Signs of being an adult –

When we are children all we want is to be “big”. Ages are measured out in years and fractions, and woe betide anyone who forgets to add the “and a quarter” to your age! 

Modern music starts to sound like noise

Even the names of the artists now seem to set you on edge. It’s all ‘N-Dubz’  and ‘Tinchy Stryder’.  Everything was better in the nineties. There was no duff music on the radio then, you are sure. Not like nowadays.

Your favourite topic of conversation is house prices

In the pub, waiting for a bus, at dinner, with strangers and those you are most intimate with you return to one topic almost as often as the weather. Yes it is wet for this time of year, yes houses cost a lot now. Maybe it will dry out next week, and maybe, when the interest rates change…

You want to climb the property ladder. Climb it all the way to a suburban paradise, like Jack and the Beanstalk. Keep calm and keep trading livestock for magic beans. Or get a better savings account and make like the limestone in your kettle and build up a deposit.

You went to a garden centre – AND ENJOYED IT

Would ever, in your wildest of dreams, have ever thought you would have access to this kind of choice of mulch? You waited all week to have your time in this wonderland. Across a display of herbaceous plants your eyes meet a bewitching sight. You look at the gnome, you desire it and ant it for your own, but you know that it can never be. With a heavy heart you turn away and walk towards the café, knowing the neighbours would never tolerate it.

You start worrying about the future

You have started to worry about the future. You have started to worry full stop. You worry about all kinds of things now. You worry you don’t like the young people’s music. You worry about you people. You worry about house prices. You worry about the weather. You worry what the neighbours would think about you choice of kitsch novelty garden sculpture. You worry that you worry so much.

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Bolts From The Blue and How They Can Cost You

Getting sick can cost a lot of money. There are the costs of treatments, the costs of hospital car parks, and worst of all, not being able to work.

Worries about who would take care of things such as mortgage payments lead many to take out life insurance. This is pretty widely seen as being a sensible idea.

The problem with life insurance is that it only pays out when you are dead. While of course this is essential for helping you family cope when you are gone, it does not do you much good when it comes to dealing with the costs of illness.

Some insurance policies come with critical illness cover. What this means is that if the person who the policy is for falls ill with certain diseases then they receive a payout. What diseases are covered will depend on the policy, and it is something that anybody thinking of paying for something like this should consider very carefully.

Typically the kind of diseases that would result in a payout from a critical illness clause of a life insurance policy would be things like heart attacks, cancer and stroke. Organ transplants and Alzheimer’s disease are often commonly covered.

There are usually a number of restrictions on what will be covered. If you have a strong family history of certain conditions it is likely that most policies will not cover you for those.

The kind of payout that is received can come in a number of forms. In some cases it can be a lump sum payment, in others however it can be a an on-going allowance. Sometimes there can be provisions to waive remaining premiums for those that are not able to carry on their normal employment – though of course this option will come at a cost.

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Man Has Half A Head

This video shows just how resilient the human body is. The man in this video is missing half of his HEAD but he is still laughing and joking. Incredible!

Two Minute Recap

Nice video this - I think it is a student film.

How to Train For a Half Marathon

Running a marathon has been described as “every man’s Everest”. Even a half marathon is a truly significant challenge, that can seem impossible at times – but it can be beaten.

Before you can consider how to train for a half marathon, you first have to think about why you are making this undertaking in the first place. 13.1 miles is a long way to run, but this is as nothing compared to the mental and physical distance you will have to cover in training. You will need every ounce of motivation at your disposal but you can succeed.

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Allow enough time

You are at the starting line of your half marathon training. You have to be in this for the long haul, there are no shortcuts. Yes, there have been those who have successfully completed a half marathon with little or no specific training, but the likely outcome of trying something like that is failing to finish, or worse, injury.

How long does it take to train for a half marathon? This will vary greatly from person to person, but plans exist that have successfully taken many novices to half marathon condition in under six months. If you have your heart set on completing a distance running, pick one to enter that will allow you enough time for training. Remember that a typical plan for half marathon training doesn’t allow for holidays or illness disrupting you training, so allowing a little wiggle room is advisable. 

Consider working an event over a shorter distance into your training plan. Check the websites of sponsors to find a variety of running events throughout the country. These range from 5ks to half marathons. Doing a shorter race will help give you an intermediate goal, as well as giving you a chance to rehearse all the race day practicalities.

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Terrible ‘Toos’

It is vital to take your time. It can be tempting to push yourself, but you have to avoid putting more stress on your body than it can absorb. When we train ourselves for long distance running we are making significant changes to our body to allow ourselves to do it. This cannot be rushed.

If you are running too much, too fast, too soon then you are risking doing yourself a mischief.
Running puts enormous demands on bones, muscles and tendons. They must be strengthened but this takes time. Common running injuries include groin strain, runner’s toe, calf strain and ankle sprains.

It is very important to listen to your body. It is better to miss a training session than force yourself to run and make something worse. The golden rule is to never to run through pain and always to seek out qualified medical advice if you think something is wrong.

Variety

Of course the bulk of your training will be running. There are a number of different running workouts that training plans will have you doing. This is so that you don’t fall into the trap of doing ‘junk’ miles that these different workouts are included.

Some non-running work outs can be a part of half marathon training. Strength training with weights is favoured by some runners, and many training programs schedule regular ‘cross training’.

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