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To celebrate losing 20lbs, and to really bore the tits off everybody, here is a list of all the exercise I did to lose the weight.
Weight lost: 9.5kg (21lbs)
Time: 124 days. (4 months)
Total Calories burnt: 32534 Kcal
Total Combined Distance: 441.76km (275miles)
Weight lost: 9.5kg (21lbs)
Time: 124 days. (4 months)
Total Calories burnt: 32534 Kcal
Total Combined Distance: 441.76km (275miles)
| DATE | ACTIVITY | DISTANCE | CALORIES |
| 16/10/2008 | Swim - Laps Laps / Swimming Pool | 1.00 km. | 571 |
| 16/10/2008 | Swim - TI Drills Pool Games / Lessons | 0.00 km. | 490 |
| 16/10/2008 | Gym - Weights Weights - Upper Body | 0.00 km. | 245 |
| 16/10/2008 | Gym - Abs Class - Abs | 0.00 km. | 119 |
| 15/10/2008 | Gym - Running Cardio - Treadmill | 5.75 km. | 600 |
| 14/10/2008 | Gym - Weights Weights - Upper Body | 0.00 km. | 245 |
| 14/10/2008 | Gym - Abs Class - Abs | 0.00 km. | 144 |
| 12/10/2008 | TI Lessons Pool Games / Lessons | 0.75 km. | 1,000 |
| 11/10/2008 | TI Drills Pool Games / Lessons | 0.75 km. | 1,000 |
| 10/10/2008 | Gym - Weights Weights - Upper Body | 0.00 km. | 246 |
| 10/10/2008 | Gym - Run Cardio - Treadmill | 2.20 km. | 220 |
| 09/10/2008 | Gym - Rowing Cardio - Rowing Machine | 3.00 km. | 180 |
| 09/10/2008 | Gym - Running Cardio - Treadmill | 3.00 km. | 300 |
| 09/10/2008 | Swim Laps / Swimming Pool | 0.80 km. | 287 |
| 07/10/2008 | Gym - Bike Cardio - Bike | 5.00 km. | 115 |
| 07/10/2008 | Abs Class Class - Abs | 0.00 km. | 120 |
| 07/10/2008 | Swim Laps / Swimming Pool | 0.50 km. | 193 |
| 07/10/2008 | Gym - Rowing Cardio - Rowing Machine | 2.20 km. | 150 |
| 07/10/2008 | Gym Cardio - Treadmill | 3.00 km. | 300 |
| 06/10/2008 | Gym- Weights Weights - Upper Body | 0.00 km. | 165 |
| 06/10/2008 | Gym - Run Cardio - Treadmill | 3.00 km. | 300 |
| 03/10/2008 | Gym -Weights Weights - Upper Body | 0.00 km. | 165 |
| 03/10/2008 | Gym - Run Cardio - Treadmill | 1.70 km. | 170 |
| 02/10/2008 | Swim - TI Drills Recovery and Form | 0.00 km. | 200 |
| 02/10/2008 | Gym - Elliptical Cardio - Elliptical | 0.70 km. | 173 |
| 02/10/2008 | Gym - Rowing Cardio - Rowing Machine | 2.20 km. | 137 |
| 02/10/2008 | Abs Class Class - Abs | 0.00 km. | 121 |
| 30/09/2008 | Swim Laps / Swimming Pool | 0.60 km. | 193 |
| 28/09/2008 | Long Run Long Run 2 | 21.07 km. | 1,901 |
| 27/09/2008 | River Run Quick Run | 5.34 km. | 488 |
| 25/09/2008 | Swim Open Water | 0.00 km. | 125 |
| 25/09/2008 | Class - Abs Class - Abs | 0.00 km. | 146 |
| 25/09/2008 | Gym - Rowing Cardio - Rowing Machine | 3.00 km. | 180 |
| 25/09/2008 | Gym Cardio - Treadmill | 3.00 km. | 300 |
| 23/09/2008 | Abs Class Class - Abs | 0.00 km. | 121 |
| 23/09/2008 | Swim Laps / Swimming Pool | 0.80 km. | 291 |
| 23/09/2008 | Gym Cardio - Treadmill | 4.20 km. | 450 |
| 20/09/2008 | Cycle Road Cycling - Easy Training Ride 2 | 23.08 km. | 776 |
| 19/09/2008 | Gym Cardio - Treadmill | 5.25 km. | 550 |
| 19/09/2008 | Swim Laps / Swimming Pool | 1.12 km. | 388 |
| 17/09/2008 | Gym Cardio - Treadmill | 5.10 km. | 565 |
