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The Crushing Pain of Defeat

January 10, 2012
The Crushing Pain of Defeat

All mouth and no trouser…. Despite wailing, breath holding and more wailing, the all-over body shudder had me collapse in a vainglorious heap after today’s #plankaday attempt. A mere 48 secs to Jogblog’s 62. Pants! I headed to the rower with the bitter taste of defeat in my mouth. Life didn’t get an awful lot [...]

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Buns of Steel

January 2, 2012
Buns of Steel

I joined a virtual rowing club yesterday and now find myself weighed down with rowing related responsibilities. There are at least four monthly challenges in the indoor rowing scene and now I have to do it for the Team. I felt fairly sprightly this morning and sat astride the Concept 2 fully prepared to polish [...]

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A Boozy Run for Janathon

January 1, 2012
A Boozy Run for Janathon

We seem to be developing a habit for slightly nauseous New Years Day runs. I was prepared for the event so attended the New years eve party fully togged up in running regalia and suffered an evening constricted in the sports bra vice. Champagne popped, fireworks admired and we were free for the 2k slog [...]

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The Wonders of Wimbledon Common

January 16, 2011
The Wonders of Wimbledon Common

I have a warm rosy glow for Janathon at the moment. It’s done wonders for my fitness and given my marathon training the boost it very desperately needed. I woke up this morning, got kitted up for running and then spent the next 5 hours procrastinating, dithering and grumbling. I managed to tick off a [...]

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Day 13 – Delays

January 14, 2011
Day 13 - Delays

The day disappeared with itself yesterday. I’d planned a running commute which takes precision organisation and an evening without commitments but my boss had other plans and kept me back late. By the time I’d run home I had no energy for Jog, Log, Blog, all I could manage was the 3 B’s: Beer, Bath, [...]

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Day 8 – Harder to Breathe

January 8, 2011
Day 8 - Harder to Breathe

Well I’m still breathing but at Janathon Day 8 I’m finding it harder and harder to blog. Daily jogging is a doddle in a comparison to daily blogging. The pressure to find something worth sharing is building and it doesn’t get easier when I perform the run on the treadmill in the back room – [...]

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Day 7 – A Night on the Tiles

January 8, 2011
Day 7 - A Night on the Tiles

We had plans for this evening, none of which encompassed Janathon. I should have thought ahead and gone for a pre-work run but I didn’t. Instead I was sitting on the tube at something past 11pm thinking I wasn’t really in the mood for midnight running. We’d all been to see Blood Brothers and I [...]

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Day 5 and the Ballistic Kitty

January 5, 2011
Day 5 and the Ballistic Kitty

The treadmill mounted a little skirmish today. It catapulted the little kitten off the end of the track and into the legs of a dining chair and then it did it’s absolute best to send me off in the exact same way. I normally bumble along at 7kph with a zero incline but today I [...]

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Return to the Humdrum

January 4, 2011
Return to the Humdrum

A few days away from the hum and drum of life and I’ve already forgotten how to function. This morning’s cycle commute was a case in point, I couldn’t get my brain into gear at all. The moment I left the house and pushed myself down the col de Norbury, pedalling head first into the [...]

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New Year, New Fridge Magnet

January 1, 2011
New Year, New Fridge Magnet

Oh golly, by 11.50 NYE my eyes where rolling backwards in their sockets. I hate that feeling – I blame the homebrew sloe gin, feckin potent stuff. At 12:10 I  got the feeling it was time to exploit the anaesthetic effect of New Years Eve and pulled on the running toggs. Lynn and I headed [...]

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