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In preparation for this weekend’s fun, I got myself a new hydration / fuel belt - an Asics Barrios Bottle Belt. In line with my principal that I never try anything out for the first time on Race Day, I took this out for a trial on my run with Shana on Tuesday morning -...
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Nothing much else to say about this ‘un - its the start of my taper for real. Workout: Type: Run Date: 06/26/2008 Total Time: 00:40:00.00 Distance: 4 miles Average Pace: 10:00/mile
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Wife got me a present at the weekend - the DVD of Run Fat Boy, Run. This is a great film about a guy who blags himself an entry to a marathon with only three weeks to go ’till the race. He works really hard, and runs the race. Kind of. I mean, we...
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Shana and I went for an easy run this morning - down to Tynemouth and back. I’d wanted to go out along the North pier of the Tyne, but the gate wasn’t yet open, so we just cut the run short a little. The first stretch of the return journey is to run up the...
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I’d very nearly got out of the habit of blogging. And that can’t be a good thing. But at last, I’ve caught up, so from now on, I’ll be posting it as it happens. Or fairly shortly afterwards, anyway. So this morning was a run with Shana - we went down towards North Shields, and...
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Carlton Reid’s put up a HUGE page of cycling quotes on the quickrelease.tv site. It takes literally ages to read ‘em all. Well, not literally ages, but a long time. Then again though,  just think how long it must’ve taken to research them in the first place! This sort of effort deserves some reward,...
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We went round to Daughter’s best friend’s parents’ (DBFP) for supper on Saturday night. And Mr DBFP’s hospitality got the better of me. Y’see, my parents were brought up in post-war austerity Britain, and were taught to eat everything on their plates. And they passed that on to me. The trouble is, it works with...
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For yesterday’s run with Shana, I wanted to keep the distance down, so after 1 1/2 mile to warm up, we headed down onto Cullercoats harbour beech for some barefoot drills. Lots of stuff at a good high cadence, focusing on keeping the chest forward, and the stride length tight. It was just the right...
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With the increase in my mileage on the bike recently, my backside’s been feeling the pressure. So when I read about the delights of saddle sores (be sure to check out this picture - not for the faint-hearted), I decided that prevention was almost certainly better than cure & bought a tub of chamois...
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Friday morning I ran with Shana. Nothing too fast, just an easy run south to Tynemouth. We got to the Tyne’s harbour wall at 7:30, just as the harbour master was unlocking the gates . . . so I thought it’d be fun to run all the way to the end - 900m, give...
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