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Running for Money

March 2nd, 2010 matt No comments

Hello, lovely readers! You’re looking great today. Have you lost weight?
Yes, you can tell I’m buttering you up for something, can’t you? Turns out that it’s only a couple of months until the Bristol 10K, which is happening on 9th May. My very first race!
So, as you might expect, I’m here, cap in hand, to [...]

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10K. Again.

February 6th, 2010 matt No comments

Yup, went out and did another 10K today. Wasn’t entirely sure I was going to — if I’d not felt good I’d have cut it short — but it was fine. Nice and slow, up Bridge Valley Road, around the edge of Clifton Down to the Water Tower, a loop around Durdham Down, then back [...]

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Another 10K

December 13th, 2009 matt 2 comments

Definite rule of running: once you’ve done a distance once, it’s a lot easier, psychologically, to do it again. Today I was feeling pretty good, and I’d had a decent night’s sleep, and the weather looked okay, so I decided to do 10K again.
And here it is on RunKeeper.com. It was actually 10.42km, about the [...]

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Where did that come from?

November 28th, 2009 matt 4 comments

I don’t know when this week became the week to push and to prove myself. But apparently it did.
I should have got out running last night, but I was knackered after work, so I did what any brave and stout young fellow would have done: gave up on the idea and went to bed early.
This [...]

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That’s Another Fine Mess I’ve Gotten Me Into

September 15th, 2009 matt 1 comment

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Today I did Week 8, Run 2. Instead of my customary mixed-up playlist, I took the chance to listen to this year’s Mercury prizewinner, Speech Debelle’s Speech Therapy. Running seems to be a good time to get back to the rather old-fashioned pastime of listening to entire albums, as long as they’re [...]

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