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Archive for April, 2009

29 Apr, 2009

Injured!

Posted by: admin In: General News

Well I did my 16km run the other day - was great and felt fine, unfortunately I went to play golf later in the day and put my back out so I havent been able to run since - very annoying.
I should be ok to have a run saturday morning and then Ill pick up [...]

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24 Apr, 2009

No run today

Posted by: admin In: General News

Went out last night to celebrate St. George’s day and had a few too many lagers! Going to use today as a recovery day and then do a 16km long run tommorow morning. Got a Stephen King audio book of “The Stand” to listen to - makes the time fly by.

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23 Apr, 2009

Fartlek treadmill session

Posted by: admin In: Running

I thought my legs would be sore today after 2 10kms in 2 days but I got on the treadmill and they were fine so I put in a 40 minute fartlek session, putting in random runs on 9km/hour up to 12km/hour. I felt nicely exhausted at the end of it so job done!
Tommorow Im [...]

22 Apr, 2009

Another 10km done : 1hour 5mins

Posted by: admin In: General News

I did the same run as yesterday - another 10km run outside, I cant resist the sun at the mo! Did it a bit quicker today in 1 hour and 5 mins. I think I’ll give my legs a rest tommorow and do some cross trainer and weights in the gym - booo!
Saturday morning Im [...]

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21 Apr, 2009

First proper run back! 10.5km

Posted by: admin In: Fitness| Running

I’ve been having a bit of a break since the Great Ireland run as my lesg were aching - then when they had recovered it was a bank holiday weekend so lots of beer and I played football which set them back aching again!  Last week I fitted 2 gym trips in but my legs [...]

07 Apr, 2009

Great Ireland Run: 59mins 52secs

Posted by: admin In: Racing

I got back yesterday from my trip to Ireland where I ran the Great Ireland run, Im really pleased with my result of 59mins 52secs - I wanted to break the 1 hour barrier and I did (just!).  That knocks 14mins off my pb off my first race - the Manchester run last year.
I had [...]