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4 Week Half Marathon Training Plan

Posted on September 9, 2013 by

It’s the Great Scottish Run in 4 weeks time (6th October), where thousands of people will run a 10k and half marathon as part of the big event in Glasgow.  Someone in work was asking if I thought he could … Continue reading →

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Metafit: Perfect Storm

Posted on March 20, 2013 by

Here’s the detail of the Metafit Perfect Storm workout: PERFECT STORM 18 minutes: 20:20 work:rest ratio ROUND 1 1. Squat Jumps, Borrower Squats, Long Jumps 20,20,20:20 2. Squat Jumps, Borrower Squats, Long Jumps 20,20,20:20 3. Squat Jumps, Borrower Squats, Long Jumps … Continue reading →

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8 Week 10k Training Plan

Posted on March 18, 2013 by

I’ve created an 8 week training plan for the 10k distance.  It has been designed so that you can put any date of a 10k event in and it will generate two 8 week training plans. There are two versions … Continue reading →

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I’m a qualified Metafit Instructor

Posted on March 4, 2013 by

I kept this one kind of under wraps and haven’t written about it so far… (because mainly I don’t have time to do it as a coach)… but at the start of the year I became a fully qualified Metafit … Continue reading →

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15 week 10k training plan

Posted on February 1, 2013 by

It’s just over 14 weeks until the Glasgow Women’s 10k (12th May 2013), and I thought I’d put a reminder of a wee 15 week training plan I made to run a 10k. Click the link below for more information about … Continue reading →

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10k route from Bella

Posted on May 4, 2012 by

I plan to run this 10k route soon, try out my 50 or 55 minute mile pacing (8:00 min mile / 8:50 min mile), for when I’m pacing for the Glasgow Women’s 10k in just over a weeks time. 🙂 … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts

Posted on March 1, 2012 by

After my run this morning, I had quite few thoughts for Thursday. 1.     It seems that Spring has finally sprung! I haven’t run in the morning for over two weeks (due to my cold and forced rest)… and this morning … Continue reading →

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Thursday thoughts…

Posted on February 9, 2012 by

It’s Thursday and I rather gratefully took yesterday off as a full rest day… the Ironing was piling up, and it had to be done, and it’s usually my punishment for skiving off exercise, so I took the housework and … Continue reading →

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Wk5 – 26.2M Gleniffer Braes and Pollok Park

Posted on February 4, 2012 by

Yesterday I had a feeling today might be another day where I got lost, and I wasn’t wrong. I say lost, I was only really lost for about a mile or so… and only had to ask for help / … Continue reading →

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Wk5 – 8M Speedwork & attacked by a bulldog…

Posted on February 2, 2012 by

I say ‘attacked’…. I wasn’t really attacked… he was just wanting to run along and play, but as it was a bull dog…and it was dark…I had my music on… it was on one of my fast intervals, and didn’t … Continue reading →

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