tunbridge half marathon – afterOriginally uploaded by steveslaw So another couple of weeks have gone by and the Marathon looms so much closer! Since the Watford half back at the beginning of Feb I have been training 3 times a week – 1 track night, 1 gym night and a weekend run. None of them … More Tunbridge Wells half marathon

Hats off to oldspice – AWESOME adds 🙂 In the words a man I know – “Witness the reinvention of a brand” Now, I must rush out to buy some! I cant believe I’ve been smelling like a lady all these years…

12/02/2010Originally uploaded by steveslaw During a recent clear out in preparation for a shiny new laptop that I have just ordered I stumbled across my old and much loved, though thoroughly forgotten about iPod. – its a 3rd gen 20gb and back in the day it was the bees-knees. (someone please tell me the origins … More An old Classic is reborn…

Watford half marathon 004Originally uploaded by steveslaw I DID IT!!!! I BLOODY WELL DID IT! 2 hours, 15 minutes. Only 5 minutes off my pace 🙂 Here is the route according to my Garmin – though please forgive it for losing signal and missing bits of the journey – but this gives you an idea … More Watford half marathon 2010

and I am nervous. I also ache a fair bit. I’ve just done my last training run before the half Marathon, and its only my 3rd run outside so far this year! Holy batshit! So – my trusty garmin tells me my run was 12.5k – I’m hoping it was a little more than that … More Twas the eve before the eve of my First half Marathon…

So week 4 saw me taking it easy from running and working out on the cross trainer at the gym. I managed a total of 40k over 4 visits – with one visit doing 21k in 1 hour 45 minutes. That’s a half Marathon on the cross trainer – which means surely I can do … More 2010 – Week 4

OK, disaster may just be overplaying it a little but after the glory of last week… Well, it turns out that running 60k in a week having not done much building up can cause the body to start complaining! I went for a run on Monday and noted straight away that something wasn’t right. I … More 2010 – week 3 – disaster strikes!

So the challenge for week two was to build up my stamina again so I could start doing longer runs. The plan of action: 10k a day. 7 days = 70k! Now, considering I have never done anything like this before this was no small step – a hard challenge everyday of the week?! Well, … More 2010 – week 2 – and what a joyous week!

So, I’ve joined a running club on Tuesday. My first training in 2010 and I jumped straight in at the deep end. We met at Tooting track (a 400 meter running track) and after a couple of laps to warm up we were set 6x2x2 challenge. That means we were to run 6 sets of; … More 2010 – week 1.

Happy New Year all! So I thought I’d just write a note about what I hope 2010 will hold in store. It’ll be a busy year with luck! Firstly I have my physical challenges to do, So here are some objectives for those: Watford Half Marathon (end Jan)Tonbridge Wells Half Marathon (end Feb)The London Marathon … More So what Does 2010 hold?