Well after all the comments from y last post (which i'm very greatful for!) I had another think about my 'illness' and considered that perhaps i'm not actually getting enough of something. Not entirely sure what it is but given just how much exercise i've been doing if there was any type of mineral, vitamin or other vital component of fuel for the ( Read more... )

Merde. I don't usually think using a word from another language helps emphasise the subject but I think 'merde' sums up how I feel just now. Actually I quite like shouting 'Achtung!' now and again. Oh and 'Schnell'. Probably when it's not appropriate ( Read more... )

Well hello there, it's been a while (Four days on the internet is a lifetime in the real world!) or at least it feels like it. I've really upped my training this week with over 100km cycled, 3km swam and, er, about 6-10km ran. So the running is lagging but I also threw in a couple of 'core' classes and have pretty much done nothing but sleep, eat, ( Read more... )

Well here is something that I haven't seen happened for a long time, an LJ cull. Decided to cut back drastically on the 'friends' I have listed on livejournal. I don't spend much time reading LJ these days and often skip through various journals (I never read 'twitter' feeds) so thought that now was the time to be honest and have a clean out. Also ( Read more... )

The reason yesterday's journal entry on shoes had 'chewin the fat...' as part of the subject was due to the inclusion of the subject of fat in the entry. Except I didn't. So here it is ( Read more... )

After a mention of an article on bear foot running in Runner's World by quondam I had to have a read. Article was well balanced and covered, briefly, the main aspects relating to 'why barefoot' (or not, as the case may be).

I recently started running in a pair of Vibram five fingers having bought a pair in Minneapolis. Why did I decide to do this? I ( Read more... )

This weekend has been a gid craic. Not much done but plenty of fun had. Out at the Ceilidh after the job confirmation but was too tired to really get into it. Saturday I bimbled around town and popped into Tribal Body Art to discuss my next plans for a tattoo...

Also bought a few odds & ends from tri shop including a pull buoy for me swimming and ( Read more... )

Having a little downtime before the interview and have located two pictures of muggins:

One at the start, before the mud
And one during a mud season

If someone had told me that Sheffield, 'grim city oop norf' would have glorious sunshine all weekend I would have fed their flatcap to the nearest whippet. It's not meant to be nice! So to find myself cursing a lack of shades or sunblock while dodging down a dry and dusty trail in Wharncliffe woods was a nice surprise to say the least.

quondam had ( Read more... )

Very tired tonight. I assume with is due to the new exercise plan I have on the go; Monday and Wednesday cycle to work & gym. So that's 3hours exercise plus the yoga I did on Tuesday evening to stretch out. Tomorrow will be the same; 1 hour cycling and half hour weights. Where will this end? Probably peter out in a month or so ( Read more... )