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Boat Race Loop

August 17, 2007
Boat Race Loop

I took the day off work yesterday, I was just too fed up with it all to cope with a full 5 days, plus I have to deal with a girlie Hen weekend this week which will play havoc with my running schedule. It seemed the best thing all round was to take an impromptu [...]

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Tan Tendon Tautener

May 27, 2007
Tan Tendon Tautener

Yesterdays ride was only supposed to be stage 1 of the workout, my intention was to get home, bundle the bike in the shed and get the running shoes on for a brick session. The idea is that if you regularly run directly after a long ride you get used to the peculiar feeling of [...]

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BPTT Update for 19th May

May 20, 2007
BPTT Update for 19th May

Not much to report on the running front this week, it’s all been quite a struggle. Deege explains the runners eternal battle with the mind body dichotomy better than I ever could. I’m afraid to say that while Deege managed to win her battle, I just bailed. Out on my long run my body started [...]

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Sluggish Ticker

May 5, 2007
Sluggish Ticker

No BPTT update for today. I got up as planned, pushed the muesli to the back of the cupboard and opted for my new secret running weapon: the banana and hemp power smoothie. Packed bag, wired myself up with iPod and heart rate thingy and then grabbed my keys. On the way to the door [...]

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Gadgets & Gear

March 18, 2007
Gadgets & Gear

I’m a self confessed gadget freak and another close shave with ebay and a ridiculously expensive but absolutely essential running watch has triggered the creation of this page – my homage to sports gadgets (specifically running gadgets), gear and utilities that you can almost not afford to live without. There is a link to all [...]

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Stumpy’s Back

February 27, 2007
Stumpy's Back

The bike shop rang unexpectedly today to say that the Stumpjumper was fixed already! Seems the shock failure wasn’t so catastrophic after all, but it did somehow swing around to being all my fault again. Ho hum! I left the shop with a rejuvenated bike and a swanky new high pressure suspension pump. Apart from [...]

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10 Km Route – Chiswick & Hammersmith Bridge Eight

January 27, 2007
10 Km Route - Chiswick & Hammersmith Bridge Eight

This figure of 8 loop forms a perfect 10 km running route and is another flat, largely traffic free, riverside run. Barnes Bridge is as good place to start this run as it has useful transport links – use either the mainline train or bus numbers 419 or 209 from Hammersmith. Take the river trail [...]

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14 Km Route – Kew & Hammersmith Bridge Eight

January 27, 2007
14 Km Route - Kew & Hammersmith Bridge Eight

This long figure of 8 loop, is another flat, largely traffic free, riverside run. You could start this pretty much anywhere, with Barnes Bridge or Hammersmith being the most obvious points to join. If you start at Barnes, take the river trail from Barnes Bridge, along the south side of the Thames, passing the brewery [...]

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15.5 Km Route – Boat Race Eight

January 27, 2007
15.5 Km Route - Boat Race Eight

This long figure of 8 loop, is another flat, largely traffic free, riverside run, that covers the route of the famous Oxford and Cambridge boat race. You could start this pretty much anywhere, with Barnes Bridge or Hammersmith being the most obvious points to join. If you start at Barnes, take the river trail from [...]

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20 Km Route – Kew & Putney Bridge Eight

January 27, 2007
20 Km Route - Kew & Putney Bridge Eight

This long figure of 8 loop, is another flat, largely traffic free, riverside run, that forms an extended version of Boat race run. You could start this pretty much anywhere, with Barnes Bridge or Hammersmith being the most obvious points to join. If you start at Barnes, take the river trail from Barnes Bridge, along [...]

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