Category: Historic Posts
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The Full Monty – May 2017
The Full Monty Sorry that I have not been about for a few days. I had a very busy week with work last week and although I managed some training, including a 100km bike ride last Sunday I have not had time to sit in front of the computer until now. On Saturday I took…
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London Marathon April 2017
ALL DONE OR NOT? Just a very quick update to confirm that I managed to complete the Virgin Money London Marathon yesterday. The experience was amazing although I must confess that I spent the last two miles just looking at my feet willing them to keep going, one in front of the other! The crowds…
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What a Week April 2017
What a week – My five minutes of fame This week has been by far the busiest thus far with Sunday rapidly approaching. A couple of weeks ago, Dayna from Best Beginnings to ask if I would go to the Expo on Wednesday of this week to meet a “special visitor” and represent Best Beginnings.…
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Tapering April 2017
Tapering, Walking and Technical success I have finally got here to update my progress from the last week. I have had a very good family weekend with Dawn, Pete, Gemma, Phil and the adorable Sophie. My diet plans have gone all astray with far too much alcohol and I hope to be able to rescue…
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Long Weekend – March 2017
LONG WEEKEND Just recovering from a heavy weekend of exercise following a very sinful Friday eating and drinking. I ran a quiz for our local church which was quite successful and a good evening. Aided by four pints of cider and beer. Good humour fuel but not good for athletes!! Despite this I had a…
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March 2017
his is such a late update that it is almost a down-date if such a thing exists. I have been really busy with work for the last couple of weeks and have only just squeezed in my training. But there have been some highlights particularly the longer evenings and the appearance of all the spring…
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How wet can you get – March 2017
How wet can you get? I thought Doris was bad but the Angelsey Half Marathon was even wetter! OK – the weather forecast was entirely correct but having woken to a beautiful sunrise I hoped perhaps they were wrong. As I walked across the Menai Bridge to register it began to spit with rain. Within…
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Storm Doris – February 2017
Another week (weak) down!! I am very pleased today. I managed to hit my target despite having to cram all my runs into 5 days as I was working earlier in the week. Susan persuaded me to run on Wednesday when I really did not feel like it but did the Asterley run steady. Thursday…