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Marcothon (December Running) Update

photo credit: Nick-K (Nikos Koutoulas) The concept behind Marcothon was simple : run every day in December for at least 25 minutes or 3 miles. My results: 15 days out of 31 18 runs in total 75.51km or 46.92 miles … Continue reading

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Marathon Training Update

photo credit: damianromero Parkrun Last Saturday (10th April) saw the the launch of the Strathclyde Park Parkrun. After recieving so much encouragement from the folks at the Glasgow Parkrun I decided to give something back and volunteer to help. This … Continue reading

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Fundraising – MND Scotland

Great Scottish Run – Half Marathon 13.1 miles – 6th September Pedal For Scotland – Glasgow To Edinburgh Cycle 50 miles – 13th September Background On the 7th September my 17 year old daughter; Emma Berry Goodman died of Motor … Continue reading

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July – Keep Fit – Update

Just to show that I have been doing “some” prep work for my up and coming fund-raising events: Running Runs : 4 Distance : 8.81 miles Time : 01:40 Avg Speed : 5.3 mph Cycling Cycles : 4 Distance : … Continue reading

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2009 – Goal #1 – Completed !

http://www.wordle.net/ Rather than setting resolutions I set myself goals this year. The first one of these was: “Jog For One Mile – No Stopping – No Pain” Tonight I managed just that. Next goal, complete the MND Scotland 10K Fun … Continue reading

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New Year – New Fitness Regime

No New Years Resolutions, just a revisiting of the fitness regime I started last year. It’s late so just a quick update. I have started week 1 of both One Hundred PushUps and Two Hundred SitUps. I have also had … Continue reading

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My First Marathon

Acording to my training plan here I have just finished my first marathon! I did it in a time of 5 hours 28 minutes. OK, in actual fact it took me 41 days, but it is a milestone !

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New Personal Best ! — 4 Miles

photo credit: Carmelo Aquilina That is most definitely the furthest and fastest I have ever travelled by foot in the last decade ! OK, it was my slowest speed to date, but I’m not to concerned about speed just now. … Continue reading

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New Training Partner

Sarah Goodman, my 13 year old daughter decided to join me on my run tonight. She did great, she did’nt slow me down any. I am keeping track of my training in a Google spreadsheet here. We are in training … Continue reading

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