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Council announce plans for upgrade of Greenway in Passage West - Nov 2024 - Cork County Council have just announced their plans to upgrade an existing 2km long stretch of Greenway in Passage West. It will go from the Cork County/Ci...
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Wendover Woods 50 - Wendover Woods 50 You know those annoying race reports where people start by saying they did "NO TRAINING" and had constant illnesses and broken legs, but ...3 days ago
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Finally Set a New PR on the A4136 Climb Segment - It's been steady progress on the training front. More of the Zone 2 - obviously. Intermingled with some good interval sessions on the treadmill. Although I...1 week ago
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Go Swim x3 2024 - Well… that was the hardest Go Swim event ๐♀️ I’ve ever done!!… wind, cold and chop made it tougher than usual, but I’m pleased to say I did the best I co...2 months ago
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Fdip385: Solar Eruptions - Today I’m going to tell you a story about my total solar eclipse experience and it’s aftermath, and give you an update on my foot reconstruction surgery an...6 months ago
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NEIGH - I like to think I take my recovery very seriously – maybe even too seriously. I feel like I’ve lost a lot of fitness since Grandma’s. The week after the ...1 year ago
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CW-LE: Cape Cornwall and the (Land's) End - Yesterday evening I hiked up to the chimney that sits atop of Cape Cornwall (pictured above), sat on a bench, and thought to myself "whatever happens tom...1 year ago
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Happy 2023! And I'm Moving To Substack... - *Happy New Year*! I hope this finds you all healthy, and looking forward to 2023. I'm just back from a few weeks of rest in Oregon and California with th...
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Still Going - Deep down I actually pretty much knew it already when I wrote my last post, even if I had not quite accepted it yet. As soon as I said it out loud, the i...2 years ago
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February 2022 Instructor of the Month: Nick Constantine - Instructor of the Month: February 2022 Congratulations, Nick Constantine Tell us a little about you. Where you live, what your background is. What (if) you...2 years ago
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Dreaded Yearly Fashion Post 2021 - Nearly 10 months later than usual, but it's time to clean out some files, so here's the looks I decided were worth keeping on file. Most are from variou...
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1st week of January 2014 v 2021 - A lot has changed over the years. Training miles, training speeds and training goals. In January 2014 I was doing 'ok' - I had recovered from a fibula...
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Realistic Christmas Letter 2020 - Realistic Christmas Letter of 2020 We are just living the dream. It’s a fever dream, but it’s still a dream. I have to admit there is a certain amount...3 years ago
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Conte partiro - time to say goodbye...... - Shortly after the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 I was climbing in the Lake District with members of the Vibram Mountaineering Club. No-one knows quite how i...
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57 Varieties - 57 is the number of races I've completed in 2019, starting and finishing with Victoria Parkrun. This keeps my batting average going of *more than 1 race ...
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Havering Half Marathon - A New Beginning - My first race in over 3 years and I was standing in the middle of my former secondary school playing fields recalling how long it had been since I felt ner...
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1000 Miles, One Week - 10 years at the Western States Endurance Run - Mid-race as it heats up. Photo: Derrick Lytle. I first heard about the Western States Endurance Run (WS100) soon after I started running, living in Londo...
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Hello world! - Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing!6 years ago
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jual jaring futsal murah di bekasi - Jual Jaring Futsal Berkualitas Harga Murah selamat datang di toko online kami untuk pemesanan hubungi *0812 1009 9830* *0858 1025 6350* *Jual Jarin...
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The 2018 Lake Martin 100 - I just posted a new Blog on the 2018 Lake Martin 100. It's at https://www.southeasterntrailruns.com/run-your-first-ultra-blog
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Dischem Ride For Sight - Feeling More Motivated - Last Sunday Anette and I rode the Dischem Ride For Sight race at Boksburg Stadium. This is quite a popular race with 1640 riders finishing the 62km even...
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Baldy Half Marathon and Festive of the Grape - First Annual Baldy Half MarathonI came in 4th in the male category. I really enjoyed it, and I got access to the Festive of the Grape in Oliver BC.here is ...6 years ago
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Ironman Kona 2017 - What can I say.... I’m a dyed in the wool Hawaii Ironman fan boy. Or should that be dyed in Lycra? I can’t help it. I just love the place and the race th...
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Guest Runners For 2018 Camps - We are once again going to have guest runners at each session of Alaska Mountain Ultrarunning Camp in 2018. Dakota Jones will be joining us for the June 10...7 years ago
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The Humbled American - IX TNLO 42K: Prozis National Championship of Trail It was like Gary Cantrell, (known to most as “Laz”) of Barkley race direction fame, came to Portugal t...7 years ago
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Getting Old - It's been a while. Still running away. Just not posting about it. Not much to post about really. Apart from the Belfast 24 hour last June. But the longer ...7 years ago
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Tom Scott 10 mile PB - Training has been going well this year for the most part and I enjoy training even more than racing. However it’s always good to measure up some performanc...
