Exercise of the Week: Lunges
I seem to be enjoying exercises that work the leg muscles at the minute. This week’s exercise is great for working the lower half of your body: your calves, hamstrings, quads and bum. Lunges are the perfect exercise for travelling because they don’t require any equipment at all. Photo from Photobucket Equipment None! Steps 1. [...]
Exercise of the Week: Wall Squats
Image from Flickr Having eventually found somewhere to run (although not without it’s challenges) this week, I’ve decided I need to strengthen my quads. Wall squats are great for this, as well as strengthening the hip and abs muscles. These will help prevent running injuries, too. Wall squats are quick and easy to do, making [...]
Four Problems with Running in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
With the London Marathon being held last Sunday, I was reminded that I have to run a half marathon in just under five months. It’s not that I’d forgotten exactly, I’d just kind of pushed it to the back of my mind. It’s now two months since I came to Indonesia. Although I have found [...]
The Best Cities for Running (in my opinion)
The frustrations of not finding a decent place to run in Yogyakarta, Indonesia have got me thinking, ‘what cities are suited for running?’ Obviously a city isn’t always an ideal a place to run in. There’s not much space and there are a lot of people to dodge when running through the streets. This is [...]
My Great North Run Half Marathon Training
The title here is misleading. If I’m honest, my half marathon training hasn’t even started yet. Of course I was running last month when I was in South Korea, but not what I would consider ‘real’ race training. More like some easy going runs, where I wasn’t even keeping track of the times I was [...]
The Great North Run 2012: I’m In!
Next time I’m home, in September, I will be running in one of the world’s largest half marathons. It will be the fourth time I’ve ran in the Great North Run, but I’m just as excited as I was the first time I ran it. In fact, I’m even more excited because I’ve been away [...]
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