So it turns out I'm still one of the Gold Challenge's highest fund-raisers so far. That's pretty cool! I haven't quite reached the heights of the guy raising money to save the rhinos, but I'ml making good progress. However, it also turns out that, if I raise £500 more (bringing my total to £150...
Continue reading ...I can barely walk today. Yesterday was bad, but today is ridiculous. My feet won't even lie flat on the ground! I got up in the night to get a drink and nearly fell flat on my face! Like I said, ridiculous. Still, I asked for this I suppose. Things I Learned from the Half Marathon 1. A mi...
Continue reading ...The half marathon is is over. Over. Thank the Gods! Having never really attempted anything like it, I decided to try to run 10-minute miles for the whole race. Being a 13.1 mile race, I should therefore finish in 2 hours and 11 minutes. If I managed to pull something out of my hat (we all wear ru...
Continue reading ...The time has come; it is now under a week until I run the Wycombe Half Marathon! In celebration, I am doing no exercise whatsoever and eating lots of junk. In the words of the great Sun Tzu: "When the front is prepared, the rear is lacking, and when the rear is prepared the front is lacking. Pre...
Continue reading ...This week, I was meant to do a 5km run and a 10km run, in preparation for my half marathon (21km). As fate would have it, however, I ended up spending a lot of time on trains and driving classic cars instead. Poor, poor Ed. When it got to Thursday night, therefore, I was ashamed when I realise...
Continue reading ...To celebrate the start of June (any excuse for a party), I went for a run. With my dad...('Iron' Steve Gamester). Luckily he understands that, when it comes to running, I am the worst of men. He therefore set a moderate pace and helped me keep it up for around 5km, which took about 30 mins. Alth...
Continue reading ...[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NPgPNku2fo?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349]Today, I did my first ever...run. Well, one of my first ever runs... My first ever training run, where I'm training myself to run again, but farther. Get it? No? Good, nor do I - RUNNING MAKES NO SENSE T...
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