North Downs Way 100
Monthly Archives: April 2015
PB Klaxon: it’s all in the preparation
Today’s To Do List: (1) Prep for an OU tutoring session with a friend’s son (2) Coaching call to talk through race plan for TP100 (3) OU tutoring session with a friend’s son (4) Find compass and space blanket (5) Go for a … Continue reading
Bognor Regis parkrun
The great thing about being a parkrun tourist is that you run at some fantastic venues and you meet some amazing people. A chance encounter with Andy Bailey at Kings Lynn parkrun led to being crewed round a 100 mile … Continue reading
Running (for bloomin’ miles)
I got home yesterday to find this waiting for me… …complete with this stamp on the envelope. I am still grinning.
Under orders
My evil sister, who never runs anywhere, has been complaining about my lack of blogging. It’s true. I’ve been very slack. I’ve failed miserably to blog about my last three parkruns (Frimley Lodge*, Bognor Regis**, and Bournemouth***). I didn’t blog … Continue reading
A sloth’s eye view of Paris Marathon
I spotted all bar three of the km markers and all bar two of the mile markers. I noticed when buildings gave way to trees gave way to buildings gave way to tunnels gave way to buildings gave way to … Continue reading
Systemic failure
Originally posted on As Easy As Riding A Bike:
Back in November 2010, a cement mixer crashed through the parapet of a bridge over the (branch) railway line between Guildford and Waterloo, close to Oxshott station in Surrey. The mixer…
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Taperchondria – with apologies to Hillaire Belloc
You know (at least you ought to know For Runner’s World has told you so) That athletes really ought to rest Before a race to do their best So thought Abradypus, “I’ll taper” “- then at Paris I will caper” She hadn’t … Continue reading
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