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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4RWihnT0_U

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Well here we are, another day older, another day wiser.  Or are we????  And just what relevance exactly do these questions have on my final marathon blog entry?  And why are my calves still twitching?  And why have they gotten so big? We shall see! So, the marathon.  Well it was an absolute doddle.  Like a stroll in the woods.  A walk in the park.  A ride on a train.  And on, and on, and on,

ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07229778239308722975noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4747810914526302187.post-40497220221929521072010-04-06T17:09:00.000-07:002010-04-06T17:09:09.156-07:00

I've been out for a small one tonight, and these things came to me.  In the beginning, there was enthusiasm, then over enthusiasm, then neglect, then regret, then rebirth, then respect. And that is how I've trained for this marathon. It was so delicious to be out again tonight.  My niggles and injuries have got me down, and I hope I've seen the last of them.  What's too delicious is that I

ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07229778239308722975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4747810914526302187.post-12256319989048505652010-03-28T13:44:00.000-07:002010-03-28T13:44:39.858-07:00

Well I'm glad this run is done.  Once more felt the burn and inevitable leg lock at 10 miles.  I only got moving again at 13 miles, and by that time I was at the finish line.  2h40.  Not the most impressive time I'll ever have for a half, but there it is.  I'm now 2 days off the ciggies, and already running half marathons!  Can't wait for April 25th ... Oh dear.

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SO there it is.  One weeks rest.  My major pain has gone away.  Now it's kids stuff.  Sunday is the Bournemouth Half Marathon, 10am from Bournemouth pier.  I'll have a wee jog tomorrow and hope for the best come Sunday. 

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I've got bad knees, bad heel, and bad back. 

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I haven't ran since Thursday.  Reason being is this deep tissue massage hangover (Thursday).  I returned from work yesterday having spoke to my coach, who shared his experience with the ice bath, which he had when training for his marathon, and which I in turn have took.  F F F Freezing.  F F F Fifteen minutes. You live and learn or you live miserably - RevRunWisdom

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I went out for a run, and ran and ran, then became sore, and stretched and stretched, then ran some more.  The next day I was still sore.  I visited Body In Motion, Boscombe, and had a deep tissue massage. It's helped so much.  I continue running.

ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07229778239308722975noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4747810914526302187.post-79748910187370992502010-03-17T07:52:00.001-07:002010-03-17T07:52:53.431-07:00

MY hams are so sore and tight.  What can I do?   I suppose I'll run some more and hope for the best.

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I'm Still running.  Still getting injuries.  Still fighting it.  Still clocking up the miles.  It's not like it's the most pleasurable thing I've ever undertook in my life.

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I was defeated by the 'Belle Vue Hill' on Wednesday. It's about half way round a 10 mile circuit.  The run until that point is pretty much a complete flat.  It beat me.  It destroyed me.  I may not run that beast again. 

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It's half seven in the morning, I've been out on a run o' the mill run, and have managed to tweek my back by blowing my nose.  I couldn't believe it!  But there it is. This week has been nice for running.  I've been pushing a bit more distance.  Hopefully I will extend by 2 miles per week for each long run, although we'll see about tomorrow's now that the back has the dreaded twinge.  It would

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Yeah.  Last night was quite a toughy.  The interesting thing is that the same distance can often feel very different.  I was running into a headwind, not too bad, I could stand in it if I leant forward, and ground out a result, that being the halfway point, and you would expect that once you turn round the headwind, now being the wind at your back, would propel you forward in a way that would

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Well what a week it was.  I've ran, I've biked, I've ran some more.  Wednesday was the funniest in that I was lost in London, on the way to a training course at Head Office, having decided to run there from a tube stop that isn't close to where I want to be!!!!  It was icy and snowy but I got there in the end, bursting through the doors drenched in sweat, heralded by my trainer as scott of the

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So no running or training on friday.  Went to work and had to do an overnighter.  Finished Saturday around 3pm.  Then southampton, home, dinner for family, movie, and finally, after all that, I RUN. I had to go to work and pick up the car, so i thought 'great opportunity'.  It was a new running experience too.  I tend not to see anyone when I run but last night I did, and you get that pride and

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www.justgiving.com/ryansvirginmarathon2010 Yeah.  Tonight was fantastic.  I had a little warm up (reffing slash playing footy on ice), then went for a run around a big old field.  The snow wasn't as fresh as it was last night.  More an ice crushing and cracking experience.  I was hurting a little but told myself to carry on.  And I did.  And the pain, the hurt, disappeared as it forever does.  I

