paulradcliffe.me archive
Tag: General Running and/or Fitness
July 9, 2014
Vacation Review
So, I was on vacation last week. Yes, really. I had scheduled posts on both my blogs to make it look like I was still around. And kept posting to dailymile and facebook posts continued uninterrupted. When I told people I was going on vacation, their immediate follow-up question was: “What race am I doing?”. I suppose most of my previous vacations have been combined with races. For the first time in a while, I had a genuine vacation. Ironically, one of the first things I did on vacation was buy new shoes. I didn’t plan to buy them, but I[…continue reading]
May 30, 2014
Overdoing It?
I felt absolutely awful yesterday morning. I planed to run at 5am, but when my alarm went off and I tried to get out of bed I felt so dizzy that I went right back to bed. Eventually I stumbled out of bed because I had to go to work. I felt a little better after breakfast. That’s when I realized I was probably low on sugar. I consumed a bag of gummi’s and felt well enough to drive. When I got to work, I had a bag of chips and bottle of orange juice. Not long after, I[…continue reading]
May 21, 2014
My Jack Daniels Inspired Summer Training Program: Part 1
I took a ‘leadership’ course during my masters degree, which turned into a group ‘Life-coaching’ workshop. One of the outputs was a life statement that “I exist to bring order to chaos and live up to my responsibilities to others.” So, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that one of my favourite things to do is plan and organize. And organizing my training plan for this summer has been no exception. As I mentioned in this post, I was able to pour through the Jack Daniels’ Running Formula and felt like I’d extracted enough information to develop a personal training[…continue reading]
