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What I learned from My First Marathon, Part I
Hopefully I can get this down in a coherent fashion and don’t bore the pants off of who is left reading my blog (thank you, kind reader, if you are still with me!). One thing I’ve learned whilst...
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What I learned, Part 2 – Practical Tips
When you sign up for a marathon, your first reaction is probably excitement, fear and shock all in one go. Oh, and then you will suddenly question your mental health. A whole marathon??? Once you start...
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The Long Run – Mind games, loneliness and firing the voice in my head.
So as a crazy person who’s signed up for another TWO marathons, I’m just 5 weeks before my 1st of the two which means really stupid-long runs are on the schedule. Of course not as long as the...
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So much for regular blogging! (September Roundup)
Hey! So… my intention to blog more regularly was strong but not strong enough! Lots going on, so I’ll try to recap a bit: School So, SURPRISE, school is pretty hard. I still don’t quite have my groove...
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January Running
Another year flew by, an exciting year, and 2016 pretty much crashed in like a ton of bricks! On the 31st of December I took the day off and was actually able to run with my beloved running group on...
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Training so far, The First Weeks (1-4)
I should have known that it wasn’t going to get any easier or that I would have more time somehow after exams! No one can say I have a boring life, that’s for sure! The “real” Week 1 Monday is usually...
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The Clock is Ticking
Once again I have prioritized my life as such that the last few weeks I just haven’t had time to continue my updates. But the clock is ticking my friends! Here I am already in Week 8 of 16… so let me...
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Week 8 – The Road To Berlin now 50% uploaded
This week was a bit different than normal. I took the week off (though normally we have around 3 weeks of summer holiday, we did not plan on going anywhere this year. Good thing too as there were quite...
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Week 9 – Road to Berlin
Here we go. Another week. And an exciting one at that! Dublin Trip Week! Monday – rest day. Oh, wait. Boxing boot camp. I’m sore, sore, sore. Like all my muscles hurt. I also went to manual therapy at...
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Week 10 – What’s a nice way to say “Crap”?
OK Week 10. Not my finest hour after a great running weekend (I promise, the post is coming soon. It’s in the works!). Monday – Travel day, therefore a rest day (not to say that I’ve never run on a...
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Week 11 – Attitude Adjustment Needed
I was hoping Week 11 would be a better week. I still had the feeling it could have been better. I see how everyone is training at the moment and I know I should not compare myself to others (that’s...
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Week 12 – #roadtoberlin Update
The week I was going to change my attitude. And mostly, I’d say that happened. So, SUCCESS! However, sometimes things don’t always go to plan and you really have to look at things in retrospect and...
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Week 13 – getting closer #roadtoberlin
Monday – rest day. It must not have been very exciting because I honestly can’t remember anything that happened on this day! Tuesday – Intervals! 15 min warmup then 3 x 1 KM (5:58 / 5:43 / 5:47) with...
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Week 14 – excitement, panic #roadtoberlin
WEEK 14 you guys!!! Maybe it seems like it shouldn’t be a big deal. I’ve done this before. Five times, in fact. It’s not a big deal, right? WRONG. It’s pretty huge. I’ve wanted to run the Berlin...
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Week 15 – This is pretty much it #roadtoberlin
Well, we are seriously in taper week my friends! As of this writing there is officially less than 7 full days before the start of my SIXTH marathon. And the first time running the full distance in...
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Week 2: I suppose it can get better from here
Gah. Is it only the Week 2 recap? Feels like it’s been ages since the year started. It wasn’t the best week ever. Monday – my mother-in-law has been very ill so instead of going to Berlin, we stayed...
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January Wrap-Up
How I’ve felt the last couple of weeks: A Quick Recap of the last couple of weeks: Running: Am only running on training days at the moment, so Monday, Friday and Sunday. After I went to the physio (in...
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