Fitness Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/category/sports/fitness/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Fri, 02 Jan 2026 09:38:50 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Fitness Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/category/sports/fitness/ 32 32 2696646 The Journey Behind “A Thousand Mile Run” https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/02/the-journey-behind-a-thousand-mile-run/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/02/the-journey-behind-a-thousand-mile-run/#comments Thu, 27 Feb 2025 09:12:07 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=45045 Endurance events always come with hurdles: injuries, other commitments, the unpredictability of life. But nothing tested me more than the global pandemic and, ultimately, my unexpected heart attack. That moment changed everything. It forced me to question whether I would ever be able to finish what I had started. For someone who thrived on pushing limits, the uncertainty was crushing.

Yet, A Thousand Mile Run isn’t just about setbacks—it’s about overcoming them. It’s about resilience, persistence, and adapting to the unexpected. Completing this journey meant finding new ways forward, learning to listen to my body, and redefining success.

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/02/the-journey-behind-a-thousand-mile-run/feed/ 1 45045 New Challenges, New Trails https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/01/new-challenges-new-trails/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/01/new-challenges-new-trails/#respond Mon, 16 Jan 2023 13:36:08 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=38646 As you may have read from a previous blog post, I’ve signed up to do ‘The OMM’ later in the year. This could prove to be quite a challenge for me these days. I’m obviously never going to be as fit or fast as I used to be which won’t help. This is not only...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/09/back-to-work/feed/ 1 36712 Fitness Lost https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/09/fitness-lost/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/09/fitness-lost/#respond Fri, 10 Sep 2021 12:46:00 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=36704 I may have been given the green light to exercise following my heart attack in June, but it’s going to be a hard road back to fitness. Here’s my ‘Fitness and Freshness’ chart from Strava I don’t think it takes a genius to work out where the heart attack event was. Prior to that I...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/09/fitness-lost/feed/ 0 36704 Exercise Green Light https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/09/exercise-green-light/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/09/exercise-green-light/#comments Thu, 09 Sep 2021 11:01:50 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=36697 Cardiac Rehab seems to vary quite a bit from country to country and from health board to health board. Here in Wales it hasn’t been quite as thorough as in many other parts of the world. Essentially it has just been some very easy exercises whilst stood next to a chair. There has been no...

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