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shut up and run
About me and this blog
I started running in training for the 2000 London Marathon while based out in Japan and spent years trying to shift the road marathon PB down a few notches to the exclusion of a...
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31st May, 2014
There's something about Comrades that draws you back. Many things. When you've run your first one you get your one and only shot at a back-to-back medal by taking on the race in ...
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DNF at the Thames Path 100
Yesterday I attempted my first 100-miler, running the Thames Path 100 along the course of the Thames from Richmond to Oxford. I was going to write that things didnt go as planned but there was prec…
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Farnham Pilgrim Marathon
I ran this marathon for the first time last year and had been looking forward to having another go at it. Both times its served as a long training run rather than a race but as I went out extremely…
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4th March, 2015
There's a rich seam of races that abandon the traditional trimmings of medals and goody bags and are instead intent on stuffing more cake calories into you than you could burn off...
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23rd August, 2013
Now I don't get sent many unsolicited goodies through the post but things have clearly looked up recently. I may never have been asked to babysit (I have no desire to, but it w...