Do The Right Thing

So Brad’s looking for a tandem to do the STP on next year with his kids. Hmmmm . . . I’m sure there’s more than one junior member of Team Brad. Perhaps what they need is a trandem:

Of course, this could get silly (it hasn’t already?), with a four-, five- or six-seater version, although they’d […]

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I’ve put together a compilation the be the theme music for this year’s skiing. Have I mentioned that I’m going skiing tomorrow for a week? If you’re in the UK, you can see the compilation & listen to samples on the UK iTunes store. For the rest of the world . . .

James Bond Theme […]

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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 fast […]

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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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. . . go out running on a day like this! Sunrise was just before seven, and when I headed out the front door to meet Shana, it was just above the horizon, shining through the rain falling closer to us. In fact, it was quite rainy for a few minutes . . . but […]

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Actually it’s a deer, not a duck.
I found this video on dvorak.org/blog - it’s something that’s never happened to me while I’ve been out on my bike:

I don’t have  the Van Halen soundtrack either - the music playing in my head when I’m on Trixie The Fixie is “No Cars Go” by Arcade Fire. […]

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. . . . and this is why it’s rubbish:
We flew from Stansted to Montpellier yesterday morning - a 1 1/2 hour flight. Because we’re cheap-skates, we’d booked withRyanair (you’ve heard of no-frills flying. Well Ryanair’s more like no underwear at all - really cheap, and leaves you feeling somehow dirty afterwards . . . […]

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Zappoman recently posted about tunes while you train . . . and I came across Steelwool yesterday, who just “can’t get motivated without music“.
Now I’m not sure about this - I worry that the tempo of whatever I listen to would interfere with my concentration. And as for banging techno while I’m on the open […]

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Forrester research & The Register report that iTunes music store has experienced plummeting sales this year - reportedly down 65% since January.
It seems that despite the price advantage of digital downloads, consumers still buy the majority of their music on CD. Yet sales of CDs are down 20% over the last five years.  Josh Bernoff […]

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