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Welcome, 2012!
The beginning of the year is the time for resolutions — but the end of 2011 threw everything I thought I knew about my life into flux and brought a whole lot of new challenges to the table. In fact,...
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Why running is like writing (and vice versa)
As I stepped out of the front door of my apartment block this morning, the air was frosty but the sky was bright and clear. The perfect kind of morning to run the four miles in to work rather than cram...
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Born to Run: ultra-running and ultra-writing
Okay, so when I said last post that I’d had a ‘word-free’ holiday, I might have lied atinybit. But you didn’t really believe me anyway, did you? I read the remarkable Born to Run by Christopher...
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Running Machine – Bath Half Marathon 2012
Today I’m creaking around the office looking a bit worse for wear, but it’s not just typical Monday morning blues… yesterday I ran the 2012 Bath Half Marathon! I fell in love with Bath when my...
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Keep on running… Bracknell Half Marathon
So it’s a few days after the Bracknell Half Marathon now (the race was on Sunday 29 April), and my legs have officially recovered. Phew! It was one of the mornings when you didn’t want to get out from...
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All prepped for the Edinburgh marathon…
Well, I think I’m almost there with last-minute marathon preparations. Flight to Edinburgh leaves this afternoon, passport is at the ready, and I’m full of nerves and trying to remain super-hydrated in...
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Edinburgh Marathon race report
Wow. I’ve now completed the Edinburgh Marathon, the culmination of over 8 months of training and more focused exercise than I’ve ever done in my life. Looking back at my Nike+ training shows the last 8...
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Inspired by the London Marathon? Why running is like writing… (and vice versa)
Congratulations to all the London Marathon runners today! I was watching on television and itching to put my own trainers on. It feels like ages since the Edinburgh marathon and I admire everyone who’s...
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