| 16/09/2008 | Swim Laps / Swimming Pool | 0.80 km. | 292 |
| 16/09/2008 | Gym Cardio - Treadmill | 4.00 km. | 465 |
| 15/09/2008 | Gym Cardio - Treadmill | 5.00 km. | 600 |
| 15/09/2008 | Gym Cardio - Bike | 5.00 km. | 100 |
| 12/09/2008 | Swim+ Laps / Swimming Pool | 0.60 km. | 292 |
| 12/09/2008 | Gym Cardio - Treadmill | 4.00 km. | 460 |
| 11/09/2008 | Swim Laps / Swimming Pool | 0.70 km. | 438 |
| 11/09/2008 | Gym Cardio - Treadmill | 3.00 km. | 315 |
| 11/09/2008 | Gym Cardio - Bike | 5.00 km. | 97 |
| 09/09/2008 | Swim Laps / Swimming Pool | 0.60 km. | 438 |
| 06/09/2008 | Swim Laps / Swimming Pool | 0.40 km. | 195 |
| 06/09/2008 | Gym Cardio - Treadmill | 3.00 km. | 250 |
| 20/08/2008 | Gym Cardio - Treadmill | 5.15 km. | 600 |
| 18/08/2008 | Gym Cardio - Treadmill | 2.85 km. | 345 |
| 18/08/2008 | Gym Cardio - Rowing Machine | 2.25 km. | 136 |
| 18/08/2008 | Gym Cardio - Elliptical | 1.00 km. | 185 |
| 15/08/2008 | Gym Cardio - Elliptical | 1.00 km. | 250 |
| 15/08/2008 | Gym Cardio - Treadmill | 2.10 km. | 240 |
| 15/08/2008 | Gym Cardio - Rowing Machine | 1.50 km. | 90 |
| 13/08/2008 | Gym Cardio - Treadmill | 1.25 km. | 145 |
| 13/08/2008 | Gym Cardio - Rowing Machine | 1.50 km. | 90 |
| 13/08/2008 | Gym Cardio - Elliptical | 1.20 km. | 275 |
| 12/08/2008 | Gym Cardio - Elliptical | 1.00 km. | 235 |
| 12/08/2008 | gym Cardio - Rowing Machine | 3.00 km. | 166 |
| 11/08/2008 | Gym Cardio - Rowing Machine | 2.00 km. | 120 |
| 11/08/2008 | Gym Cardio - Elliptical | 2.00 km. | 300 |
| 10/08/2008 | Cycle - Celbridge - Leixlip Road Cycling - Light Intensity | 18.43 km. | 669 |
| 08/08/2008 | gym Cardio - Rowing Machine | 3.00 km. | 170 |
| 08/08/2008 | gym Cardio - Elliptical | 2.50 km. | 480 |
| 07/08/2008 | gym Cardio - Rowing Machine | 2.20 km. | 120 |
| 07/08/2008 | gym Cardio - Elliptical | 2.50 km. | 475 |
| 06/08/2008 | Gym Cardio - Elliptical | 2.50 km. | 450 |
| 05/08/2008 | Gym Cardio - Elliptical | 2.50 km. | 400 |
| 04/08/2008 | Ride - Castletown - Leixlip - Maynooth Road Cycling - Medium Intensity | 20.04 km. | 676 |
| 02/08/2008 | Cycle Road Cycling - Medium Intensity | 18.92 km. | 508 |
| 01/08/2008 | Cardio - Rowing Machine Cardio - Rowing Machine | 1.00 km. | 63 |
| 01/08/2008 | Gym Cardio - Elliptical | 2.00 km. | 282 |
| 31/07/2008 | Swim Laps / Swimming Pool | 0.28 km. | 151 |
| 31/07/2008 | Gym Cardio - Rowing Machine | 0.00 km. | 130 |
| 31/07/2008 | gym Cardio - Elliptical | 1.20 km. | 231 |
| 30/07/2008 | Gym Cardio - Bike | 5.00 km. | 101 |
| 30/07/2008 | Gym Cardio - Elliptical | 2.00 km. | 231 |
| 29/07/2008 | Gym Cardio - Cross Trainer/Bike | 1.20 km. | 173 |
| 27/07/2008 | Dundrudian - Marble - The Bumps - Small Route Road Cycling - Moderate Hills | 7.89 km. | 226 |
| 26/07/2008 | Dundrudian - Tramore Road Cycling - Moderate Hills | 17.90 km. | 451 |
| 25/07/2008 | Donegal Cycle Road Cycling - Moderate Hills | 10.17 km. | 339 |
| 23/07/2008 | Swim Laps / Swimming Pool | 0.28 km. | 202 |
| 22/07/2008 | cycle work Road Cycling - Light Intensity | 6.03 km. | 216 |
| 22/07/2008 | Cycle Home Road Cycling - Light Intensity | 5.53 km. | 173 |
