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. . . but I get the point of this video, found by Da Square Wheel Man: The funny thing is, one of the guys at The Edinburgh Bicycle Cooperative in Byker has recently grown a mustache just like the one featured in the final shot. Maybe it’s his father in the film . ....
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I forgot this morning that Shana’s hiding from me in Turkey. By the time I realised, the sun was up, and I was carrying fluids for two for a long-ish run. I couldn’t let that go to waste though, so I headed out to push the distance a bit, and ended up doing a 10...
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Not too much to say about the North Tyneside Easter Sunday 10K, except that it was the toughest race I’ve ever completed! The  weather from Saturday had only slightly abated, and by the start of the race, the temperature on the sea front was a balmy 0ºC, with a pleasant 22-25mph headwind. My race went...
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Nuun: £0.41 for a 500ml drink. This home-made version £0.001! I probably don’t get enough salt in my diet. I’ve had a couple of leg cramps in the pool recently, and sometimes when I yawn, the muscle under my tongue cramps up badly too. The thing is that we don’t tend to buy many processed...
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Well here’s one way to get everyone swimming a little faster! But that’s not what I did on Friday, though it was tempting for a while. No, while I was off skiing with Daughter, my order from Swimshop.co.uk had arrived in the post - a kickboard (oh, deep joy!), a pullbuoy (I can hardly contain...
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Wooo wooo wooo! Despite the delays with EasyJet, getting lost on our way out of Geneva, and generally not having had enough sleep, we got to go skiing last Sunday! Daughter had a private 1:1 lesson with the excellent Sally from the Snow Institute (HIGHLY recommended if you’re staying in Morzine) on Sunday afternoon, and...
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Spring is just around the corner, which means mileage - heading out into the great outdoors for long, long rides, and not quite so long runs. The trouble is that I don’t usually carry any ID, so if I were to be in a serious accident . . . well, let’s just say that...
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I’ve given up my gym membership! I originally signed up because I needed to be a member for Daughter to have her swimming lessons there with Swimtime (HIGHLY recommended), but they’ve now relaxed this rule, and I don’t have to be a member. I figured that I’m getting two good swim workouts a week...
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Oops! And I said that I wouldn’t - not this year anyway. But there you go - that’s another New Year’s Resolution busted. Or is it? This isn’t my usual sort of bike. It’s got 700 x 35 wheels, a rack at the back AND one on the front to take a basket, a Nexus...
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Amazon.co.uk says not, and heatratemonitor.co.uk says not at the moment, but I should check Garmin’s site. Garmin’s site seems not to have useful stuff like ’systems requirements’ displayed in a nice prominent place where I can find ‘em. Anyone out there got any experience of this?
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