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Real friendships - I got caught some time ago by a question from a client of mine, who said something to the matter (not in exact words) that I seem to be avoiding building n...
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Amazing Race 2017 - Discover eight charges in the shortest amount of time - some only a one word clue! This being my first go at it; turned out exciting even though our team f...
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Guided Walks in the Lake District Easter 2017 from £25 - The northern part of the Lake District is a great place to go walking with fantastic scenery. All the walks start and finish in Keswick. We will meet in...
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The Way Forward in Science - It's been more than a year since my last post. This is not because I've had no thoughts; it's because my last two posts were speculative to the point of be...7 years ago
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This is Why I run - Highlands Trout Lesotho Mountain Challenge 2016 - This is why I run. Why I get up and get out while others are sleeping. I run so that I am ready when the opportunity to experience THIS happens, I am rea...
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่ก่กใๆชใใชใใจ - ่ชๅใๅใใ ใใใจๆใใๅๅ ใ็นๅฎใ、ใใใซๅฟใใๅฎๅนๆงใฎใใ่ฒๆฏๅฏพ็ญใ็ตใฟๅใใใฆๅฎๆฝใ็ถใใใใจใ、็ญๆใฎ้ใซ้ ญใฎๆฏใๅขๅ ใใใๆนๆณใซใชใใพใ。 ้ ญ้ซชใๆฐใซใชใฃใๆใซ、่ฒๆฏใใในใใ่ๆฏใฎ้ฒ่กใๆๅถใในใใ？ใฏใใพใๅฐ้ๅปใซใใ่ๆฏๆฒป็ใซไพๅญใในใใ？้ใ ใซไธๅบฆ่ฏใๆฒป็ๆนๆณใ่ใใในใใงใ。 AGAใซ้ฅใฃ...8 years ago
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How Constraints Make You a Better Coach - Coaching is easy when everything is on a roll. You just get in a groove and click it off. It’s magical and easy. However, when things are going well, we al...8 years ago
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Satan's strategy - Satan seeks to steal, kill and destroy. He hates human beings and hates the church and wants to bring us and it down. And he is very clever. If he can ut...8 years ago
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The Dunning–Kruger effect - The *Dunning–Kruger effect* This phrase was new to me when I heard it on a podcast recently. So I consulted google for a definition. You are not an expe...8 years ago
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2015 MSIG 50 Lantau Nutrition Plan & Preview - The MSIG 50 Lantau is an almost 55k trail race with 3,240m of vertical gain and a 12h cut-off. This run cannot be underestimated because a lot of the eleva...
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2015 Tarawera Trail Marathon and 50k - Blog posts, photos, stories and videos from the second annual edition of the race. Please email me paul@taraweramarathon.co.nz if I have missed anyone. 4 N...
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Heights of Winter – 2015 - sub title – The 12hour World Hide and Seek Championships For a number of people, myself included, the annual Heights of Winter Rogaine has become a must-do...9 years ago
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A Year has Slipped By - An entire year has slipped by without writing in the blog. And so many things have happened! 1. I was hired as full-time tenure-track faculty at the ...
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A Self-Supported Ultramarathon to start the New Year - Cooloola Great Walk - Sweat running down my arms in a constant stream, 35C in the shade (but no shade to be found on the beach) legs like lead, drinking water warm – Happy New ...
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Greg To Coast: A solo 200-mile run - I awoke with a start and a gasp, sitting up in rapid fashion, first piking at my waist before transitioning quickly to my knees. My field of vision contain...
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The Journey Continues... - *Today's Weight: 240* I'm now down 70 pounds since January 12th. Some ups and some downs but so far things are going well. It's time to really get dia...
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AS PETE AND DUD WOULD SAY...... - OK unless you haven’t guessed…this blog is all but dead and buried. It MIGHT come back at some point … or it may get posted to on the odd occasion when I f...10 years ago
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RRT 133: Boston Marathon 2014 - Chris Russell led a great Runners Roundtable discussion with his fellow Boston Marathon 2014 runners as they recounted their incredible experiences and ...10 years ago
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New Website - This blog has moved over to my NEW WEBSITE! So, continue to follow along there.10 years ago
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Drugs and Running - The latest drug bust in big time marathoning has got me thinking about drugs in ultramarathon running. As much as I want to believe our sport is totally cl...10 years ago
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Going The Extra Miles For Sport Relief - Unless you were the TV personality Davina McCall, most people ran a mile for Sport Relief back in March. What Miss McCall didn’t know as she called into ...10 years ago
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2014 Tar 'N Trail Results - 2014 Tar 'N Trail 6 Miler Lithia Park, Ashland, OR Overcast 45 degrees David Laney M 25 35:33 Lindon Powell M 21 36...
