Posts Tagged ‘ knee ’

I took receipt of the latest wii fit incarnation, EA Sports Active, during the last heat wave in June. It was 33′ out and I decided to embark on a 40 minute challenging work out in the front room. The kids were suitably intrigued by the contents of the box – a rubber strap...
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I have had a long held, yet chronicly resisted urge, to run around a muddy field under the command of some fella wearing army fatigues. Today I caved in and signed myself up for a trial run of the british Military Fitness experience. A very weird thing. It’s like an S&M version of school...
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I completed the Hammersmith and City line today. I had initially planned to run it as a single long run but in the end I took 3 attempts at it. I’m trying to take it gently with my back but today it was seizing up every time I stopped to take a photo and...
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You may have noticed that I have not been running an awful lot of late. You may also have noticed that this downturn in activity has been matched by an awful lot of moaning of the “my back hurts, my leg hurts” variety. I feel somewhat vindicated as, after a spate of trips to...
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Forgive me bloggers for I have sinned. It has been three weeks since I last got off my fat arse and moved faster than a shuffle. I was suffering from infectious slobitis and generalised exam anxiety, but that is over now and today I paid a big price for my excessive slothfulness. Sitting here...
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I feel like a true Amazonian warrior while standing in these kangoo jump boots, I must be towering way above 6ft. Shame I feel like a knock kneed bambi when I’m running in them. By popular demand, I dragged myself out of my sick bed to provide laughing fodder for the masses: 0UruzYcz03Y They...
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I’ve been a bit quiet over the last few weeks but fear not, I have kept up with the running. A lot of visitors have passed through the WW household recently, which tends to make training a chore but visitor no 1, Rach, always offers to be my fitness instructor for the duration of...
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Here’s a quick update on the GNR training status. Quite a low mileage week but at least the runs were taken at race pace. Race reports to follow. A scary article in Running Fitness suggests I should be up to 45 miles per week in my build up to a half – holy moley!...
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Yesterdays ride was only supposed to be stage 1 of the workout, my intention was to get home, bundle the bike in the shed and get the running shoes on for a brick session. The idea is that if you regularly run directly after a long ride you get used to the peculiar feeling...
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Stratford 220 Sprint Triathlon 400 metre Swim – 23 kilometre Cycle – 5 kilometre run Did I give the impression I was apprehensive about this tri-affa-lon thingy? ‘Twas a piece of cake and an absolute buzz to boot! My legs are killing me but I have had such a great day and I didn’t...
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