Slow Distance Moving

Category: Physical Ramblings

  • June 2025 Update

    June 2025 Update

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    June 2025 Hello again and it’s time for another update since my last one in April. Firstly, I have fortunately not had any recurrence of the pancreatic trouble that I had in February and so have continued to be active. I have been doing a fair amount of cycling together with some golf and also…

  • Very disappointing (Part 2)

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    Following the descent, we retraced our steps to the top of Wenlock Edge and through the woods. Although much flatter, it was still treacherous and I spent the entire time having to look at my feet and trying to balance with my poles. We managed to pick up our pace and were averaging about 13…

  • Very Disappointing (Part One) Mammathon 2023

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    If there is anyone out there who is following this blog or following me on Strava you will know that I have been doing quite a lot of walking over the last three months. This was so that I would be ready for a marathon length walk on Saturday 1st April. This was the Mammathon based…

  • Fifty and a Thousand

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    I had hoped to complete a 50 mile ride before the end of June. Last year a similar ride had taken me over the 1000 mile mark. Approaching the end of September I was still just short of the 1000 but have set myself a target of a century ride before the end of the…

  • Paddle 4 Rob

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    My current training is focused on a planned paddle in August from the Barbican in Plymouth to Bere Ferrers. This paddle is in memory of my friend Rob Furneaux who died last year from motor neurone disease. I am aiming to raise funds for the MND Association. The paddle is on 19th August which would…

  • Update July 2022

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    Trying to keep going Again on my to-do list for at least a month here is an update for my reader with the high and lows of the last few months. Downs In June I caught Covid after I think a training session at work with 80 people in the same room. I was only…

  • 3 months into 2022

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    I shall be posting an update in the next couple of days on my progress now that I am three months in 2022. I have been busy on other sites so this one has taken a bit of a back seat but I shall remedy that soon.

  • Update 2nd November

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    Update, Targets and Ambitions A lot has happened since my previous posting and so this is a general update. I still owe a posting about the Montgomery Triathlon but I hope to have completed that by the weekend. Target Achieved. At the beginning of the year I set a Strava target of 1500 miles on…

  • Physical Ramblings

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    These posts will describe events and achievements which have been completed or are planned as challenges for the future. I shall over time add the posts from the early days of this site to these pages.

  • Snowman

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    The Snowman Super-Sprint Triathlon 2021 Prelude In May, I received an email from Always Aim High. Over the years I have completed a number of their triathlons including the Slateman (Sprint, Full and Savage) 6 times, the Sandman (1.5 times and Legend) and also the Angelsey half-marathon a couple of times. However I thought my…