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I went running with Shana this morning. OK, so I know that I’m officially signed off by the Doc, but I took it really easy, and I honestly think that the cold morning air did me more good than harm. Speaking of the cold, Shana was somewhat layered up - hat, gloves, windstopper, etc. But...
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Boxing Day - I’ve no idea what it’s about, or where the name even came from. I mean there’s at least eight derivations for it listed on Wikipedia, which although it may be a good source of general knowledge, isn’t actually the font of universal truth. What I do know is that the North Shields...
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This morning I was going to run with Shana, but she couldn’t make it, so I decided to go for a swim instead. I think my shoulder’s well and truly on the mend, so it’s time to start pushing the distance a little, and 1,000m seemed like a nice number to try. Not too...
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Just briefly . . . we slept for the first time in our ‘new’ ‘penthouse suite’ (I can dream, can’t I?) last night. And then this morning, I went running with Shana, and she’s now through the four mile barrier, which is fantastic. She’s also getting so keen on running, that she wants to do...
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Last week the entry forms for the North Tyneside 10K dropped through the door. I usually enter Tall Friend and myself for this race (and he reciprocates with the Stratford Triathlon), and this year I’ll be sending off three entry forms - one for Shana too. Then yesterday morning was the first Tuesday of the...
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Now that we’re approaching the depths of winter, which means that on early morning runs here, you get to see some unusual sights. Before dawn the horizon’s a glittering line, with the twinkling lights of  fishing boats. I presume they’re fishing boats, anyway. But it’s quite a sight, and one that despite having lived here...
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After the near drowning I had on Tuesday night, a sensible person would have driven to the meetings I had yesterday - three hours on site with a client in Walker, lunch in the Team Valley, visiting a friend’s business in Durham to see their swish operation, and then setting the world to rights...
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Tuesday morning was DARK. 06:30 on previous morning’s had been wrapped in a pre-dawn grey light, but this one was just black. Low , dense cloud cover meant that the only thing you could see looking out to sea was the lights of fishing boats twinkling along the horizon. Not the best of conditions for...
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This has been an unusual week. A friend who I’ve not seen or spoken to for years suddenly got back in touch, having tracked me down via LinkedIn. Nothing too unusual in that. But within 24 hours, her brother, who I’ve not seen in seven years tracked me down by just happening to stumble...
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This morning I took Shana for the first session of four weeks running at the next mileage level. We went along the seafront to Tynemouth & back - about 3.8 miles. At the turnaround point, I asked her if she knew how far from home she was. Her reply was, “A lot nearer the Metro”. If...
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