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So what happened was that I had to write out my job application form (sunday night), which took me HOURS, so I ended up staying up all night and hitting the streets at about 6ish (am).  What was great about this jog was that it was absolutely freezing, and I was wrapped up with many, many layers.  I must have ran all of 4 miles.  It took me 40 mins.  With that in mind my marathon time would be

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The great thing about it being 5pm Sunday evening is that I know by tonight I will have trained as hard as I can for today, and more importantly, I won't have given up.  That's the message I got from 'Ultramarathon Man', by Dean Karnazes.  Don't give up.  Last night's training was relatively hard.  About an hour in I started having my struggles, but I didn't give up.  Sometimes you just get your

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Greetings.  Whilst away in Brittany France for the festive week I read Every Second Counts by Lance Armstrong.  It has to be up there with some of the best books I've read.  I was out this morning in the garage on the bike for an hour from half 5 to half 6.  Last night I did the same.  8 til 9.

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Well, after an infinitely long break from running and fitness, I return, renewed.  I've not done much but can say that I'm injury free.  How nice is that. 

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Greetings.  Tonight was a good night.  I ran for 27mins 49 secs.  It's been a while since I've ran.  A lesson is that perhaps football at the weekends is a no-no.  I can't bear the thought of failing in the marathon, but the thought of telling the lads isn't easy either.  We'll see.  Interestingly I thought I was perhaps running an average 10 minute mile pace.  Apparently I am not!  I'll clock

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www.justgiving.com/ryansvirginmarathon2010 Saturday I played football.  We lost 7>5.  It was tough.  My legs still feel likely to cramp up.

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www.justgiving.com/ryansvirginmarathon2010 It was a tough week in many ways, not least this morning when I attempted to run and found I couldn't pull it off.  I was gutted.  Like being the victim in a horror film, or having a nightmare.  See title link for horrrrr film lyric.  I don't know what it was about this week.  I felt bad and the head started with the funk again. "Success consists of

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www.justgiving.com/ryansvirginmarathon2010 It was lashing down, windy, and cold this post hallowe'en morning.  I hadn't planned this run at all.  I have no rules.  I don't know if I have a plan either.  Either way, I took my chance and off I went. RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN I can't tell you the level of sh1t my head had been talking, save/safe to say it

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www.justgiving.com/ryansvirginmarathon2010 You know, last night, after the football was done, we did the right thing, in that ...  we stretched down.  Anyone worth their salt will tell you this is a must. - prevent Injuries / promote Healing / prolong Careers / protect Vulnerabilities / etc / etc / etc ...  Well here's the thing.  I took the team on our warm down.  It was all going

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www.justgiving.com/ryansvirginmarathon2010 It's been a football day. It's nice to change it up, the training for the marathon, and necessary too. What's got me more than the footy though, is that I watched a documentary on a girl called Brooke Greenberg. It's kind of left me quiet.

ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07229778239308722975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4747810914526302187.post-12863184739612864782009-10-28T17:08:00.000-07:002009-10-28T17:17:01.298-07:00

www.justgiving.com/ryansvirginmarathon2010 Prose The post shower sweat trickles down my face, my back, and I feel the weight of my legs, strong, now tired.  My mind is still.  I think of everyone I run for and realise that they are helping me fulfill a dream that I have had for a very long time.  My prayers are being answered, and He moves in mysterious ways. Poetry Tonight I ran the same

ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07229778239308722975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4747810914526302187.post-19507242966276070092009-10-26T17:27:00.000-07:002009-10-28T17:21:24.903-07:00

www.justgiving.com/ryansvirginmarathon2010  I just had to do it.  Upon returning from a written wordy kind of day at work, a feeling of 'mostly joyful anticipation' coursed through my being.  This was of course preceeded by the highest of thoughts.  That being, 'TONIGHT, I RUN!'  And how I ran.    It was, for sure, the same old mental play, in the beginning, as I felt the illusion of pain

ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07229778239308722975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4747810914526302187.post-77591495697990487022009-10-25T19:45:00.000-07:002009-10-28T17:30:27.941-07:00

www.justgiving.com/ryansvirginmarathon2010  2.40 am GMT and I'm feeling good.  Ran for a good 20 mins.  Didn't see a soul.  No cars.  No noise.  Just movement and the focus on the breath.  Outstanding. "Tell me who admires and loves you and I'll tell you who you are"  Charles Augustine SaintE 'Beuve

