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Not good news…

The legs gone again! My left calf to be specific. I did something to it the day I did my 20 mile run but that was three weeks ago and I thought I’d rested enough. With one week to go … Continue reading →

There’s goals and there’s goals

I promised in a previous post that I would go public on a time goal for completing the marathon. I have often read about people saying they “just want to finish” thinking that they must have a time goal in … Continue reading →

The more I run, the more I like cycling

Less than a month until the London Marathon, four weeks to be precise. Over the last month, I have been steadily increasing the length of my Sunday monring runs, building up my stamina as well as working out what I’ll … Continue reading →

A tale of two Sundays

Last Sunday, I ran my first Half Marathon. It wasn’t an organised race, simply me getting up early in the morning and going for my longest training run to date. I hadn’t set off with the intention of running 13.1 … Continue reading →

Trying to be a runner…

The London Marathon is on Sunday 21st April 2013. So, 14 weeks to go…. That’s over 3 months. When put like that it sounds like a long time. Since the New Year, I’ve been increasing the amount of running and … Continue reading →

12 IronMan’s a month for 12 months – DONE!

It’s that quiet time between Christmas and New Year. At this time of year, you often find the TV & newspapers (or news websites – that’s how I get my news these days) reflecting on the last 12 months. In … Continue reading →

Onto the next challenge…. or two!

No sooner have I bored you senseless with my tales of doing the London Triathlon than its time to tell you about my next set of challenges! The most recent Triathlon in London was my longest to date, and I … Continue reading →

Curesam Rocks

Just a quick update on the fund raising we did for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). As you’ll know because you’ll have read my War & Peace (I mean blog about the London Triathlon), I ran the London Triathlon … Continue reading →

Today is World Diabetes Day

Although, if we had a cure for Type 1 Diabetes, it wouldn’t need to be….

London Triathlon – DONE!

It’s taken me a while to get round to writing about it, but here is my (overly long!!) account of our weekend in London where I ran the London Triathlon. I left work a little early on Friday afternoon and … Continue reading →