fitness Archives - Ben Silveston

2019: New year, same me

01/01/201903/01/2019General Life2018, 2019, appendicitis, comeback, failure, fitness, personal development, programming, sport, success

So, we enter the last year of the “10s” decade. After a busy and successful 2018, I’m ready to begin another year of the same sort of (good) stuff. From spending days programming, to sport

Returning to Sport (post injury)

18/03/201618/03/2016Sports and Fitness2014, 2016, bike, bikes, cycling, field hockey, fitness, health and fitness, hockey, knee injury, physiotherapy, running, sport, sports, sports injury

It for sure is a nice feeling returning to sport again after injury. It’s been a long while since I have managed to build up enough physical (and in some ways, mental) strength in order to

Hockey: The long awaited return

17/02/201627/02/2016Sports and Fitnessback to hockey, field hockey, fitness, health, health and fitness, hockey, letchworth hockey club

Back in July 2015, I returned to a sport for the first time in 10 years – field hockey. Other than football, tennis (and table-tennis), badminton and cricket, it was the only other sport that

2015: The toughest year of my life

30/12/201517/02/2016General Life2015, 2016, challenges, driving test, field hockey, fitness, foo fighters, knee operation, mental, mental challenges, milton keynes bowl, physical, physical challenges

It does seem quite a statement but it’s true. Every year I have faced many different mental challenges. But never so many physical ones. 15 months on from my knee operation, it has been hard

Marathon training

28/04/201517/02/2016Sports and Fitnessfitness, half-marathon, health, health and fitness, london marathon, marathon, motivation, running

So I plan to run the London Marathon either in 2017 or 2018. Started training for it last Saturday (25th April 2015). So far so good but training to run 26.2 miles is going to