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Running London: and Some Other Places Too: Big Stadiums and Other Stories
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Running London: and Some Other Places Too. Thursday, 7 April 2011. Big Stadiums and Other Stories. Last Sunday was the first of two major sporting events happening for me this April. Brentford’s first visit to Wembley Stadium since 1985 ultimately ended in defeat. Every football fan becomes a great manager after a defeat, I won’t bore you with the one or two things I’d have done differently with our starting line up. Brentford will just have to emulate the Cumbrians in 2012. In 2002 I ran for England at ...
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Running London: and Some Other Places Too: April 2011
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Running London: and Some Other Places Too. Tuesday, 19 April 2011. And They All Lived Happily Ever After. I started this blog before Christmas 2010, and have posted over 50 entires, with at the time of adding this one, nearly 2000 page views. Below is how race day went, and below that, is the story of how I got to the start line on April 17th. I came, I saw (well I didn’t but just go with it OK), I conquered, and in doing so have never felt so tired in all my life. Amusingly when I received my number a f...