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Shana & I set out for a short run yesterday morning . . . and by the time we got 100 yds down the road, we realised that we were being followed. It was still dark, and lucky for Shana that I was there, otherwise I’m sure she could have got quite freaked out...
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. . . but not for me this year I looked into finding a corporate sponsor to fund it . . . but everyone I know is obviously a lot more shrewd than they look. So I took a scalpel to the budget, and worked out how I could optimise the use of...
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It’s been a bit of a busy week, so I didn’t get around to adding this to my logbook until this afternoon. I was going to write something witty and amusing, but now I can’t remember the details, other than the fact that it was really cold & windy. Oh, that was it: Shana has...
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Today is Thursday, which means a 06:30 run with Shana. After her fall on Tuesday, she’s got some great scabby knees to show off and a great blue bruise on the left one. I’m not sure if running is like cycling, where you get to boast about your falls and show off your scars for...
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Early morning run with Shana - now that the clocks have gone back, at least 06:30 is back in a sort of daylight. Since our last run together, she’d got kitted up at Start Fitness with some track tights & breathable tops, and today was her first time running in them. We were just talking...
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Into Newcastle, met up with the Irishman, and then off to Durham & Consett, before riding home again. The ten miles at each end were at 17 mph, the middle 50 at 13. Fantastic weather (cold & bright), great scenery, and the roads quiet enough to ride side-by-side most of the time, shooting the...
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There’s been some discussion about autumn running attire recently. And today was definitely an opportunity for me to try mine out - it was raining cats & dogs at 06:30, which was the time I’d arranged with Shana to go for our run this morning. I was wearing track tights, a long-sleeved micro fleece, an...
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So I’ve got my blog back from Von SmallHaussen, who’s been put back on the train to that London. I had a great weekend - not as much cycling as I could have done (more on that later), but enough to make my total for the year to date 2,524 miles - just 476 short...
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Aha - I’ve stolen Karl’s blog and am guest editing for the weekend. I love coming up North away from the big smoke as I always manage to truly relax and chill out, and Hobbe’s and his lovely wife always look after me really well, except for this morning. Karl was off on...
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VonSmallHaussen’s come to visit for the weekend. And she wants to be this blog’s editor for the weekend. I mention this, so that you know I’m not responsible for whatever’s said here in the next couple of days. And the photos from tomorrow night’s party are almost nothing to do with me either. That’s all. Not...
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