Running to Fitness

Had a great start back in the gym today, ran 5.07km in 29mins - no leg pain what so ever, could have done a lot more but felt my fitness was slightly down so didnt want to push it first session back. Will probably do 40-50 mins tommorow and see how I get on.
Did a [...]

I still have Sciatica, its around 6 weeks now so Im hopefull it will be gone soon as the last 2 times Ive had it, it lasted 6 weeks.
I gave up going to Physio as after the last 2 times I went, I was in a lot more pain the following few days and couldnt [...]

Been doing quite a lot of activities this week, a short recap.
Monday - Played tennis, extremely sore in my legs and arm for days after!
Tuesday - Fishing for 12 hours
Wednesday - Day off from exercise but did 2hours + strenuous gardening
Thursday - 7.5km run in 50mins in the gym followed by 11km bike ride
Was pleased [...]

My back injury has flaired up again so no running for me! At the moment Im just going for a walk each day waiting for it to get better. Will write again once Im back in the gym.

So I think my last run was a bit too soon, Had back ache afterwards and today was the first day I could do some more exercise. I did 35 mins in the gym on the cross trainer today which feels like it has actually helped my back - feels looser and got more bend [...]

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 [...]

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.

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 [...]

Today’s other post was a bit miserable so I thought I’d look on the positives!
I have been back running since November 6th - just over a month and in that time I have gone from being injured and doing no exercise to running for 40minutes each time - going to the gym most days and [...]

So I’ve decided I’d like to run the London Marathon in 2009 and will be charting my training and weight loss progress here. Its more a record for me to see how I’m doing and could be of help to other people thinking of doing the same or even just taking up running as a [...]