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www.justgiving.com/ryansvirginmarathon2010  Now say Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!  The football was cancelled.  I don't know.  It seemed fine weather to me but council officials may well be health and safety crazy.  What can you do? Well what I did was go running!  I drove down to some local football pitches and ran.  At first I seemed to be telling myself about how sore I was, and how I dislike running so

ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07229778239308722975noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4747810914526302187.post-6758802968031946822009-10-23T17:03:00.000-07:002009-10-23T17:28:33.230-07:00

www.justgiving.com/ryansvirginmarathon2010  I absolutely adore the healing process; the innate power of the human body; creation ... or god, if you will, but I have cause to think that sometimes the healing doesn't happen, and in that can I still see god, do I still believe?   "People only see what they are prepared to see" - Ralph Waldo Emerson I'm prepared to see god in all things.  This

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www.justgiving.com/ryansvirginmarathon2010 And so, in the made famous words of one B.Spears, "Oops, I did it again!" Not great, I'll be the first to admit, but what can you do?   (My ankle has taken quite a knock, and the pain, is.) I know exactly what caused this. In our warm down session last night, a mere 2-3 minutes, amongst other things, we sprant/sprunt/sprinted on the spot for a quick

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www.justgiving.com/ryansvirginmarathon2010 A new born king today ... ra pa pa pa pom ... pa pa pa pom. My god, playing football is excellant.  We play, Together Tigers, every Thursday evening for an hour and have been doing so for several years now.  My favourite moment of the night was scoring with the WEAKER FOOT.  Pah!  In the olden days, apparently managers would make players wear one boot

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The beginning.  A new start.  A new reason.  Running season.  Battered nikes.  Or at least they will soon be...

ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07229778239308722975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4747810914526302187.post-77177063861096311362008-07-09T16:53:00.000-07:002008-07-12T12:40:08.289-07:00

Well here we are.My legs are most definitely feeling good.Today is Wednesday.The run was Sunday.When everyone asked how it was, I found myself saying that it was a wonderful experience, and I think possibly it was but ... today is Wednesday ... and the run was Sunday.As time goes by intensity of emotion fades and new experiences swamp the senses. It's like in life we have to meet our own needs.

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Strong, focused and brave the young and wise before his time lad called out in earnest to the world. "Heavenly Father, and all that is good, I beseech thee. Strike down every man woman and child with awareness. Fill their minds with openness so they may unlearn and be reborn. Teach them all to believe no thing so they may see again the wonder that is. Remind them all that this very breath we take

ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07229778239308722975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4747810914526302187.post-20197974282383386012008-07-04T08:56:00.000-07:002008-07-04T10:55:57.289-07:00

well it's nearly upon me. i'm excited for sure. you visualise things that are imaginable based on what's been seen and felt before and YES, i'm verily excited.my training to date has been enjoyable, liberating, intelligizing (is that a word???), creative and has left me full of glee. i only wish these feelings would last and spill over to the areas of life which need glee-ing up. i know you know

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www.justgiving.com/ryanmccormackHowdy all. What a tremendous week it's been. Tonight I shall be going out on one of my late night runs. We'll test the water with a four miler using this new technique. All's I know is the theory so we'll see. You can youtube chi running to find out more.Thursday gone was another footy tournament with some new guys from fordingbridge. I'm sure I bagged a few goals

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The date is June 9th. This doesn't mean I've not been training. It just means there have been no entries of late. Last week I was away in Mallorca. The week before I guess I was just plain lazy. Oh the shame.So last night I knocked out a quick 3 miler. At times I felt like the chinese ladies (marathon runners) because I was imagining what chi running was like, a new term I've recently heard

ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07229778239308722975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4747810914526302187.post-61291050304513024312008-05-22T13:39:00.000-07:002008-05-22T13:56:50.854-07:00

Thursday 22nd May 2008www.justgiving.com/ryanmccormackIt appears promises not being kept are my present forte. I did say I'd be entrying on Monday night didn't I? You may find this is 'oh so hard' to believe, but I considered lying through my teeth that evening. A bogus entry ... 'oh what a wonderful run etc... etc... etc...' but that wouldn't have been right would it.Today I went out to the park

ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07229778239308722975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4747810914526302187.post-67834801093377209152008-05-17T16:08:00.000-07:002008-05-17T16:21:59.745-07:00

15th May 2008www.justgiving.com/ryanmccormackApologies in delaying the logging of my promise. My training has been minimal this week. In fact I've trained once. Thursday just gone we had a football game at Bournemouth's football ground (Dean Court). Although it was a great experience, the day after wasn't. Ache's and pains of the like I haven't had in a very long time. Where's my pleasure?