| 22/07/2008 | swim Laps / Swimming Pool | 0.20 km. | 101 |
| 22/07/2008 | Gym Cardio - Elliptical | 0.70 km. | 115 |
| 21/07/2008 | Cycle Home Road Cycling - Light Intensity | 5.53 km. | 173 |
| 21/07/2008 | Swin Laps / Swimming Pool | 0.40 km. | 202 |
| 21/07/2008 | Home - Train Road Cycling - Light Intensity | 6.03 km. | 173 |
| 20/07/2008 | Cycle - Boardwalk Road Cycling - Light Intensity | 17.60 km. | 519 |
| 18/07/2008 | Laps / Swimming Pool Laps / Swimming Pool | 0.00 km. | 303 |
| 17/07/2008 | Cardio - Bike Cardio - Bike | 5.00 km. | 101 |
| 17/07/2008 | Gym Induction Cardio - Cross Trainer/Bike | 1.00 km. | 115 |
| 15/07/2008 | Laps / Swimming Pool Laps / Swimming Pool | 0.30 km. | 202 |
| 14/07/2008 | Laps / Swimming Pool Laps / Swimming Pool | 0.30 km. | 202 |
| 11/07/2008 | Laps / Swimming Pool Laps / Swimming Pool | 0.40 km. | 202 |
| 07/07/2008 | Softball Softball | 2.00 km. | 866 |
| 07/07/2008 | Laps / Swimming Pool Laps / Swimming Pool | 0.40 km. | 202 |
| 03/07/2008 | Laps / Swimming Pool Laps / Swimming Pool | 0.70 km. | 303 |
| 02/07/2008 | cycle Road Cycling - Easy Training Ride | 5.53 km. | 173 |
| 02/07/2008 | cycle Road Cycling - Easy Training Ride | 6.03 km. | 173 |
| 01/07/2008 | Home Road Cycling - Easy Training Ride | 5.53 km. | 173 |
| 01/07/2008 | Cycle Train Road Cycling - Easy Training Ride | 6.03 km. | 173 |
| 29/06/2008 | Intel - Carton Road Cycling - Easy Training Ride | 12.63 km. | 389 |
| 27/06/2008 | Swim Laps / Swimming Pool | 0.50 km. | 202 |
| 26/06/2008 | Train - Home Road Cycling - Easy Training Ride | 5.53 km. | 173 |
| 26/06/2008 | Home - Train Station Road Cycling - Easy Training Ride | 6.03 km. | 173 |
| 26/06/2008 | Swim Laps / Swimming Pool | 0.50 km. | 202 |
| 25/06/2008 | Swim Laps / Swimming Pool | 0.50 km. | 202 |
| 25/06/2008 | Train Station - Home Commute | 5.53 km. | 173 |
| 25/06/2008 | Home - Train Station Commute | 9.70 km. | 345 |
| 19/06/2008 | Train - Home Road Cycling - Easy Training Ride | 5.53 km. | 173 |
| 19/06/2008 | Home - Train Station Road Cycling - Easy Training Ride | 6.03 km. | 173 |
| 19/06/2008 | swim Laps / Swimming Pool | 0.50 km. | 202 |
| 18/06/2008 | Swim Laps / Swimming Pool | 0.50 km. | 202 |
| 17/06/2008 | Train - Home Road Cycling - Easy Training Ride | 5.53 km. | 173 |
| 17/06/2008 | Home - Train Station Road Cycling - Easy Training Ride | 6.03 km. | 173 |
| 17/06/2008 | Swim Laps / Swimming Pool | 0.40 km. | 194 |
| 14/06/2008 | Train - Home Road Cycling - Easy Training Ride | 5.53 km. | 173 |
| 14/06/2008 | Train - Home Road Cycling - Easy Training Ride | 6.03 km. | 173 |
Moo Last
Going to remove all the running and training stuff to different team blogs around the place. But before I do, here is a photo of me finishing the 1/2 Marathon. Notice the relief on my gob.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Hello Stranger, My Best Friend
Hi,
Nice to meet you. You're at this thing too, huh? Who do you know? Ah, you're her husband. You don't know anyone either? Aha! It appears that you have all the qualifications to be: MY BEST FRIEND FOR THE EVENING.
