Category Archives: Exercise

Change of marathon plans…

Well my marathon plans have to be scrapped, I have an unavoidable work weekend the same weekend I was planning to run the Robin Hood Marathon in Nottingham (in England). The good thing is that I don’t have to worry … Continue reading

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Marathon training (temporarily) derailed

What the hell… So I hurt my knee on Wednesday, limped around on Thursday and felt fine on Friday. I went for a very slow 2-mile jog (instead of the 3-miler called for in the schedule), did the scheduled rest … Continue reading

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Marathon training

My official marathon training starts next week (for the Robin Hood Marathon in September), and I’ve been running a few days a week for the past several weeks to build myself up. Yesterday I was even able to drag myself … Continue reading

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Had a run on Saturday, then mountain biking last night

I started up mountain biking last night after a winter layover (my poor bike…the last time it was ridden was when I put it away before November sometime, and I didn’t even wash it!). Notice how it was cold and … Continue reading

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Kind of on a stall with weight loss – time to hit the weights!

I didn’t pig out on food or anything, I’ve never been a comfort eater, but my weight has stayed stagnant for the last couple of weeks, hovering around 90kg or 200 lbs. Although I’ve lost 15+ pounds in the last … Continue reading

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Diet, next step

The next ‘phase’ of the diet (actually just another diet, but much less intense than the last one) will probably be an amalgamation of the Eat Stop Eat diet, but with cheat days, similar to the program I just finished. … Continue reading

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Diet, the wrap-up

So the big ‘xtreme’ diet is over, and the first thing that will be asked is: Did the damn thing work? Did all the fasting, pills, protein powders and working out help? Well, overall, I feel better, and some of … Continue reading

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Diet, day 26

Well, I’m nearing the end of the diet, I’m on the last 5-day cycle (there are five 5-day cycles to go through). Technically I should have finished yesterday, but I took a few days off here and there because of … Continue reading

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Diet, day 20 (I think)

I’ve lost track a bit of what day I’m on, but regardless the diet is still going good. The last time I weighed myself, last Friday, I’d dropped an inch and a half in my waist and lost a little … Continue reading

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Diet, day 12

Fast Day again, uggghh. Not fun. Have felt pretty weak and even light-headed, so much so that for lunch I had to have a flapjack (baked oat/sugar cake popular with backpackers and trekkers in the UK) in addition to the … Continue reading

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