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Saturday 10th May 2008www.justgiving.com/ryanmccormackI'm really beat. I set off this morn to run but just didn't have it in me. It wasn't an issue. I just realised I was tired. I did run this eve. Up the park. With my pal. Totally different experience. It was like I was so aware of him being there. Nuts. We did the obligatory four laps. Much sweating. I'm really glad he came tonight

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Thursday 8th May 2008www.justgiving.com/ryanmccormackWell I did say that I always enjoy football didn't I? Thursday was different. I think what went down is we had 13 lads turn up to play on a pitch that is really best suited for a maximum of 10. It proved to be a different type of game, one where I didn't get too much time on the ball. I bagged a few goals which I always enjoy. I think the

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Wednesday 7th May 2008www.justgiving.com/ryanmccormackWell here we have it again. I experienced a plenty tonight but I'm damned if I can recall it right now. I ran past the 'postbox' which is just down the road and reflected on the fact that when I started jogging 'the postbox' was as far as I could go. Period. Great change in a very short space of time. Is this available to all? I wonder if I

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Monday 5th Maywww.justgiving.com/ryanmccormackI've done a lot of things in my life so far, as I'm sure that anyone alive has. I'm feeling my life tonight. I get it. I like it. I honour the past. I'm experiencing this present. Anthony De Mello says of life ... "and when the clouds are gone only the clear blue sky remains." I'm getting in touch with the clear blue sky.Tonight I ran and

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Sunday 4th Maywww.justgiving.com/ryanmccormackWell well well. What an enjoyable run this one turned out to be. Round the football pitches once more. Lap 1 ... Pain and imagined suffering. Lap 2 ... Hope? Lap 3 ... Enjoyment and zen. Lap 4 ... heaven is a place on earth (a la Belinda Carlisle). What's great about jogging is the body remembers and obeys. I'm excited again. I don't

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Saturday 3rd May 2008www.justgiving.com/ryanmccormackGreat news. I finished work at 3pm, had some business to attend to until 6pm, and was jogging at 7pm. A friend of mine mentioned that I should be jogging on grass as opposed to road so I went to the local football pitches and ran albeit for a short time. Probably 15 minutes all told. I'm glad to be moving. It feels like honouring the body.

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Thursday 1st May 2008 ... Football DayPlease visit www.justgiving.com/ryanmccormackWhat an awesome experience tonight was and is and forever will be. Football and playing the game in a spirit of goodness rocks. The score tonight was say ... 16>14 ... to them. Awesome. The sun was shining, the wind blew soft, the memories are grand. I don't know how far I ran. Alls I know is that we all

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Monday 28th April 2008Be sure to visit www.justgiving.com/ryanmccormackMonday night is a night I probably won't forget for a long time. I went out for another jog with London in mind and was amazed to find myself jogging further than the night before ... with apparent ease, but then the lactic acid kicked in and my calves seemed to stop functioning. Even after considerable forced stretching to

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Sunday 27th Aprilwww.justgiving.com/ryanmccormackSo ... I'm very happy for I've had the first 'real' jog tonight. I came back to my home saying to nicole, "I did it!" such was my joy. The first section of the jog I felt as if there was an iron rod running through the back of my legs. The second section my calves. The third I was asking jesus to come into my life. The fourth was a breeze.

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Thursday 24th April, my third training session. Don't forget to visit www.justgiving.com/ryanmccormack Just to mix it up a little tonight I have played football. I've been part running a football group that's related to work for upward of a year now. Magnificent is the only way to describe it. We play on a great surface. Totally flat. Totally soft. I'm not sure what it's called but there

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My second day of training.Be sure to visit http://www.justgiving.com/ryanmccormackWell there you have it. I have trained once more in preparation for the london 10k run. Today I pedalled myself crazy. Truth told it was rather unsatifactory. I'd been at work and managed to get all of 2 and a half hours sleep. I consoled myself in the fact that I have trained with a goal in mind. I have no idea as

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My first entry. My first day of training. Be sure to visit http://www.justgiving.com/ryanmccormackI've been on the bike (the one tucked away in the corner of our front room) and managed 55 steady mins. I was watching Black Hawk Down at the time. Didn't love or loath the film. Loved the bike and loved the sweating. I'm getting prepared for the london 10k run in july of this year. I have a

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