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I’ll tweet you mine if you tweet me yours…
This is the start day four of my ‘Run fat boy, run!’ blog and so far the response has been great! Nearly 400 hits in just over 3 days and £125.00 raised! Without doubt, Twitter has been a massive...
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Training, Week Three…
Week three saw a slight increase in distance and the first of what I consider to be a long run (anything over 10km)… M.5 Training Week Three – Run 1) Target, 6.4km of steady running, Actual, 6.4km...
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Run fat boy, run! Week One Summary
Although I am starting into my fourth week of actual training, it was about this time last week that I started the blog and fundraising activities. Currently, after 489 views, the fundraising total...
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Training, Week Four, Run 1… (Excuses?)
This morning was a tough one to motivate myself for; I had a list: Number of possible excuses for not running – 3 1) Although we had hoped that the better weather would mean that Edward would have less...
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Run fat boy, run! Week Two Summary
After a tough week of running, with a hospital trip for our little boy in the middle, the stats are as follows: blog views – 666, money raised £210 or 21%! Really pleased considering I haven’t had as...
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Run fat boy, run! Week Three Summary
Just a quick post today! A little bit behind with training (by 1 one run). Had a heavy weekend with a stag do and couldn’t really face the 8-miler on Sunday evening; will try to fit it in today. The...
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Training, Week Six, Run 1… (Caught up, just!)
Today I managed to catch up to where I should be on my training schedule. Hopefully I will be able to run three days in a row tomorrow and keep caught up! Today’s run was a 4 miler (6.4 km) half the...
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Training, Week Six, Run 2… (Three in a row and a PB!!)
Today’s run was the third run on consecutive days necessitated by a stag do that momentarily disrupted the schedule; I set out for my 6 mile (9.6km) not expecting too much. My first km was 5 minutes...
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Training, Week Six, Run 3
I completed this run last night and in doing so ran 26 miles in the last 6 days! Yesterday was quite a hot day, even at 7:30pm when I went out to run the sun was still quite high as was the...
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Run fat boy, run! Week Four Summary
Just a quick update… Blog: >900 hits Global interest in Run fat boy, Run! Sponsorship: £325 (Target £1000) Although sponsorship has slowed down, I am really pleased that each week there is a little...
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Training, Week Seven, Run 1
This run was a tough one. On completion it meant that in the last 7 days I had covered 30 miles. I did this run a day early as this week is another hectic week. A fortnight ago was the infamous stag...
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Training, Week Seven, Run 2 (So close but yet, so far…)
Felt really up for today’s run. Had a nice bowl of porridge early to set me up and an espresso about 20 minutes before for a boost and then set off. Today’s target was a 6 mile run, but I usually...
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Run fat boy, run! Week Five Summary
This week has been a great week for ‘Run fat boy, run!’. Sponsorship jumped from £325 to £455 and the blog has now had over 1000 views!! I am one day behind on running due to a hectic weekend but am...
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Training, Week Seven, Run 3 – PB!
Really hot today, but a busy weekend left me no time for my long run so it had to be today to avoid getting behind in my race training schedule! I knew this one would be quite tough, 9 miles (14.4km),...
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Training, Week Eight, Run 1 – It can’t always be a PB!
Set out today at around 10ish, weather was cooler than recently which I think helped my time. Started very quick for me, my first KM might even have been my fastest KM. SPLITS KM 1: 4:30 – my fastest...
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Training, Week Eight, Run 2
It’s hot today, really bright, really sunny! I normally split my 10km runs half on the street and half as laps around the university lake; today as the weather was so nice I did mainly laps! Not sure...
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Training, Week Eight, Run 3
I approached this run with mixed feelings, whilst I wanted to go for a run, 10 miles was a little daunting given the amount of sleep from previous nights! Anyway, I set off at 16:00 so that I could get...
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Run fat boy, run! Week Six Summary
Another great week for the blog! Well over 1100 hits now and the sponsorship has jumped to just short of the 50% mark at £495; hopefully this week we will get over the halfway hurdle! Thanks for...
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Training, Week Nine, Run 1 (Another Personal Best!)
Todays’ run was meant to be a 4 miler (6.4km), but I stopped short of that, the first time I have deviated from the distance specified by my training schedule. I don’t feel too bad, there have been...
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Training, Week Nine, Run 3? (The non-run)
This weekend was supposed to be a 10 miler – we were however away all weekend for a wedding! I was best man, my wife was bridesmaid and my little boy was page boy, so as you can imagine a very busy...
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