Running is a weird and unpredictable beast sometimes. You can run often and you get good times with very minor improvements on each run or all of a sudden you get a personal best by over a minute. There are also the times when you do not run for a week and all of a... Continue Reading →
Last year was basically a nothing year regarding my weight loss as I only got truly serious and saw progress in December, so a bit late, but I have to consider the positives with that and see it as me starting 2019 a little earlier. I didn’t get where I wanted to and that is... Continue Reading →
I have a number of goals to achieve in January some are personal, some are food related and some like today's post are exercise related! I want to get a little running streak going again and with January just around the corner, it made sense to do that with RED January! If you do not... Continue Reading →
At the end of November, I ran in the Mo running event in Stormont in Belfast with Victoria. It was great to support such a good cause! Have a little read about how it went for me! The training that never was So my training was meant to be very in depth and have lots... Continue Reading →
A while ago I realised that I would have to give up my headphones when I was running in a race as new laws in running in the UK and Northern Ireland stated that they would be banned and participants using them would be disqualified. So I wondered if that was it for me and... Continue Reading →
It’s Christmas!!! I think, well it’s the 5th of December, so close enough… Wait the 5th!?! I need to get buying presents! Anyway, if you have a runner in your life (that can be a blessing in disguise… your partner disappears for hours at a time in the morning or evening to leave you in... Continue Reading →
WHAT! Are you stupid Gilliland!? Enjoy the holiday and relax, eat well and just calm yourself down son. These are the responses I am figuring I might get from the title of this post and they may be true, but I don’t like just chilling and doing nothing all day. I like being active. I... Continue Reading →
Hello! If you read the blog, you might know I like a run and then I like to talk about it, so with that out of the way here is my training plan for the next few weeks for the Mo Run 10 km race on Sunday 25th November. Last week I got the first... Continue Reading →
If there is one race that I am always comfortable with it is the 10km race, 5km’s for me have always been a bit of a struggle, as it sometimes takes a mile or two for me to get into a good rhythm so by the time I am able to focus on the race,... Continue Reading →
Last week I chatted away about a few of the reasons why I was unsure if I would ever run the London marathon, for a read as to my reasons check it here. But today I want to deviate a tad from last weeks post as I considered the fact that maybe I was being... Continue Reading →
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