I’m pleased to say, after this post, that I did indeed have a run at the weekend. In hindsight, my timing was bad and the dark clouds didn’t quite register. Half way around the circuit the wind picked up and down came the rain! Never-the-less I persevered and the usual 16 min+ run was completed [...]
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No pain, no gain, but rain!
Posted in Sports, tagged cold, rain, run, wind on December 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mud glorious mud!
Posted in Sports, tagged icy, mud, Olney, pitch, rugby, scrum, snow on November 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday’s game at Shelford was one of the muddiest games I’ve played in a long time. With ice-y slush from the snow overnight still covering the shady areas of the pitch and a cold wind blowing right across, I was pleased to have my trusty thermal on. Although, running out for the start, the sudden [...]
Rugby bumps and a spill on the stairs
Posted in Random, Sports, tagged Dog, rugby, Sports, stairs on November 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I realised I haven’t blogged in ages. Partly because: 1) work is manic as we’re re-doing our website and I’m writing all the copy, 2) the boiler broke so spare weekends / evenings has involved the other half’s uncle, the plumber and boiler man, fixing pipes here and there, 3) As a result of number [...]
All stressed out after an encounter with the Army…
Posted in news, Sports, tagged Army, League, Olney Ladies, PMA, rugby, Winger on September 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday’s rugby game, Olney Ladies vs Army Ladies Trial Team, was a bit of a stressful one for me. We were all, understandably, rather nevous at the start. Afterall, facing an oppositions who’s actual day time job is to be fit is quite a daunting prospect for us part timers that play for the love [...]
Unpredictable. That’s what makes it exciting.
Posted in news, Sports, tagged horses, olympics, pentathalon, sport on August 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been a complete Olympic-addict over the last two weeks, eagerly awaiting the highlights on the TV in the evenings after work (Euro Sport HD has had fantastic non-stop coverage) and munching my cereal to the Breakfast Bulletins each morning. So great has my obsession grown that I’ve been trying to catch up on those [...]
fartlek for fitness?
Posted in Food, Random, Sports, tagged exercise, fartlek, routine, rugby, training on August 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It’s now less than a month to go until our first rugby match of the new season and, although its only a friendly, there seems to be no amount of fitness training that can prepare your body up to match fitness other than actually playing a lot of matches (past experience you see). I do [...]
Free exercise…
Posted in Random, Sports, tagged exercise, free, Gym, membership, nuisance call, pass, trial on April 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The local gym that my other half goes to has got a promotion on this month as a thanks to the members for their patience during the recent renovations. And the promotion is that a friend can get a free guest pass to use the gym for a week. So my first night will be [...]
Rugby in the rain….
Posted in Sports, tagged rugby, Sports, training, weather on March 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Boo to the recent weather downpours. Theres nothing worse than trying to train for rugby in the pouring rain and wind, you get freezing cold, you can’t catch the ball as your hands are so numb and the wet mud is smelly, gritty and not unlike a very unpleasant exfoiliator. Its a pickle that all [...]
Its your job.
Posted in news, Random, Sports, tagged Cipriani, england, Jonny, rugby, scotland, Six Nations on March 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As its been said many times already, England were very poor in last weekends Six Nations game against Scotland, very rubbish indeed. Now I’m a rugby player and fan but by no means a tactical expert or know-it-all when it comes to the finer details, but any ‘Jo public’ could see that the England players, [...]
