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9 miler in the bank - bring on the Hastings Half (just not quite yet)
After running last Sunday in Hastings with Laura and Jo with the start of a cold, it descended into a proper cold and I could be bothered to do any exercise all week. Mental note: when you're a bit...
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Training for the Hastings Half Marathon - the hill effect
It's just a month to the Hastings Half Marathon and I'm starting to feel a bit nervous about the extreme ironing element of the Team Steam challenge - essentially carrying an ironing board for 13.1...
View ArticleElevation gain
I've been checking out some running stats from the Garmin. This morning, we did a 10.7 mile run around Welwyn, which I was happy with. The total elevation gain was 331ft. The Hastings Half, in a few...
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Skiing and half marathon preparation - is there a sunny side up?
It’s official: ski holidays and training for half marathons don’t mix. These past few years I’ve been on an early March ski holiday, only to have a week or two left for training before running a half...
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Pier 2 Pier - fun for Easter bunnies
So after the fun of Budapet to Krakow, Barmouth to Yarmouth and Coasts and Castles, this year's cycle tour involves riding from Bournmouth pier to Brighton pier: via the Isle of Wight. Don't ask me...
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Chased down by a plimsolled Borg
Patrick Stewart as Locutus, the assimilated Jean-Luc Picard (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I am a self-confessed MAMIL and tonight my planned evening cycle jaunt around Hertfordshire turned into a man-hunt...
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Training for another half...?
With our wedding coming up, Jo and I have decided to try not to completely go to seed and sign up for the St Albans Half in June (although haven't actually plucked up the courage to do it yet), so I...
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My last ever (raspberry and white chocolate) Starbucks muffin?
Yes, I was feeling an afternoon lull (this Olympics watching has been oh-so-tiring) and popped out for a caffeine injection. Spianata was shut (surely I'm not the only person to be tired at 4pm?), so...
View ArticleThe osteopath's art of diplomacy
I've been having osteopathy treatment after pulling my back out doing kettlebells wrong (I know, I know).Last week he said that "men of my age" should be doing Pilates to build up core strength, not...
View ArticleIs a diet of Soho lunches and evening pilates good preparation for a half...
Next week I get to find out whether a diet of working lunches and the occasional evening pilates DVD session is enough to get you through a half marathon. Yes, the Leicester Half is next weekend and I...
View ArticleLeicester Half Marathon race review
Today I ran the Leicester Half with a bunch of mates and, despite not really being particularly prepared from a training perspective, I was looking forward to it. Leicester's a kind of second city to...
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22 years on: how much slower am I?
Normally men approaching their 40th year have some kind of mid-life crisis that involves motorbikes, blondes or taking up martial arts. Not for me: tonight, I decided to go to a running track. Pic...
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