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42 days left. That’s only 6 weeks until the Marathon. I haven’t been doing any running since Sunday due to the fact that I had a slight injury in my left ankle. It felt a little like mild “shin splints“. … Continue reading →

A 5 min run through of the cool Garmin connect. This is the best web application I think I have used to date. It looks great, is easy to use and syncs your devices without any problems. Also has great … Continue reading →

I was feeling pretty smug about my 21Km run on wednesday until I spoke to Neil who told me that he had ran 43 MILES yesterday. OK, I can live with Neil being a better runner than me, but what … Continue reading →

Last night was the first of the TV debates between the three men wanting to be Prime Minister of the UK. Personally, I wouldn’t let any of the three of them look after my goldfish, never-mind the country. I hate … Continue reading →

The training continues… On Monday night I went for a 6.8Km run with Maria, where we took a pause half way through and ran quite slowly, but it was a good way to just keep ticking over. Last night (Wednesday) … Continue reading →

Went for a run tonight. Was quite a nice night, the weather was about 9 degrees and it was dry. I ran around Brunnsviken lake and went past all the places that I have lived while in Sweden. Sounds impressive … Continue reading →

I have been struggling in the mini-league for the last couple of weeks. POS NAME POINTS 260. frazman78 152 2654. gudgeb 132 3242. GaryfraetheDale 129 4008. stideon 125 7646. rubbish_runner 107 11361. craigyule 56 18857. stuartybrown 5 A change in … Continue reading →

I have just worked out how far a marathon run is. I know it is 26.2 miles, but that is just a number. It only makes sense when you place it onto things you know. Running a marathon is like … Continue reading →

well, the mental training anyway. How did I get myself into this mess? Henrik and Celeste decided to call my bluff about running the marathon and got me an entry to this years race as my birthday “present” on my … Continue reading →

I am running the Stockholm marathon. The Stockholm marathon is 70 days from today. That’s 10 weeks from today. I am unfit. I am scared.