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Training Diary, Day 41: Rain, rain go away.

March 25, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The peril of doing too many press ups.

As I mentioned in a previous post the rain just doesn’t make you want to run. As such I’m confined to the house and will not be doing athletically pleasing indoor activities such as press-ups, sit-ups or step-ups – indeed they wouldn’t be aesthetically pleasing either.

My new running shoes are also still keeping a faraway shelf warm, yes I know, day 41 and I still haven’t managed to purchase any suitable footwear.

Instead I have become something of a specialist trainer borrower. Now to most people the idea of sticking their (hopefully clean) feet into someone else’s sweaty pumps is about as desirable as eating a marmite and peanut butter sandwich (believe me, I’ve tried!).

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Time to bounce and run

February 25, 2009 · 3 Comments

Suddenly and quite unexpectedly I have developed a foot fetish. Not for your feet however, or indeed anyone elses. In fact I don’t particularly like my own that much – the fetish is more about looking after feet.

I don’t own a pair of running shoes – well why would I? – so I only had this sorry excuse for a pair of trainers to put on last week. (see below) (more…)

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