Swinley Forest

White Rabbits and Grey Shoes

March 2, 2009
White Rabbits and Grey Shoes

I think I may have suggested a little while back, in a pub somewhere no doubt, that I would put happiness to one side and actually start running again in March. The arrival of the month also coincided quite nicely with the delivery of a damn fine pair of running shoes, so the pressure was [...]

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Stir Crazy in Swinley

November 2, 2008
Stir Crazy in Swinley

My new once a week running schedule is just not sufficient to keep me sane. By Sunday I’m absolutely climbing the walls. I’m still off work, with college/study/mahjong-playing leave and have been going stir crazy. All week I’ve been promising myself a weekend treat splashing around the muddy trails of Swinley Forest and I bought [...]

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MTB Champ?

April 25, 2007
MTB Champ?

My time at Broadmoor is rapidly running to an end and I need to exploit this fantastic area before it’s out of my life, forever. With this in mind, Jason drove out today and met me at the Look Out for a blast around Swinley Forest on the mountain bikes. This is part of our [...]

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The Beast is Back

April 18, 2007
The Beast is Back

My super little heart broken garmin has been returned. In fact the nice people at garmin have given me a brand new forerunner 305 as the original clearly had a terminal cardiac issue. Good warranty service, yay for Garmin! So I’m now having to sneak through Broadmoor security with two heart rate monitors, a strange [...]

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Break Out

April 13, 2007
Break Out

Two weeks of working within a high security setting is starting to take its toll – talk about claustrophobic! I wasn’t sure if I could face another run this evening but after I made it through the fourth airlock to freedom, I just wanted to break free. I didn’t want to tie myself to the [...]

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