Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

After all my GREAT intensions I haven’t put on a pair of trainers, let alone ran, since the GIR in April.

Finished in 1:12:19!!! And yes, it hurts!

I can’t believe it’s been almost a month since I last went running… and I was crap then, can you imagine how I’d fair now?? At least it’ll give passers by something to giggle at and tell the folks back home.All joking aside, it’s about 3 weeks to the big event and I’m getting worried.…

The title says it all, my poor legs decided that they’d had enough… I managed to cover almost 3K before I had to turn around, my legs were tired and I became incredible hungry?? I felt like I hadn’t eaten in weeks! I had skipped lunch so I guess my body had decided to teach…

I managed to shake off my two hitchikers early on tonight, no improvemnt on time, ’till next time…

As I have to shave off a huge 35 minutes I decided to start running sooner rather than walking the first Kilometre, BIG MISTAKE!! I quickly felt like two kids were hanging onto my legs, and they were getting heavier and heavier… after about 1K I had to stop running, and after walking for another…

Just back from my run, well walk with some runny bits. At any rate I’m doing 10K in 85 minutes, I know that’s a whopping 35 minutes over my target but it’s my best yet!

Yes, I have finally dragged myself off the couch, Wednesday night marked the first day of my comeback! I’m easing myself back into the swing of things. Some might say an athlete of my standard needn’t worry about pushing it too early, they are lying of course! An athlete of my standard needs to be…

OK, you can rule out the third option! This is my week of post Christmas recovery, it’s not just an excuse… it’s a poor excuse but it’s all I’ve got.

I’ve decided that rushing into training so soon after Christmas would be a mistake, the prudent approach is to really think hard about it this week and start next week.

…that about sums it up! Well, it’s the beginning of a new year and there’s a little over 3 months to the 10K run in Dublin!! Where has the time gone, only 3 months!! BUT, I have plans! Number one can’t fail, it’s a 6 week plan that we have me running 5K non-stop. Assuming…

Getting there was never in doubt, is not in doubt, however my timetable has had to be modified somewhat, some might say stretched. Yes you’ve guessed, I’ve had a serious relaplse, I haven’t ventured out to run for, oh, 3 weeks and it’s coming up to Christmas! That is significant, Christmas that is, for this…

I’m beginning to sound like a broken record… yes, you’ve guessed it, something came up and… you know the rest. BUT, tonight is the night! the night! the night! scratch!!!

Tragedy last night! After my 5th creamy pint of Guinness I realised I had no chance of running anywhere other than back to the bar. Yet again, tonight is the night!

Well, it’s almost 11pm and I’ve just finished working out how little money I have, is it too late to go out for a run? My heart says yes, and every other organ agrees, and as a supporter of democracy I feel compelled to bow to the wishes of the majority. OK, a pretty pathetic…

Well, I didn’t manage to go for a run last night, it was Monday after all and I felt that I had achieved so much that day (i.e. getting up and going to work) that I deserved a little rest. However, tonight will be a different story let me assure you, 10K here I come!!

This is the first day of my Marathon training!! Now, we are looking at a seriously long term plan here, let’s not deny it! I’ve broken it down into achievable goals, starting with tying my own shoe laces (done) and moving onto getting out into the cold winter evening… (almost done). Seriously though, I have…