My Running Rage

Today 1 in 8 babies born in the UK are taken to a neonatal special baby unit for care.  An amazingly high statistic for our future children and yet charities to support sick babies are not very well known.
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After yesterday’s hectic day at work, I finally got to a stage where I knew I wanted to get a bit more out of the day and setup my trainer in front of the television to get some bike training in.
I got on the bike and the Wii caught my eye as well as a [...]

Very occassionally I just wish I could disappear for a few weeks and just get away from everything and everyone. Lately I’m in that mood and no matter how much I try to just get myself out of this funk, it just does not want to happen. Its not particularly work-related or life-related, its just me trying to find a little space where I can crawl into to be with just myself for a few moments.

This morning I woke up and I would’ve loved to get up and go for a good old bike ride.  The problem is that for the past few days I’ve been feeling ill and even this morning I woke up, still carrying the fever that has been bothering me.  Add to that the headache and [...]

The past week has been fun – the 100 push-up Julyathon is keeping me busy, but the best workout I had must’ve been on Saturday when I headed out to Grimsby on my bike. The ride from Nottingham to Grimsby is relatively “flat”, except for a few hills that give you absolute hell.
I ended [...]

The weather has cooled down and taper has started. Life is good.

Ouch.  My leg hurts like hell.

I fell … hard … at speed… and it REALLY REALLY REALLY hurt.  Not sure exactly what happened, but I fell like a ton of bricks around a bend.  And I was enjoying the ride so much as well!