Let's bond through the medium of Jägerbombs. You want to drink Crème de Menthe mixed with Baileys? Anything for you buddy, the night is young and we are, of course, the best of friends. Let's try some Sambucca.
I have given you your assassin name: "The Chiropractor." I shall refer to you by this for the rest of the evening.
We start to share strangly intimate details. That's ok. We're friends forever. Let's dance. Golly! You can really move. If I wasn't married and a little bit more gay, you'd be the guy for me.
You know, I think our lady wives are really impressed with our behaviour. Look at the way they are looking at us. I think that's called "eye-fucking." I am really lucky to have a best friend like you. Man these whiskey-shooters are good. Perhaps they'd taste better in a pint of guinness.
It's three thirty ay em and we have started discussing homoerotic action thrillers. I too think that Jason Statham has never appeared in a bad movie. Its a pity that Josh Hartnett isn't in more films.
Someone is taking photos? Huddle up, buddy! We'll want to capture this moment and remember it for the rest of our lives.
Nice to meet you. You're at this thing too, huh? Who do you know? Ah, you're her husband. You don't know anyone either? Aha! It appears that you have all the qualifications to be: MY BEST FRIEND FOR THE EVENING.
Let's bond through the medium of Jägerbombs. You want to drink Crème de Menthe mixed with Baileys? Anything for you buddy, the night is young and we are, of course, the best of friends. Let's try some Sambucca.
I have given you your assassin name: "The Chiropractor." I shall refer to you by this for the rest of the evening.
We start to share strangly intimate details. That's ok. We're friends forever. Let's dance. Golly! You can really move. If I wasn't married and a little bit more gay, you'd be the guy for me.
You know, I think our lady wives are really impressed with our behaviour. Look at the way they are looking at us. I think that's called "eye-fucking." I am really lucky to have a best friend like you. Man these whiskey-shooters are good. Perhaps they'd taste better in a pint of guinness.
It's three thirty ay em and we have started discussing homoerotic action thrillers. I too think that Jason Statham has never appeared in a bad movie. Its a pity that Josh Hartnett isn't in more films.
Someone is taking photos? Huddle up, buddy! We'll want to capture this moment and remember it for the rest of our lives.
The Sydney Morning Herald published a hilarious list of the 100 best books of all time. Just look at the list! A popular vote, obviously. What I have read marked in blue. Australians must really love badly written thrillers (I know Matt Reilly is Australian but come on folks, best books of all time? Really?) and 'inspirational' lit. Still, being a man I am genentically predisposed to liking lists and I have marked in red what I probably will read now, or what I have on my shelf to read. If I am wrong, please, please tell me not to bother.
