Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Training has taken a severe blow having recently experienced a senior moment leaving me with 7 stitches on my elbow (which I can no longer bend until it heals) and more bruises than you could shake a stick at… on the upside there are frequent comedy moments, usually when eating or dressing. Not sure about…

Oscar Wilde once said “Good resolutions are simply cheques that men draw on a bank where they have no account”. He has a point; so far this year I’ve managed to polish off a mid-week bottle of wine, exceeded the 5 latte daily allowance, get to day 8 without running once and not shave every…

57.25… that’s under an hour and that’s all we need to know!

First run since the marathon, including training, and it showed in my 27 minute time!! I had hoped to do a lot better but if you don’t put in the time…

The photos are in and get a load of this look… a combination of pain, relief, disbelief & never again will I do something as stupid as this!! What followed was a creamy pint, a healthy tuna sanger and thoughts turned to maybe I COULD do it again!!! …SOOOO I’ve signed up for Dublin 2008!…

A marathon… it really is such a long way, much more that my legs were expecting!! I felt really good at mile 14 which is hardly surprising as the longest I had ran during training was a 1/2 marathon. I was following my “take it easy and save it for later” strategy which seemed to…

Fantastic weekend, great day and a pretty good time of 02:26:52… I managed to run the entire length of the course although the last couple of miles were a real struggle, so much so that some walkers were passing me by. It really was a brilliant experience; the atmosphere was fantastic and the entire route…

It was a real worry… I wasn’t sure if I could run the course as I hadn’t been training for the last few weeks through injury and sheer laziness… but as soon as I started I realised that it would be fine. The first 9 miles went well; I managed to keep a good pace…

…but try to avoid sneezing when riding home on your motorcycle, especially if the visor’s down. Enough said?

I’m really looking forward to the Great North Run in Newcastle, even if my training schedule doesn’t reflect my enthusiasm… I’m not going to push it too hard during the Dublin ½ marathon (the previous week), I’ll be sticking to my 3 mile run, short walk, 3 mile run (ditto until the finish line) strategy,…

OK, pretty rubbish weekend of running, in a word… none! Tuesday AM is the next on the list: 4 miles, then 8 and another 4 before a 10 miler at the weekend!

A little disappointing this morning… got out early (good start) but started to feel a little achy in my left foot early on. I thought I could run through it but got worse. After almost 3 miles I had to stop and walk the rest of the way. Will ice and rest tomorrow, see how…

I was supposed to run 4 miles this morning, but due to my amazingly retarded navigation skills I managed to clock up 5.6 miles. A pleasant surprise and, considering I was out at 6am (that’s long before dawn) I felt pretty good afterwards.

It’s been a while but we’re back on track… Ran my 4 mile last night in a reasonable 42mins. 7 miles tonight…

Took the ol’ legs out for a run last night after a lengthy rest… now officially worried! Only 2 weeks to the 10 mile adidas run, that’s gonna hurt!

50:57… really happy with this time, and it’s looking good for the 10 mile run in 3 weeks.

2:39:45! A respectable time… seriously, it is! My first 1/2 marathon and what an event!! We started and finished on the sandy beach of Keel. It was a glorious day… looking forward to doing it again next year!

Went for my scheduled 7K run last night and was forced to stop after only 20 minutes… my lower legs were killing me! Later on I learn that I’ve got shin splints, not uncommon but bloody sore. I need to take it easy for a while, this means no running until my sports therapist gives…

Good new is that I finally got my ass into gear and ran tonight… bad news is that I’m not getting any faster… consistancy is not something I need right now. That damn pensioner passed my twice again tonight. Tonights tally: 8.60km in 00:56:18. Golf tomorrow, I’ve put that down as cross training. Then another…

…is relevant in most cases but not here I’m afraid. Familiar story… missed a day here and there, & there and here, unfortunately they were in series adding up to 4 days sans running. But I did get out this morning (very early) and managed 5.79K in 00:36:43, not completely rubbish but I’m getting there.…