Newcastle

. . . 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 . . ....
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So Daughter has a two hour ‘Stage’ class on Saturdays at 1 pm. It’s in Tynemouth, which is about a four mile round trip, and so far we’d driven there to drop her off and pick her up. But last Saturday, two things struck me: It was a lovely day It’s only into Tynemouth. Although Daughter’s only...
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. . . lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed, it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o’erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire,—why, it appears...
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This morning, Daughter and I took our Huge Dalmatian for a walk along the promenade (four miles for me, a lot further for her on her bike - needing a cup of coffee at the half-way point for me, and an ice cream for her) . . . and then after lunch,...
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So having failed to knock one of my goals off yesterday, I went for a short ride with The Irishman. It was the kind of ambling along “shooting the breeze” (as he put it) riding, talking about the stuff that blokes talk about. Well, actually, the stuff that engineers talk about . . . I’d...
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So Saturday was my first attempt at my goal of 10K in 40 minutes. For this, I’d selected the Wallsend Harriers 10K road race circuit. This is a local race that I’ve run before, and it’s a good fast course. I also had my friend The Irishman come along on his bike. I knew...
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So after two days taking it easy, it was back to the grindstone this morning. The plan was to put in 50 miles, starting at 6am. But watching just one more episode of Season 4 of Twenty-Four last night made for getting to bed late, so I ended up leaving the house just before...
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So only the run left to do. And only 5k. Like it says on Run Happy, you know you’re a runner when you describe 5 miles as a short run, and that’s hardly any further than 5k. Again, lots more overtaking, and I also saw a couple of the guys from the NE31 club, who...
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I just can’t believe this weather. It’s more like November than August, with an absolutely howling Northerly / Northeasterly wind coming off the North Sea. I know all about running in this kind of weather - head off into the wind, so that at least you get an easier time of it for the...
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No, not a double A-sided single release by Queen in the mid-70’s, but a summary of my Sunday afternoon. Except it wasn’t a race either. Yesterday’s weather was GRIM - rain, 11 celcius, and the wind blowing what my grandmother would describe as a “hoolie” from the northwest. I’d planned to ride up to Consett...
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