08/01/20 – The ‘Tempo Effort’

Me and Rupert at Fitz Park (artist's impression)
Dear Diary… This time I DID meet the lads (well, lad) for a fast tempo effort around Fitz Park. Rupert and I tore the legs off each other charging around on the grass for 18′ at 8:15/mi pace. Pain is…
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05/01/20 – The ‘Sunday Long Run’

Wait.......MC?! Is that....you??
Dear Diary… Met the lads (no-one) in the beautiful morning sun (evening, pitch black and raining) for the traditional Sunday ‘long run’ (3.19km – no, that’s not a misplaced decimal). It’s day one. The comeback has begun. Ran loops (four,…
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The Secret Diary of GF, aged 34 and a half…

Injury. Why not? It is winter after all. My body has a way of taking all of the hard work from the Spring and Summer and switching the reset come Winter. Back to zero. Start again. I like my body…
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The US Diaries: Part Two

Monday 26th August 2019: Arrived this morning in Bozeman, Montana aka Big Sky country. For people here a hunting rifle and fishing rod are an extension of their bodies. Ain’t not veggies knocking about, that’s for sure. Got a lift…
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Myths and Truths

It’s Half Term in Cumbria. Ahhhhhhhhhh, beauty. This means daytime telly. Top Gear on ‘Dave’, Jeremy Kyle being Jeremy Kyle (i.e. a self-righteous prick) and Mythbusters. ‘Mythbusters’ is my inspiration as I sit here on the couch. Couch. What a…
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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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Equilibrium: Part 2

Cumbria XC
It’s now November aka ‘Movember’. A month where I’m not allowed to hate folk who can grow moustaches that I can’t do due to crap facial hair genes, as it’s for a good cause and all. That’s ok by me…
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Occam’s Razor

Occam’s Razor: (Latin – lex parsimoniae “law of parsimony”) a scientific and philosophical rule that states that the simplest of competing theories be preferred to the more complex. Gee, thanks for that…….got to ask though, WTF?? Settle petal, and let…
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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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