Archive for February, 2008

I did a short run with Shana yesterday - just into Tynemouth & back, with a loop on the end for Huge Dalmatian to stretch his legs a little. Despite the weather forecast, it was pretty breezy. Actually, now I come to think of it, the weather forecast is almost always wrong here. Maybe it’s...
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Bummer. I was so wrapped up with my inability to do the two-wheeled basics over the last 36 hours that I’ve ony just picked up on the fact that Sheldon Brown (the world’s first bike über-mechanic of the internet age) died at the weekend. If you’ve never read Sheldon’s pages, go there now -...
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So after going for a slide across the tarmac yesterday, I had a distinctly average night’s sleep. My grazes aren’t too deep, and aren’t weeping / oozing / bleeding. But they’re sore enough to interrupt the Sandman. I hadn’t applied any dressings because I think it’s better to let these kinds of grazes just...
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Today was a work day, but that doesn’t mean that I didn’t get to cycle. In fact, rather too much cycling for my own good. Fist of all, there was a ride into Walker to see a client for a short (non-billable) meeting. This was supposed to start at 11, be over by 11:45, giving...
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. . . Now there’s something I never thought I’d ever say. I took a brief swim during Daughter’s swim lesson today. At one point, I counted SEVEN other swimmers in the roped off lane. Thankfully they were all taking it really, really easy. But even so, I had to spend a fair bit of...
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After last nighs running intervals, it was hard to drag my butt out of bed this morning for the spin class. The bedroom was cold, and under the duvet was soooo nice and warm. Just another 15 minutes . . . followed by a rush to get ready. My calves are generally pretty strong (all...
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