Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

It’s Friday and with only 4 days to the marathon I just had to get one last run in before I officially rest so early this morning I managed to get 6 miles in. I’ve gotta say they felt pretty good, perhaps this marathon won’t be a complete nightmare after all… having said that there…

I couldn’t sleep last night, the reason was obvious… I was awake. At 6am I gave up and went out for a run, I wasn’t sure how far I was going to run but it was great to be out, so good that I cannot figure out why I have been so utterly rubbish at…

OH MY GOD… there are only 5 days to the marathon… this is not going to be fun… it’s been a full 2 weeks since my last run, 2 weeks… yikes!! I think it’s finally sinking in… I’m in big trouble and, unlike my legs next Monday, time is running out fast!!

…it’s Sunday night and exactly a week to the Cork marathon. I’m beginning to sound like a broken record but… I haven’t managed to get out for a run since the 13 miles in Spain 2 weeks ago. It’s not looking good, in fact it’s looking bad…. really, really bad BUT even so I am…

… in the pub is never a good time to plan a trip, and to prove it here’s a summary of what I found this morning scribbled on bits of beer mats: View Larger Map … and back of course! In the cold light of day it looks a little adventurous… perhaps it was bike…

Yes, I’m taking more singing lessons, this time Jazz which I find unbelievably challenging as it demands a lot of tonal improvisation, as in you’re encouraged to wander around the tune while somehow making musical sense, if that makes any sense… Tonight was week #5 and we’re already half way through the course. I feel…

Tonight I just picked up my new motorcycle, for those in the know it’s a BMW R 1200GS, for everyone else it’s wow… that’s a big bike! Frankly it’s an awesome machine and a world away from the CB500, it’s going to take some getting used to but it’ll be a lot of fun doing…

While in Spain I had been electronically disconnected from the outside world which was very, very nice! It was an absolutely fantastic few days away and I spent it with the most fantastic bunch of people you could imagine! On the running front I did manage to get some miles in but only on the…

…will hopefully fall far, far away from Marbella! We’re off to Spain for a few days, I’m looking forward to blue skies and constant sunshine! I’ve got to say I’m feeling a lot better and will be taking my trainers to get some miles in; I’ve been told that there a cycle/walking/running track that runs…

I think I’m finally getting over this flu/cold thing that’s been beating me up for the last week and a bit. I lost a couple of weekends and consequently a couple of long runs including the all important 20 miler last weekend. I haven’t been running since the 6 miler on the 29th of April…

I feel even worse today… yuk!

I feel as sick as a dog!! I think I’ve got the flu! I woke up feeling like someone removed my insides and replaced them with goo! I was supposed to run 12 miles today, maybe tomorrow… boo hoo…

No excuse for missing my run on Tuesday (yesterday), well I do have an excuse but it’s too pathetic to mention here. Tonight was the 5 mile run I should have done with a little more to make up. All went well, a little over 10 minute miles. I’m looking forward to building up to…

This was the first of my really long runs before we taper off. I ran it on my own and it went surprisingly well considering I haven’t been sticking to the schedule. The planned route was 2 loops of the familiar 7.5 mile Curragh long route and I’d make up the 3 miles somewhere at…

I was expecting delivery of my hire car this morning and I had about an hour to kill before delivery, perfect for a quick 4 miler. And quick it was with an average pace of 8.49. I got back just in time for the delivery guys and with no time to change I wasn’t a…

Not unlike all our long runs to date this one was difficult. It was a beautiful day, the sun was shining and it was dead calm, hardly ideal for a long 12 mile run and such was our negative mental state that, just to make the worst out of a bad situation, we duly took…

Tonight, according to the schedule, I had to run 8 miles. This distance from my house to the Curragh and back is 6 miles, critically it had street lights all the way, useful when you’re running in the dark! By the time I got to the Curragh it was still bright, but only just. I…

After such a good start to the week I was just too tired this morning and missed my 8 miler. I had every intention of running that evening but it just didn’t work out. Looks like I’m going to be out of sync by a day, I can see a pattern here…

Another mega early start just before dawn, ran 4.02 miles in 36 minutes, that’s a pretty good pace of 8:54!

It was a bad start, neither one of us was in the mood to run any distance don’t mind the longest run on the Cork schedule so far but we got on with it and drove to the Curragh to run the entire distance on grass. The first 10 miles were fine but I started…