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Out running - This blog is currently retired.... I'm out running...or maybe enjoying a cup of tea. Thanks for your support.10 years ago
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Don't be strong! - People mean well when they say to "be strong." But there may be a time and place when it may be better to say, "You've been so strong for so long that i...10 years ago
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the day it all went wrong - In the words of the song by Nazareth ... "woke up this morning ... " Yes, that's how I'm feeling right now - just waiting for shit to happen [sorry about t...10 years ago
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Perth Parkrun 30 November - Parkruns have become an established part of the British running scene over the last few years. It’s a very simple idea, based around free 5k time trials....10 years ago
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Summer Summary - Post London Marathon I raced 10ks, getting my time down to 34.20 by the end of June. During July and August I hit a wee purple patch winning the Tour of t...
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Ilkley incline! - Little 5 kay killer hill work. 170 metres of ascent and descent, straight up from guitar teacher's house to the Cow and Calf rocks and back down. Stunning ...11 years ago
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San Francisco Marathon, 16th June 2013 - Heading to the start The alarm sounded – it was dark outside, that’s because it was 3:10am! The day was finally here, the day of the San Francisco Marath...
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London Marathon pleasure and study horror (in that order) - As the title suggests, and as the London Marathon was over a month ago, I am in the depths of study hell. Should I be posting on my blog the day before my ...
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New blog platform - Hello, there! It's been awhile! While I am still overcoming my IT Band issues, I still do a ton of hiking and so I've decided to change the focus of my blo...11 years ago
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Catching up - Been meaning to add to this blog for ages - just looked and see it's over a year since I last posted. So, a few notes to catch up to present date: I joined...11 years ago
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Carb Loading for a half marathon - *CARB Loading for a half marathon?? (Put in the most simple words possible) * Truth is, it isn’t absolutely necessary to carb load for an event this long ...11 years ago
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new home .... - For anyone looking at this page .... please note that my recently restarted blog can be read at lizzyhawker.wordpress.com I hope you enjoy my words. Tashi...11 years ago
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Looking for some inspiration - Nikki Kimball showing us how it's done Every Sunday night I sit down with my husband and 10 year old daughter to watch a movie. We started “movie” night...
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Opportunity meets Challenge - an open letter - I find myself in a very exciting but potentially very difficult situation and it’s complex. A little background first. I have been running long for 23 y...11 years ago
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Looking forward to my lunchtime parkrun freedom run - I love Tuesdays! One of the great benefits of working from home on a Tuesday is that I have time for a lunchtime parkrun freedom run. It may not be the ni...12 years ago
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Week 3 (and part of week 4) Update - This would be all of last week. Sorry for the lateness! It's been tricky finding time to run. I somehow managed to keep it consistent to every other day ...12 years ago
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Time for a new blog... - *Winter sunset over Fort William after a big day on the Ben * I started this blog on the 21st December 2009 to share my adventures as a mountain instructo...
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Tamarindo, Costa Rica Wedding/Honeymoon/Running - Where to start? First and foremost, I married the man of my dreams In a beautiful place with sand and surf monkeys and crocs beer and nachos sun and rain oh....
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The Ultra Trail Du Mont Blanc 2012 - Kind of!!! - The UTMB is probably seen by most of those who enter it as Ultra Trail/mountain running's World Cup or Olympics. A bit like Ironman Hawaii is to Triathlon ...
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JK Day 3 - Craig a Barns - Day 3 of JK was at Craig a Barns near Dunkeld. I ran M55L which was 5.5k with 285m of climb and 15 controls. Results. WinSplits. RouteGadget. Overall (d...
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Syndication of Conversations with the Trail - Dear Friends, I have thoroughly enjoyed writing stories and interviews here at "Conversations with the Trail." A wonderful change is about to take place, h...12 years ago
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Redirect - Please visit me at http://downeastrunning.wordpress.com. I had trouble posting to this blog so I created one at Wordpress. Of course, now it is letting me...12 years ago
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The Lost Secret of Running – The New York Times - This is a great short clip by Christopher McDougall and the New York times showing you how to run more efficiently with some simple drills. Yes, it’s that ...13 years ago
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Himalayan report - Arrived in India after flying through the night , picked up at 9:35am from Bagdogra and taken high up the lower Himalaya to Mirik lake to register Room is ...13 years ago
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Hardmoors 55 2011 - Same, but Different... - I'll get straight to the point. Last year I DNF'd the HM55 at the Wainstones because I got lost and was too slow. This year I DNF'd at Kildale (around 40 m...13 years ago
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random ruminations - So, since I’m into my fourth consecutive week’s worth of running, last night I thought it might be fun to take along my Garmin (gps speed+distance+googlema...13 years ago
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Self Transcendence Triathlon - I hesitated for a few precious seconds before slipping beneath the cool blanket of water. Despite being overcast, the visibility was surprisingly clear and...
