Okay, so I have decided to check my weight at the turn of the new year and I’m currently 10st 10lbs – 6lbs heavier than I was last year :(

Time to hit the road and burn off those calories.

Ran 3.2k on Christmas Day. Wanted to do more, but just didn’t feel like it….

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Mind you, ran across this nice looking set of decorations on the way back

健毅 黃 was out running. He tracked 3.53 km in 20m:41s. app.endomondo.com/workouts/…

Returning back to running after a period of being unable to breathe properly due to a cough. Still lingering slightly, but doesn’t now wake me up at 1am for a coughing fit.

Averaged 5:52 min/km so still within my 6min mark. Running with a Spotify Running list at 160bpm. Finding that’s letting me go slow, but not burn out too quickly.

健毅 黃 was out running. He tracked 2.78 km in 15m:06s. app.endomondo.com/workouts/…

Nice short run, just trying to get my form and pace back before increasing distance.

健毅 黃 is out running. So far he has tracked 2.39 km in 17m:27s. app.endomondo.com/workouts/…

Reverting back to the beginning to rebuild my foundation after slacking off on long distances for a while. Today’s run was 10 min walk followed by 1 min/1 min jog/walk intervals then another 5 min walk.

健毅 黃 was out running. He tracked 2.96 km in 22m:53s. app.endomondo.com/workouts/…

健毅 黃 was out running. He tracked 3.61 km in 20m:34s. app.endomondo.com/workouts/…

Wow, I’m super out of shape. Struggling to get even 4k done >_<

Remember my previous post? It’s great seeing this happening - when people don’t care about winning and more about the race and finishing.

I’ve said this before. It’s not about winning (fuck you, Piers Morgan). It’s not about getting first place, or even in the top 10. It’s about participating and completing. I don’t care if it takes me 20 minutes or 20 hours to complete a race. I will be happy to finish. I said this to the guy I helped for a bit in the last few hundred metres at the Royal Parks Half Marathon. “My time doesn’t matter. I’m happy just to finish."

The athlete who captured the essence of the Olympic spirit in a single act of selfless kindness is to be rewarded for her act of sportsmanship.

Source: Nikki Hamblin awarded rare Olympic medal following touching show of sportsmanship 

It isn’t always about winning.

Unless you’re Piers Morgan…

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Source: Olympic runner helps competitor to her feet after heartbreaking fall

And this isn’t the first time a runner was helped over the finish line. In 1992, Derek Redmond busted his hamstring mid-way and his dad came on to help him over the finish line.

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If you have played the original Pokemon games, you’ll know Abra was a headache to catch, using Teleport to escape at its first opportunity. The only way to stop this was to either catch him on your first go, or use a skill that would stop him using that move - such as one that induces sleep.

In GO, he still makes an appearance, but will escape at his first opportunity. I managed to hatch one out of an egg while I was at home:

And this morning, at Victoria Rail Station, managed to find (and catch) a wild one. A lot weaker than the one out of the egg, but still :D

My technique was to use a Great Ball (have picked up a ton of those recently) and curveball him. Managed to get a curveball + nice bonus this way.

The Tower of London. A great tourist attraction. Great history…. and a bloody Magikarp nest.

Still can’t complain, picked up a couple of Dratinis here (not enough to call it a Dratini nest) and also picked up the infamous Pikachu. Pikachu is the only Pokemon in the game that I have encountered so far that actually uses a voice rather than computer-generated screeches and squeals for its signature call.

"You win or you lose. Gold is all that matters," he said.

Just can't get excited by Silver & Bronze medals. You win or you lose. Gold is all that matters. #Olympics2016

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 10, 2016

His comment didn't go well with some, notably English swimmer Chris Walker-Hebborn, who competed at the 2012 Olympics and in Rio this year.

Let’s just say he didn’t hold back any punches…

Source: Olympian slams Piers Morgan’s trolling tweet about medals

If you want to flame him, be my guest.

It turns out that there's an amazing side effect to joining the ranks of the millions now addicted to Pokémon Go: better health.

Source: It’s true, ‘Pokémon Go’ is becoming a fitness craze

As someone who is a runner, I can confirm this thing is like Ingress – encouraging you to go to new places or making you treat pokestops and gyms as milestones - which is great for interval training. I’m running circles around my local area, stopping by at three different pokestops each loop :)

Currently Level 12 with about 251 pokemon caught, 47 unique ones seen, and 47 active in my bag.

First training for a while (I’ve been seriously slacking :( ) and I gambled against Mother Nature. And lost….

健毅 黃 was out running. He tracked 2.83 km in 17m:00s.

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I finished a 16 minute @FitStar Session and burned 169 calories with 105 seconds Jumping Jacks http://fit.ly/1SCcbf8

I finished a 13 minute @FitStar Session and burned 118 calories with 45 seconds Muay Thai Kicks http://fit.ly/1rfqEXN

I finished a 14 minute @FitStar Session and burned 139 calories with 25 Half Pushups http://fit.ly/1T3Ddf1

Source: 10 things no one tells women before they run the London Marathon

Surprisingly a couple of these made me laugh.

#5 you’ll get penis envy. Actually, it’s not a good thing - especially if you forget to wear tight pants. Trying to run around the park with your little friend trying his darnedest to distract you is definitely not fun. Funny, yes. Uncomfortable? Damned so.

#6 you will become a running bore - guilty.

#10 you will want to do another one - yes, but not yet. The atmosphere when I ran the RPHM was electric. I want to experience that again, but not yet.

Completed mission “Interval Training” #zombiesrun

6 intervals , 15/60 split with 10 min warmup run. Nice run, but hit wall at 5th interval.

Interestingly, just checked my stats (have to manually connect this workout with my Endomondo training plan) and found that I hit 1km in 05:12 at peak, and 06:58 at lowest

I was out running 3.68 km with #Endomondo #endorphins goo.gl/m0N714

健毅 黃 was out running. He tracked 5.35 km in 33m:11s.

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Still out of practise. This 5k involved me dropping to a walk a few times, and was an early morning run due to me doing lates this week.

健毅 黃 was out running. He tracked 5.48 km in 34m:02s.

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