July 2008

Great Capital Run

July 20, 2008
Great Capital Run

As is usual for race day, I wake up grumpy as hell and immediately text OGB to remind him that he is entirely responsible for all that is wrong with the world – he replies with something outrageously abusive. A quick look back over previous race reports ought to be enough to remind me why [...]

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I Need a Tie

July 17, 2008
I Need a Tie

I have just entered the Brompton World Championship race to be held at Blenheim Palace. Catch that, a world bloody championship! Anyway, rules state I must wear a suit jacket, collared shirt and a tie. I don’t have a tie – disaster! Anybody got a spare tie that would complement my delightful bike and wouldn’t [...]

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Running Over Old Ground

July 10, 2008
Running Over Old Ground

The race packs seem to be dropping thick and fast through the letter box this week, after the painfully slow 5k at the weekend I came home and opened an envelope to discover I was entered in the Great Capital 10k in just 2 weeks time. Goodness knows when I signed up for that, I [...]

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Surrey Housewives organise the British London 5k

July 6, 2008
Surrey Housewives organise the British London 5k

This time last year I came face to face with the world renowned shambles that is the British London 10k. Fortunately, this time round I was invited to join the Surrey Housewives Set in their annual attempt to show Michael O’Reilly how mass participation events should be organised. Under the auspices of SHS1 the humongous [...]

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World Rubber Crisis

July 5, 2008
World Rubber Crisis

OGB may well have left London in search of science but he hasn’t stopped harassing me. The last email I got from him went along the lines of “how do you fancy doing a 10k race in Cardiff?” Cardiff? That’s in a whole different country, why would you bother? He obviously thinks I’ve gone soft [...]

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Two Tone Brompton

July 4, 2008
Two Tone Brompton

Here’s a quick pictorial introduction to the new bike recruit. The Brompton is squeezing alongside the other two bikes and trying to carve out a niche for itself. So far it’s doing very well and I’m beginning to worry about what I’ll do with the other two. I wonder if I could have a go [...]

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Delayed Confession

July 2, 2008
Delayed Confession

If you’ve been paying attention, you’ll be aware that my Salomon XT Wings challenge – to run the central London tube map – ended in the middle of last week, and since then I’ve been suspiciously quiet about it. At the time of my last posting, I had two more lines left to complete and [...]

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