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Sulphur Springs 50 Mile Race Report - I have been busy the last year. Since my last post in 2010, I have run 2 marathons, 1 30k road race, and a 50k trail ultra. I have gotten more serious abou...13 years ago
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Highland Fling 2011 - This year was a bit different from last year. This year there were other people entering the event who I knew and I had the chance to run with. Karl Wait, ...13 years ago
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Movin' on over - Time for a new blog! Follow if you like :) http://joggingstrollerdiaries.wordpress.com13 years ago
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2010 in numbers - Having put my runners away for the last time in 2010 I thought it'd be an apt time to tot up the years figures. More miles run, with more days off.... If t...13 years ago
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Marathon & Beyond 100 Mile Training Article - Very exciting news! I wrote an article a few years back and it will finally be published in the January/February 2011 issue of Marathon & Beyond. The artic...13 years ago
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Chugging along - All is relatively quiet here lately as I continue to put in the miles on a 'run as you please' basis with no particular plan or goal in mind at the moment....
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Running Log: Sunday, October 3 2010 - Loch Ness Marathon 26.2 miles in 2:33:02, average pace 5:50/mile Splits: (took some piecing together since my Garmin didn't connect until 1.7 miles into r...14 years ago
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Hello again. - Old injuries feel like no injuries most days, and the miles are flowing like wine. It's a metaphor. And Chinese comment spammer, whomever you are, please ...14 years ago
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GR11 in 23 Days - I completed the GR11 on Monday 26th July at a scorching and windy Cap de Creus, 23 days since leaving Cabo Higuer on the Atlantic Coast. My route was about...14 years ago
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Some thanks... - I couldn’t start this brief round-up anywhere else other than to thank JC, my road support for the full six weeks, what a fantastic effort in so many ways ...14 years ago
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50 marathons in 50 states - Laura Skladzinski just became the youngest female to run a marathon in each of the 50 states! Laura was an early running blog friend of mine and it's bee...14 years ago
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So, you wanna start running barefoot? - Firstly, before you begin, you want to evaluate what it is that is leading you to even accept the logic behind the concept of barefoot running. We all know...14 years ago
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Greenwater Lake Run / Norse Peak Wilderness - Nothing like a 12.5 mile Tuesday morning trail run up in the Norse Peak Wilderness near Mt. Rainier to clear ones head. Steve Stoyles and I headed up Hwy...
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Against Time - I was in a pub just over a week ago, off Victoria Street in London, with my mate Andy. Andy is a top bloke and a great athlete currently training for an Ir...14 years ago
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Thanks, and goodbye - After much consideration, I've decided not to update this blog for the foreseeable future. While I appreciate all the (mostly) kind comments and support I'...14 years ago
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New Digs - I'm writing again, though I'm taking it to a new location. They are not letting me link to it, perhaps because its the competition, so I'll spell it out: ...14 years ago
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After - I still don't have a good reason for my dismal marathon performance. Possible factors include not enough carb loading, which I eased up on in hopes of havi...14 years ago
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Blog Tag - I was tagged by Alan Geraldi on this topic. Please check my responses below and how this tagging works. "It has been awhile since us Ultraholics and friend...
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Moving my blogging... - I'm not so sure how people are able to keep up with numerous blog and personal web sites, but since I have now moved on to where my focus lies more in tria...15 years ago
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what will runners see on the trail this year at States??? - well, the big dance is almost here. the big guns are primed and ready. it will be a fun track meet to watch. i've been on the western states 100 course a f...
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Miwok 100K race report - challenging conditions for a first 100K - I had been looking forward to this day for a long time. Sometime last year I decided that I really wanted to run the Miwok 100K race up in the Marin Headla...15 years ago
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Spur Cross Ranch - If any of you are floating around the far north end of the "Valley of the Sun", near Cave Creek, you have to check out Spur Cross. I've never been up there...
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GSR 2008 - Near perfect conditions and ran 1.36,35 which was a couple of minutes faster than I thought I could go. In fact a PB by almost 3 minutes! It was good start...16 years ago
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The Last Post - Photos first and then a looooong discourse (which is worth reading I might add. Click here to open the portfolio from Arthur. Click here to open the portf...17 years ago
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