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What can I say? I am getting rather used to hearing or reading these words in connection with ballots for races. I’m starting to get a little paranoid truth be told! After all, I wouldn’t have entered them if I hadn’t wanted to take part.
That’s right, I’ve now been rejected for the Great North Run,...
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I’ve noticed that on Twitter I follow a lot of good causes. I also follow a lot of runners and cyclists. I have decided to introduce you to each other!
We all know the frustration of wanting to enter one of the big events but getting the letter telling us we weren’t successful in the ballot. (Suddenly after my half...
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Having recently reviewed Endomondo as a phone app I thought it would be worth giving you a bit of an update on how much it has helped me over the past few weeks.
But first I’d like to suggest a use for Endomondo that most people probably overlook, it came to me yesterday when my sister in law commented she had been watching me...
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What can I say, I’m writing this the day after my first attempt at a Half Marathon and I truly feel like I have been hit by a train. My hips are so sore and out of alignment that it’s not funny, and I am waddling around like a drunken cowboy who’s been in the saddle for weeks. But I don’t care cos I...
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…partly because my daughter is at her Grandparents for the weekend, partly because it’s raining – again, but mostly as it’s a good way to stop thinking about tomorrow.
It’s my first Half Marathon. Eek! Okay, deep breath. I’ve got up to 9.6 miles on my long runs with Cathy, I can do this,...
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I went to the Doctors last week, not sure if I told you before but I have been having some trouble with my hip, well I call it my hip, it’s at the top of my leg on the left hand side. Turns out it is my Iliac Crest.
I’m pretty certain this goes back ten years to when I was expecting my beloved daughter and stumbled...
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