me training wise, plenty gym and stretch work… including about 3-4 strength sessions and 2 yoga sessions (Apple Fitness). I had a rest day on Tuesday and an active recovery day on Sunday. I did … Continue reading
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Customised Nike Metcon 6’s
Since maybe around 10-15 years or so I’ve tied with the idea of getting customised Nike’s from their website, but I’ve never actually done it. Now in times of covid where we’re in lockdown and: – not a lot else … Continue reading
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Travelling / holidays
I’ve been really missing travelling, as I’m sure many others have been … our annual holidays abroad to America or Europe – to sun or cities… but now I’m even missing the short trips and visits to people outside of … Continue reading
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January Totals
Here’s my totals for January: Cycling: 64 miles / 8 spin sessions 🚴 (36% of miles) Walking: 80 miles / 25/31 days 🚶♀️(46%) Running: 31.5 miles / 8 runs 🏃♀️ (18%) Strength: 8 hrs 45 mins / 13/31 days 🏋🏼 … Continue reading
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