So far January has been a fairly good month running wise with a couple of good milestones...
first half marathon distance run (and under 2 hours too which is great)
first 100k+ Calendar month - so far 106k in 22 days
The plan for this week is to try to run 50k in 7 days - up to now (4 days in) I have managed 31k so well on the way there.
Also have started swimming at lunchtimes from work at the gym just down the road from the office - I find swimming really really hard work but hopefully it will get easier....
In non fitness news - I have started driving lessons again, probably best to avoid the Bridge of Don on tuesday nights between 7 and 9 pm....!
Thursday, 22 January 2009
Friday, 9 January 2009
A new injury!
Played five a side footy yesterday and got a boot on the foot while going for a ball in the corner - did not think anything of it and went out last night for my weekly long run (normally do it at the weekend but turning 38 on sunday means I might be a bit worst the wear) did a half marathon distance which I was delighted with as I was sub 2 hours but when I got home I discovered that something had gone badly wrong....
Turns out that I had split a toenail playing football and when I went for the long run it cut into my toe - hey ho, live and learn I guess, will need to pay more attention to my feet from now on!
Anybody have any suggestions for music to run to......?
Friday, 2 January 2009
Happy New Year
Happy New Year to all.
Just back from the first run of the year - nice easy 4.6k in 24 minutes. 4 Consecutive late nights and the festive overdulgance of the festive period seems not to have done too much damage. Cold though - respect to the runners in todays 10k run - that must have been a chilly one!
Hopefully it will be a bit warmer tomorrow as rumor has it that we are off for a game of golf - what madness is this!
Got back on the scales this morning and glad to say that there has been limited damage done over the festives with the weight sitting just above my 80kg target - few quiet days ahead while I finish off my next university assignment should see that back under control though.
Next task - find a driving instructor!!!
Just back from the first run of the year - nice easy 4.6k in 24 minutes. 4 Consecutive late nights and the festive overdulgance of the festive period seems not to have done too much damage. Cold though - respect to the runners in todays 10k run - that must have been a chilly one!
Hopefully it will be a bit warmer tomorrow as rumor has it that we are off for a game of golf - what madness is this!
Got back on the scales this morning and glad to say that there has been limited damage done over the festives with the weight sitting just above my 80kg target - few quiet days ahead while I finish off my next university assignment should see that back under control though.
Next task - find a driving instructor!!!
Wednesday, 24 December 2008
Happy Christmas to all.
Just a quick post to wish anybody who happens across this embryonic blog all the best for the holidays. I am planning a nice quiet one as the family are in Seattle and am even contemplating a run tomorrow (weather permitting) - we will see though....
Have a good one folks!
Have a good one folks!
Thursday, 18 December 2008
Swedish training for a Danish race
With the cold and the wind in Aberdeen and the ludicrously short days that we have at the moment (only 3 days to the shortest day of the year http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_solstice) I have been finding it a bit hard to get training properly. Luckily when I got home I discovered that my banana army charity t-shirt had arrived so I managed to get into the gear and head out for a quick session.
For something else to do I have been experimenting with Fartlek training (http://www.momentumsports.co.uk/TtFartlek.asp) in order to try to keep myself going and keep the interest there while I am thumping round the same old streets. I find that its an enjoyable way of keeping the training different and giving myself a challenge other than just keeping going - It also, I believe, lets me get a harder run in a shorter time.
7.425 km tonight in 40 minutes so overall a decent evenings effort, off tomorrow so another chance to get out in the country for a longish run before the work Xmas do - need to get that done as I suspect that Saturday may well be a hungover washout training wise.
p.s. This report is rubbish ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7789302.stm) my head was bloomin freezing tonight!
For something else to do I have been experimenting with Fartlek training (http://www.momentumsports.co.uk/TtFartlek.asp) in order to try to keep myself going and keep the interest there while I am thumping round the same old streets. I find that its an enjoyable way of keeping the training different and giving myself a challenge other than just keeping going - It also, I believe, lets me get a harder run in a shorter time.
7.425 km tonight in 40 minutes so overall a decent evenings effort, off tomorrow so another chance to get out in the country for a longish run before the work Xmas do - need to get that done as I suspect that Saturday may well be a hungover washout training wise.
p.s. This report is rubbish ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7789302.stm) my head was bloomin freezing tonight!
Tuesday, 16 December 2008
My poor feet!
Got back from baku on monday - luckily I had been able to get access to a treadmill on the rig so was able to keep running while I was away - in a fit of overenthusiasm I ran 25k in 2 days on it (10k one day and 15 the day after) all that this achieved was one whopping huge blister on my right foot - need to get a trip to the running shop to see if they can reccomend something to try to stop that happening again!
The longer runs are not hurting as much now and I feel more than happy with hour long training runs at the moment - I am ahead of the schedules that I have been looking at, most of them are 16 week plans so I am starting in plenty of time, lets hope that I don't lose focus over the festives! Got a day off today so will get a run in daylight for a change!!
There is also a webpage set up for the charity fundraising - check it out at http://www.justgiving.com/duncanmckay
The longer runs are not hurting as much now and I feel more than happy with hour long training runs at the moment - I am ahead of the schedules that I have been looking at, most of them are 16 week plans so I am starting in plenty of time, lets hope that I don't lose focus over the festives! Got a day off today so will get a run in daylight for a change!!
There is also a webpage set up for the charity fundraising - check it out at http://www.justgiving.com/duncanmckay
Signing up
Next step was to sign up for the big day - its a simple enough process on the website and there is a runners list so you can track that you are included http://www.copenhagenmarathon.com/ - I have also signed up to the Chris Hoy half marathon in Edinburgh as a training run http://www.edinburgh-half.co.uk/ so it looks like its too late to pull out now! Work have approved my holidays for CPH so its all go - time to get on with the training!!
I have also signed up to run for Leukaemia Research http://www.lrf.org.uk/ so thats one more good reason to keep up the training - hopefully I will be able to raise a good amount of funds for this very very good cause - means a lot to me!
I have also signed up to run for Leukaemia Research http://www.lrf.org.uk/ so thats one more good reason to keep up the training - hopefully I will be able to raise a good amount of funds for this very very good cause - means a lot to me!
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