Do The Right Thing

. . . my just-like-I-do-it-in-training T2 had opened up about another 15 seconds on Robbie, putting me a total of about 25 seconds on the road ahead of him, and 1:35 behind him in the race. Could I make that up on the run?
As I set out from T2, I was already starting to do […]

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The run was interesting.
I hadn’t banked on it being such a cross-country affair, nor on the weather being so wet. I also thought that the route was a simple out-and-back, so within 200m of what I thought was the end of the first lap, when the route headed off for a circuit of the lake […]

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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 - an […]

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Nothing much else to say about this ‘un - its the start of my taper for real.

Logbook Activity

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 all […]

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After the bike ride, I could tell that all was not well with my legs - I had some slight pain in both my vastus medialis muscles, that I’ve come to recognise from longer rides / pool session as a symptom of electrolyte problems prior to actual cramping.
After putting the bike away, a quick change […]

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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 bank […]

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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 then […]

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Logbook Activity

Type: Run
Date: 06/10/2008
Total Time: 00:40:00.00
Distance: 4 miles
Average Pace: 10:00/mile

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Just the facts:

10k in the late afternoon of another showery, but warm day. My usual route from Gabian to Fouzillhon and Pouzolles
Took just one x 500ml bottle of diluted fruit juice in the back pocket of my waist belt thingie
Bottle wasn’t upright and leaked, leaving me in a sticky mess from the hips down
Quite pleased […]

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