Category Archives: Shaun’s Exercise Diary

Four months to a four hour marathon? Hmmmm.

I’ve just finished a book called Four Months to a Four Hour Marathon. Appropriate as that’s pretty much all the time I have left before Amsterdam. By now I should be absolutely flying, and had hoped to have one and … Continue reading

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It must be g-love

My legs are sore, I mean, really sore. The hamstring areas mainly, burning with sharp hurt so that whenever I try and stand up after say sitting on the train or at my desk, I end up walking like I … Continue reading

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Sunday (personal) best

Running is my new favourite thing. Each stride, drop of sweat, ache and pain worth it for an hour or so to do nothing but focus on the goal, and for a time forget everything else. Love it. Listen! Bookmark … Continue reading

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From zero to 9.5k

Four whiskies, two gins and slimline and three or four glasses of red wine over the course of last week was enough to maintain some mental stability in a helter skelter working week. But it meant the needle for my … Continue reading

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The First Rule Of Fit Club

I ache. Not so much like Romeo did for Juliet as Billy Batts endured so brutally in Goodfellas. It’s the three day fool rule. The first day after the gym you feel pretty much fine, almost good. Your muscles feel tighter, the … Continue reading

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