Whitley Bay

This weekend I was in That London for my oldest friend’s birthday party. An evening of booze and banging techno - I participated in the former, while enjoying observing the effects of the latter. Anyway, I took the train down, which left me with the problem of how to get from our house to Newcastle...
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So here’s the thing: You check the weather forecast before setting off for the ride to the station. It says there’ll be a light tailwind, scattered clouds, but basically sunny. You look outside, and there is lots of blue sky. You know what comes next, don’t you? As soon as you get far enough from home that you don’t...
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So after getting myself into a bit of a mess on the bike, I decided not to go for a particularly long run - just an extended cool-down of about four miles. All was well until just after the turnaround, when I was dragged back to reality by a blast from a car horn. Looking...
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Actually, not really, really slow. But it was really hard work - even though I was taking it easy, it was still tough. Looking on the bright side, after tomorrow’s Monster Brick (70 mile bike + 8 mile run), it’s another "rest" week. Note the inverted commas - all these things are relative. Workout: Type: Run Date: 04/01/2010 Time:...
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So we entered a team of misfits for the North Shields Poly Grand Prix race series. Competing against a bunch of club runners . . . we won the series, and one of our members came first overall! Strangely enough, this is the first time I’ve ever won anything for being sporty. Wooo! Workout: Type: Run Date: 03/30/2010 Time:...
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This is the time management that means I get to train for stuff AND stay married. Now that long runs are heading above 15 miles they just take too long to fit into ’spare’ time, so I have to double them up with something else. So for the next twelve weeks or so, I’m getting...
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Friday was my first long run of the Base 3 training period. After the previous week’s relative relaxation, I felt distinctly pent-up and ready for action. With the rest of the day looking pretty crowded though, I had to juggle my schedule to get this one in, and ended up taking a day’s flexi-leave...
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Pedestrian refuges / traffic islands - put there for your safety. On the one hand, they mean that pedestrians can cross roads one lane at a time. And drivers, get a greater perception of their speed, which hopefully means that they slow down. The trouble is, that there isn’t always room for a car AND...
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The last workout of my rest / recovery week that marks the end of Base 2 training period was immediately after my ride home, to make it a mini-brick. Sensibly, I ran out into the wind, and again got a flying second half, averaging somewhere just above 6:30 per mile. Now. If only I can...
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Catching up - details brief. I reckon that our team’s still in first place after last Tuesday’s performance. Despite injuries taking out two of our runners, everyone put in a fantastic effort, leaving it all to run for on 30th March . . . . . . as our team captain’s email said, "Run, run, as...
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