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Cut Short

July 10, 2010
Cut Short

My hairdresser doesn’t force me to partake in an hours worth of small talk and almost never asks me about my holiday plans for the year.  We talk a little bit about running and then he cuts my hair. Job done. For this I am grateful. As a result, every 4 weeks or so, I [...]

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Capital Ring Running

July 4, 2010
Capital Ring Running

Fate or at least a dodgy second hand car salesman, prevented us heading out for our planned run along the Wandle Trail this morning. Instead we were forced to run from our front door. Finding attractive 10k routes in these parts doesn’t fill me with much enthusiasm but I pulled the map out and was [...]

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Runabout the Capital Ring

September 23, 2008
Runabout the Capital Ring

I was so excited by today’s proposition that I forgot completely that I always procrastinate for at least 3 hours before leaving the front door with my running shoes. By 8am I had crammed two mini cheese and cucumber pittas, 1 half bag of American jelly beans (I’d raided the other half the day before), [...]

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