Month: October 2008

I couldn’t sleep last night, it was so bad that I got up a 1am to clean the kitchen. After emptying the dishwasher (what did we do before dishwashers?), filling the dishwasher (I love it), sweeping the floor, and a host of other kitchen related tasks I went back to bed to try to get…

It’s been a fantastic weekend. Lots of food and drink and family buzzing around. The excitement is starting to grow as the big day approaches. On Saturday we journeyed into the city to visit the marathon expo to pickup our goodie bags and numbers. I had run out of energy gels a week ago and…

All, don’t forget I’m doing this marathon for the Children’s Hospital in Crumlin, Dublin!! Follow this link do your bit: https://www.cmrf.org/sponsorshipManager/Usr_EventDonation.asp?EventId=206 MANY, MANY, THANKS!!

I had a bit of a scare while driving out of my estate this afternoon. There is a sharp 90 degree left turn about 100m before the main road, there is nothing to impede visibility on this turn and it has never been a problem before but this afternoon as I was taking the turn…

OK, it’s Saturday afternoon, the weekend before the marathon, and I decide to take a walk up to town to do a little shopping and get a decent coffee. I slip on a pair of comfy shoes that I hadn’t worn for ages… it turns out that I hadn’t worn them at all since I…

Another early start. This morning was fast, I covered 4.09 miles in 36.12 minutes, that a 8:51 pace. According to the fetcheveryone predictor that’s a 4:19:14 marathon time… if only it were true!

5 more runs until the big day! After another early start we covered 6.30 miles in 1:00:41, that’s a pretty decent pace of 9:37.

Including this run I have 6 more training runs before the marathon, it’s less than a week away and I’m really looking forward to it. It was an early start, by 6.30am we were out running the first of 3 short runs this week. We ran 4.13 miles in 38 mins, that’s a decent pace…

The plan said 12 miles on Sunday, this was supposed to be my last long run before the Marathon but it proved to be a little too far for these two tired legs. After procrastinating for the entire morning and most of the afternoon I finally got my act together and got out. I got…

After evening of torrential rain this morning was surprising pleasant. I wasn’t sure if I should run this race having just recovered from a twisted ankle in Newcastle but it looked like a nice forest route and it was such a beautiful morning that I though why not. I arrived at the race headquarters in…

… but it looks like I won’t get any running in this week… although my foot is getting better I’m still limping. Let’s look forward to the 10K forest run this Saturday, I should better by then… Seven days should be enough, shouldn’t it?

Thursday evening and after a late departure from the office we were finally on the road to the airport to catch a flight bound for Newcastle and ultimately the Great North Run finish line (via the start line of course). I had a cold, the flight was delayed, the ride was rough, the food even…

The temperature plummeted over night! It was a fresh Autumn’s evening when I went to bed and I woke up to a winters morning with a wind so thin it could cut a man in two. Last night God must have fallen asleep at his desk and knocked the temperature switch to Baltic. Somebody wake…

I feel rotten today, I’ve haven’t quite got the sniffles but there’s a cold dying to break through given half a chance. I’ve stocked up on vitamins and various anti-flu remedies in the hope of keeping it at bay. I reckon my body knows that the GNR is coming up and is having its revenge…