Equilibrium: Part 3

Brace yourselves, this is a long one. It’s the end of my first placement as part of the QTS/PGCE process. I’ve also not run in 4 weeks. A strained soleus saw that little fancy resigned to the gutter. It’s been…
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Race-day nutrition/fuelling

Okay so frankly I’m bored of my own writing, so I dread to think how you guys are getting on (assuming that anybody reads this tripe). One more for you all the same. This time….nutrition. Not a ‘how to’ guide…
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Longhaul Endurance

I’m gonna let you in on a little secret. There’s actual food out there, actual, real food that you can use to fuel yourself for long runs. Sack off your SiS and Gu rubbish, get on board with this other…
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The Dunning-Kruger Effect

Had an interesting conversation today. I’ll tell you aaalllllllll about it. By way of an introduction, we’ve already talked about the role of ‘fad’ foods via this forum. Not really touched on kit and the like though. That is, until…
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Spring has sprung: A round-up

Seeing as no-one actually asked me what I’ve been up to this past few months, I thought I’d volunteer the information to save your shyness. Training has been pretty consistent save for a niggle here and an illness there. I’ve…
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Mountain Fuel Xtreme Energy Fuel Raw

Phew that’s a pseudo-Euro-syntactical mouthful eh? Luckily I was able to read that title aloud with aplomb thanks to the lubricating effects of a slurp from my own batch of Xtreme Energy Fuel Raw. How convenient. I should say that…
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Fashionable Food and Fads

I have recently had a fairly stark realisation that ‘the man’ has (had) firmly got me in ‘his’ grip. This epiphany came about slowly at first but has now exploded into a true awakening, pretty much as a result of…
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Realities: Touching The Cloth

The first in a little series that I’ll try to publish on a monthly basis (time/idea/inspiration/memory dependent). Life is full of realities. No shit. Life is reality as reality is life. There are a number of certainties in life too.…
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‘Ard

Well that was shit. Had a meeting, no coffee, with the Man with the Hammer. Disaster – noun – a calamitous event, especially one occurring suddenly and causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship…. Sums up my day fairly…
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