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I didn’t get around to my exercise until about 5:00 pm today. I went out for a long road cycle up the mountain. This is the same circuit I have done a few times before. The distance is 25 miles and I completed it in 103 minutes – 6 minutes quicker than last time out. [...]

I will keep it short today as I have been busy preparing lessons for school starting next week.
Hooray, I have managed to run 3 times in 3 days. In my mind I want to run every day during September. If I am to hit 100 miles by the end of the month I need to [...]

I had to go in to school today for a bit of preparatory work for next week, and to find out how well the students have done in their exams. I decided to cycle in as I would like to try and cycle to work again a few days per week once term begins.
The 9.7 [...]

I awoke this morning with Wii Sports DOMS in the back and arms. I was watching my daughter play Wii Sports yesterday and she challenged me to take the fitness test. I was delighted when it gave me a score of 29 years old.
I can tell that I am getting back to my old self, [...]

Having been on a family holiday, and not having a weigh-in last week, I have been looking towards a static physique or a slight improvement. As always the last thing that I want is weight loss that isn’t fat.
I am pleased to say that I have made slight progress in the last two weeks. I [...]

I awoke today to some serious DOMS in my thighs. I guess I had forgotten that the few times I did manage to go running were two weeks ago and any progress made on running fitness was probably undone while on holiday. Another lesson learned – make sure I do at least a couple of [...]

Upon waking this morning I was thinking about my routine when I start back at work in just over a week’s time. I haven’t really done any early morning exercise over the summer break but will need to do so when I get back in to the routine of work. I haven’t really used the [...]

It was really nice to wake up in my own bed this morning. Thankfully a good sleep last night helped to see the back of the bug that had affected me yesterday. I didn’t feel hot, weak or in pain so I assume my now strengthened immune system is working well.
I still felt a bit [...]

This was the last day of our holiday and the day we travel home.
The day started really bad for me. For an unknown reason I awoke with severe diarrhoea this morning. This is a bad day to get this so I took some imodium tablets to stop it. Normally I would allow the cause to flush through [...]

I wonder where our Summer had gone to. The weather today feels like late Autumn/Winter. The sky is grey, the wind is cold and blowing hard and it just isn’t pleasant weather to be in.
We went to Blackpool Tower this morning and went up to the top. There is a portion of glass floor at [...]