Do The Right Thing

So anyway, one of the people I photographed on the Great North Run course today was Owld Jarra Jim - a man in his mid-eighties who’s still getting out and doing it.
Turns out that he’s a bit of a star - even featured on the BBC’s web site. He didn’t start running ’till he was […]

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I didn’t do this year’s run. Actually I’ve not done it for seven years - tough course and lots and lots and lots of people make this more of a fun run.
Anyway, one of Wife’s friends from back when she used to be a civil servant DID run the race, so Daughter and I went […]

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Today was a big cycling day for me. With one thing and another, I’d only got in just over 20 miles this week, and I’m still aiming for 150 miles a fortnight to make sure that the year’s goal is well and truly in the bag.
I had two slots of two hours available, so I […]

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Another strength training session this evening, while Daughter was having her swimming lesson.
It’s odd, but every time I get on a machine, I have to do the usual resets on the seat positions, but I also do a dramatic change to the weights, taking loads off. The programme that the trainer at the gym put […]

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You HAVE to read this post about the Ironman lifestyle. It opened my eyes, and changed my life forever, to realise that even supermen come close to DNF. To quote:
I have come close to not finishing at all. Yes I am human to. I did Kona one year and a fresh lava flow crossed the […]

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Every year, I tend to let my fitness slip over the summer - my high hopes and ambitions get dusted with pollen & generally sneezed over. This year I’ve [mostly] managed to avoid this, though through August & September, there was a little trailing off on the hours. Maybe all those races had something to […]

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Lots of people listen to music while they train.
Apparently if you’re not in the UK, then iTunes won’t show you my training tunes playlist. But you might just be able to see it here . . . if you need a magnifying glass, just click to enlarge:

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. . . for the quickrelease.tv Shimano Schwag competition . . . not me!
It’s at this point that I pull that fixed grin and wildly crinkled eyes expression that you see other nominees do at the Oscars when they’ve not heard their name as the winner. I may even start clapping wildly. Yes, I’ll smile […]

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So while I was rummaging through quickrelease.tv for the video featured in the previous post, I found the shortlist for their video competition. Remember, the idea of their competition was to create
“TV adverts extolling the virtues of bicycling to a mainstream audience. So, go light on the Lycra. No techie stuff. No Critical Mass protest […]

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We had to go into Newcastle today to pick up some stuff for Wife. And as it was such a sunny day, she suggested that rather than the two of us going in the car . . . I could ride.
Well, I can resist almost everything except temptation, and even though I’d already been out […]

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