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I actually learned my lesson this time! I got all my kit ready last night. I did a trial pack of my helmet and whatever kit I could fit into my backpack. I ended up sawing down an old, cheapo, pair of boots so they would fit in my bag, to save me from riding…

Just a catch up. I had a low patch a few weeks ago. I was worried I was coming down with loony again, happily it was just a blip, but it’s always a wake up call. However well you’re doing in life, job, training, personal goals, if you go loony it all counts for nothing. …

A bit of good news. It’s just a run but it has me buzzing. I have two days off so I thought I’d test myself. A good, middle distance that I often run is 10 miles. I decided to do a Personal Best (PB). I said (on my running account on Twitter) “Think I’ll do…

I booked a day off work for today to run the South Cheshire 20 (a local 20 mile race near Crewe.) I swapped the weeks on my training plan so my long run would be a 20 miler instead of 16. I started to look into it late yesterday afternoon. I am not big on…

I’ve quit triathlon. For the third, and possibly last, time. I’m going to sell my fancy pushbike. I was deliberating and torturing myself over it. I really wanted to get the benchmark sub 10 hours, but I can’t get past my loathing of the swim. And my biking isn’t much better. I could do the…