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Getting Better All The Time

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After work this evening I headed out with Miss 19 and put another few kilometres in the bank. I’m not sure what she’s been eating - it might have something t...

Sitting In The Dark

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I have been sitting in the dark of the junk room in front of the keyboard for an hour. Nothing seems to be making it through my fingers and into the keyboard...

Putting The Work In

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Four sets of six minutes running, and one minute walking around the back streets of town this evening with the running club. The running intervals are slowly...

As Little As Possible

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When I went out for the regular training run last night, I knew there was some tightness in my chest, but dismissed it as a virus of some kind - all sorts ha...

Bill Bryson Rugby Sevens And Late Night Running

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On Saturday night we visited Oxford - the city I think of as my real home - to see Bill Bryson present a show at the New Theatre in George Street. I had no p...

Running Around In Circles

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After getting in from work last night (and eating home-made pizza), I finally made it out with Miss 19 for a training run - the one that was supposed to have...

Two Miles With Miss Fourteen

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Ever since the children were little, we have tried to eat dinner at the table as a family. I suppose it started as an excuse to talk to the children, and to ...

Little To Report

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I have never let the absence of anything interesting or exciting going on in my life stop me from writing at length about it, and I’m not about to start now....

Cycling On Canvas

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I had a decision to make this morning - either walk to work again, or repair the punctures on my bicycle. Given that the walk takes perhaps three quarters of...

Sunday Night

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I went out running with my eldest daughter again this evening - another ten sets of two minutes running, one minute walking. Our next run will be on Tuesday ...