1 Harry Potter series - J.K. Rowling
2 Twilight - Stephenie Meyer
3 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
4 The Obernewtyn Chronicles - Isobelle Carmody
5 My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult
6 To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee
7 The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
8 Breath - Tim Winton
9 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
10 Break No Bones - Kathy Reichs
11 The Power Of One - Bryce Courtenay
12 Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk
13 Magician - Raymond E. Feist
14 The Bronze Horseman - Paullina Simons
15 Mao's Last Dancer - Li Cunxin
16 Memoirs Of A Geisha - Arthur Golden
17 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
18 Cross - James Patterson
19 Persuasion - Jane Austen
20 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
21 The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
22 The Secret - Rhonda Byrne
23 Marley and Me - John Grogan
24 Antony and Cleopatra - Colleen McCullough
25 April Fools Day - Bryce Courtney
26 North & South - Elizabeth Gaskell
27 In My Skin - Kate Holden
28 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
29 A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
30 The Other Boleyn Girl - Phillipa Gregory
31 Nineteen Minutes - Jodi Picoult
32 Atonement - Ian McEwan
33 Shantaram Gregory - David Roberts
34 Pillars Of The Earth - Ken Follett
35 The Pact - Jodi Picoult
36 Ice Station - Matthew Reilly
37 Cloudstreet - Tim Winton
38 Jessica - Bryce Courtenay
39 A New Earth - Eckhart Tolle
40 The Princess Bride - William Goldman
41 Running With Scissors - Augusten Burroughs
42 Anybody Out There? - Marian Keyes
43 Life Of Pi - Yann Martel
44 Seven Ancient Wonders - Matthew Reilly
45 People Of The Book - Geraldine Brooks
46 Six Sacred Stones - Matthew Reilly
47 Memory Keeper's Daughter - Kim Edwards
48 Brother Odd - Dean Koontz
49 Tully - Paullina Simons
50 Tuesdays with Morrie - Mitch Albom
51 The Catcher in the Rye - J.D Salinger
52 Eragon - Christopher Paolini
53 Eat, Pray, Love - Elizabeth Gilbert
54 It's Not About The Bike - Lance Armstrong
55 A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
56 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
57 The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
58 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
59 A Fortunate Life - A.B. Facey
60 The Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley
61 The Notebook -Nicholas Sparks
62 Water For Elephants - Sara Gruen
63 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
64 The Host - Stephenie Meyer
65 Dirt Music - Tim Winton
66 Eldest - Christopher Paolini
67 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
68 It - Stephen King
69 World Without End - Ken Follett
70 Emma - Jane Austen
71 Temple - Matthew Reilly
72 Little Women - Alcott Louisa May
73 Lean Mean Thirteen - Janet Evanovich
74 Scarecrow - Matthew Reilly
75 American Gods - Neil Gaiman
76 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
77 P.S, I Love You - Cecelia Ahern
78 All That Remains - Patricia Cornwell
79 The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch
80 Past Secrets - Cathy Kelly
81 The Persimmon Tree - Bryce Courtenay
82 Husband - Dean Koontz
83 Plain Truth - Jodi Picoult
84 Wicked - Gregory Maguire
85 Spot Of Bother - Mark Haddon
86 Always And Forever - Cathy Kelly
87 The Road - Cormac McCarthy
88 Cents & Sensibility - Maggie Alderson
89 Me Talk Pretty One Day - David Sedaris
90 The Shifting Fog - Kate Morton
91 We Need To Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver
92 Everyone Worth Knowing - Lauren Weisberger
93 Hour Game - David Baldacci
94 Darkly Dreaming Dexter - Jeff Lindsay
95 The Woods - Harlan Coben
96 Half of a Yellow Sun - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
97 Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides
98 Scar Tissue - Anthony Kiedis
99 Infidel - Ayaan Hirsi Ali
100 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
1 Harry Potter series - J.K. Rowling
2 Twilight - Stephenie Meyer
3 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
4 The Obernewtyn Chronicles - Isobelle Carmody
5 My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult
6 To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee
7 The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
8 Breath - Tim Winton
9 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
10 Break No Bones - Kathy Reichs
11 The Power Of One - Bryce Courtenay
12 Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk
13 Magician - Raymond E. Feist
14 The Bronze Horseman - Paullina Simons
15 Mao's Last Dancer - Li Cunxin
16 Memoirs Of A Geisha - Arthur Golden
17 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
18 Cross - James Patterson
19 Persuasion - Jane Austen
20 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
21 The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
22 The Secret - Rhonda Byrne
23 Marley and Me - John Grogan
24 Antony and Cleopatra - Colleen McCullough
25 April Fools Day - Bryce Courtney
26 North & South - Elizabeth Gaskell
27 In My Skin - Kate Holden
