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I have a favour to ask
It is very simple and it is this. Please stop reading my blog. If you read it because you know me personally, and you feel obliged to, then stop*. If you read it because I once commented on your blog … Continue reading
Sloth 1, #writethisrun 0
I’m doomed! I have just spent the day at Write this Run, listening to inspiring tales of derring do*, grit and general awesomeness from the likes of Donna DeWick, Mimi Anderson, Kevin Betts and Scott Overall. After which I drove … Continue reading
The rewards of sloth
I was lazy this morning. Instead of setting the alarm for stupid o’clock to tick off another new parkrun, I set it for the luxuriously late time of 8 o’clock and pottered off to Wimbledon… …where I bumped into Run … Continue reading
Taking hints
Yesterday was one of those days. By 5pm, I had peered under rocks, peeled the lids off several cans of worms and opened Pandora’s box, and I still had a 2 hour run to fit in (deferred from Sunday, when a hard day of … Continue reading
Brighton Marathon
One of the oft-repeated bits of advice for inexperienced marathon runners is not to do anything on race day that you haven’t done in training. This includes things like wearing shoes that you bought ten days ago, using a race … Continue reading
Maidstone parkrun
What can I say? The parkrun team have found another great venue for a parkrun, this time in Maidstone. It starts at the Museum of Kent Life, a hop, skip and a jump away from Junction 6 of the M20, … Continue reading
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I was going to blog…
…but then I read this* and decided you’d enjoy it more. *an entertaining (though slightly sweary) rant about running related things.
Shorne Woods parkrun
I have fallen off the parkrun tourism wagon in recent weeks. My four February parkruns were all at Wimbledon, and my first four March parkruns included three which I was running for the third time. One new parkrun in eight … Continue reading
I may* live to regret this…
…but as I volunteered for more than eight hours at this year’s Thames Path 100, I have guaranteed entry into next year’s race… …and I have just emailed the race director to say “Yes, please!” *will almost certainly
Thames Path 100 (mile 65)
I spent Saturday night in a marquee in Walton-on-Thames volunteering at the Thames Path 100. That hadn’t been the plan. The plan had been to spend the night in a nice cosy village hall in Streatley, but flooding meant that … Continue reading
