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Wednesday, 24 November 2010

Marathon Training, Day 2

Admittedly, I had 4 days rest from last week, but i figure i shouldn't jump straight into these things.

Today i simply ran on the treadmill for 50 minutes. I listened to M.I.A's new album, aptly titled "/\/\/\Y/\"
Well i do have to say, upon it's first listen i thought it was a load of noisy hogwash. But i found the repetative beats of pneumatic drills and glugging water to be quite hypnotic when running, and played one song, :"Teqkila" on repeat and before i knew it, half an hour was gone. So i think next week i will listen to something rather more abstract. Maybe some 'Cyber Trance'. Seriously.

So yeah. 50 minutes later, there was again the general nakedness of the changing rooms, and then - this, I can only put down to brainwashing - I went to the pub and had two shots of teqila. Which i washed down with two pints of water, so as to not make myself feel bad.

I will only have one day of rest this time round. Promise.

Don't forget to sponsor me.

http://www.justgiving.com/lukasgeorgiou

Thursday, 18 November 2010

Malta, Prelude.

Olivia already knew two things.
One. That she would soon be turning 21.
Two. That she woudn't be turning 21 in England, under any circumstances.

Olivia eventally decided two other things.
One. That she would be going to Malta for the Celebration.
Two. That she would be going with her two best friends; Lukas and Batseba.

So with these four things in mind; tickets were booked and plans were made.
But the best made plans sometimes don't really work, and due to a horrible misfortune, Batseba had to back out. However, she did lend us her likeness, which we used to create...

BATSEBAVITCH.

Part Lion, Part Batseba, and sometimes misnamed BatsebaBitch, depending on how riled up one gets. We picked her up and scrunched her up into a duffel bag with the rest of our belongings, and set off for the airport.

6 hours later...

Another hour later...

FInally, as the sun rose, so did our plane, and we set off for our 48 hours in Malta.
"Only 48 hours!" you say. "48 hours, 48 shmours," I retort. "It's Quality, not Quantity."

Still paying just as much attention as always!

This is Abigail and I in a lecture last November:

And this is us in a Lecture yesterday.

And here's Zoe's MASSIVE HEAD, joining in the fun:

Good one, guys.

Marathon Training, Day 1

I was 5 weeks behind the 'traditional' training program so thought I'd better take the plunge... so i packed my gym kit, joined the gym and sorted out a timetable later. One week later (which is today) i finally started.

One hour, 15 minutes of circuit training left me looking exhausted but feeling quite exhilarated, so i went to run on the treadmill for half an hour.

As we all know, today is the one year anniversary of The Fame Monster being released, so i listened to the whole of that in the half an hour.

As Teeth ended, i removed my ipod from the ipod holder. It was only then that i realised some pig of a person decided to leak sweat/pour all over the machine before i used it and my ipod was in a puddle of whatever that was. As a result, it wouldn't turn off, so while oi showered, all the men of the changing room were subjected to that album on repeat. I myself was treated, on return from the shower, by a very attractive naked man staring at me for a while, before winking at me and asking me to go and fetch him a towel as he forgot his. I did this with much purpose and have since managed to find him on facebook.
Should that information be shared? Let's blame the endorphins.

On the treadmill, I couldn't help but think "Really? Doing this 4 times a week for 5 months? Seriously?" So i will need some sort of persuasion/momentum to help me keep going. This actually, can come from you. In the form of a) kind words and support. and b) Money, via the following, very simple URL.

www.justgiving.com/lukasgeorgiou

You may wonder why i have a 'seductive; picture up. Well i will tell you.
I put it up as a joke. Went to remove it the next day, and had recieved a sponsorship from a complete stranger. Thanks, Paul. So i figure that it should stick if it pulls in the bears.

Total training time: 1 hour, 45 minutes.
Current Mood: Cautiously exited.