28 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
29 A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
30 The Other Boleyn Girl - Phillipa Gregory
31 Nineteen Minutes - Jodi Picoult
32 Atonement - Ian McEwan
33 Shantaram Gregory - David Roberts
34 Pillars Of The Earth - Ken Follett
35 The Pact - Jodi Picoult
36 Ice Station - Matthew Reilly
37 Cloudstreet - Tim Winton
38 Jessica - Bryce Courtenay
39 A New Earth - Eckhart Tolle
40 The Princess Bride - William Goldman
41 Running With Scissors - Augusten Burroughs
42 Anybody Out There? - Marian Keyes
43 Life Of Pi - Yann Martel
44 Seven Ancient Wonders - Matthew Reilly
45 People Of The Book - Geraldine Brooks
46 Six Sacred Stones - Matthew Reilly
47 Memory Keeper's Daughter - Kim Edwards
48 Brother Odd - Dean Koontz
49 Tully - Paullina Simons
50 Tuesdays with Morrie - Mitch Albom
51 The Catcher in the Rye - J.D Salinger
52 Eragon - Christopher Paolini
53 Eat, Pray, Love - Elizabeth Gilbert
54 It's Not About The Bike - Lance Armstrong
55 A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
56 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
57 The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
58 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
59 A Fortunate Life - A.B. Facey
60 The Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley
61 The Notebook -Nicholas Sparks
62 Water For Elephants - Sara Gruen
63 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
64 The Host - Stephenie Meyer
65 Dirt Music - Tim Winton
66 Eldest - Christopher Paolini
67 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
68 It - Stephen King
69 World Without End - Ken Follett
70 Emma - Jane Austen
71 Temple - Matthew Reilly
72 Little Women - Alcott Louisa May
73 Lean Mean Thirteen - Janet Evanovich
74 Scarecrow - Matthew Reilly
75 American Gods - Neil Gaiman
76 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
77 P.S, I Love You - Cecelia Ahern
78 All That Remains - Patricia Cornwell
79 The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch
80 Past Secrets - Cathy Kelly
81 The Persimmon Tree - Bryce Courtenay
82 Husband - Dean Koontz
83 Plain Truth - Jodi Picoult
84 Wicked - Gregory Maguire
85 Spot Of Bother - Mark Haddon
86 Always And Forever - Cathy Kelly
87 The Road - Cormac McCarthy
88 Cents & Sensibility - Maggie Alderson
89 Me Talk Pretty One Day - David Sedaris
90 The Shifting Fog - Kate Morton
91 We Need To Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver
92 Everyone Worth Knowing - Lauren Weisberger
93 Hour Game - David Baldacci
94 Darkly Dreaming Dexter - Jeff Lindsay
95 The Woods - Harlan Coben
96 Half of a Yellow Sun - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
97 Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides
98 Scar Tissue - Anthony Kiedis
99 Infidel - Ayaan Hirsi Ali
100 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Physical Therapy
As part of the swimming I went to a physical therapist (N.B not physiotherapist, different discipline - no machines, all manipulation). Having never been to one before, I found him an interesting professional guy and he told me some stuff I didn't know about myself and that I am going to mangle into idiot speak here.
I have flat feet. I should start wearing insoles
My arm flexibility is lousy
My shoulders are slightly rounded, but not so bad
My knees have some wear and tear, nothing too traumatic
My leg flexibility is good
Minimum for any stretch is 30 seconds. Nothing less
No neck, back, spine issues to report
Now, to contradict what I said above, when I first started training I gave myself a back injury. Very sore then, not sore now (niggles occasionally when I oversleep). Never did anything about it, it got better and doesn't stop me training. Told this guy, he wasn't worried. He poked around till he found it (Here? No. Here? No. Here? ARRRRRGHHHH). He still wasn't worried, something (not the term he used) isn't rotating properly (not spine?) causing the muscle to spasm. A soft tissue massage and nightly stretches will have me sorted out in no time.
This is excellent stuff. What a great guy, remind me to seek out a physical therapist when I have a problem in the future.
Final bill of health?
Looking good CM. Looking good.
Now, to contradict what I said above, when I first started training I gave myself a back injury. Very sore then, not sore now (niggles occasionally when I oversleep). Never did anything about it, it got better and doesn't stop me training. Told this guy, he wasn't worried. He poked around till he found it (Here? No. Here? No. Here? ARRRRRGHHHH). He still wasn't worried, something (not the term he used) isn't rotating properly (not spine?) causing the muscle to spasm. A soft tissue massage and nightly stretches will have me sorted out in no time.
This is excellent stuff. What a great guy, remind me to seek out a physical therapist when I have a problem in the future.
Final bill of health?
Looking good CM. Looking good.
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Before
Here is a nice happy picture of a fit looking husband and wife team.
Post-run photos when I have them.
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