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Fit For Something: August 2014
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Sunday, August 31, 2014. Today I do the Cycle 4 Life Bike Ride from Nottingham University, this is in aid of Children's Brain Tumour Research. There’s a reasonable entry and we are released in blocks of twenty from 9.30 onwards. The roads are very busy by then, clearly the garden centres are already open and it’s a bit of a trawl before we break out of the city boundaries. I complete the 50 miles in 3:13. Childrens Brain Tumour Research. Saturday, August 2, 2014. The race was tough on a fairly hilly cour...
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Fit For Something: Tara Kinder 10k
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Friday, July 17, 2015. I go for another lunchtime brick session so I will be crawling tonight, when I should actually be running as I have booked into the Tara Kinder 10k at Elvaston Castle. Just to make matters even more crawling, I part jog part bus my way over. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Feeder, Rock City, Nottingham. Going To Fail: 500 Miles. View my complete profile. Simple template. Powered by Blogger.
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Fit For Something: Outlaw Half
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Sunday, May 31, 2015. Yesterday my partner gets a leisurely 12.30 start for her triathlon. This morning it’s 4:15am when I awake to the sound of rain pounding on the roof. It’s the day of the third Outlaw Half and the first to come with bad weather. Joy. The swim is the usual combination of elbows in the face and feet in the stomach, just all served a bit colder than last year. My swim disappoints a touch, four minutes down on last year at 43:06. I’ll blame the weather. I had promised myself to do a dece...
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Fit For Something: September 2014
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Sunday, September 21, 2014. Today the inaugural Cycle Derby Sportive from outside the brand new Pride Park Velodrome, which isn’t open yet. Which I’m sure must have been the original intention. So it's a rather large publicity own goal as the Velodrome isn't due to open until January, I’m not sure a January sportive would have been that much fun. There are over a thousand cyclists and it’s turned out to be a really sunny day to take on the Derbyshire countryside. I reach the first checkpoint just past Mi...
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Fit For Something: November 2014
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Sunday, November 2, 2014. A couple of weeks ago L dangled the Derwent Water 10 in front of me. I was tempted, if my leg was up to it. I guess there’s only one way to find out. The rain even stops and the wind drops. It's just me though, L isn’t doing it although she does do her own run beforehand then takes up supporting duties with the dogs. My legs feel ok aside from a huge blister on my left foot which makes the last two miles agony but in a sadistic sort of way, it was all excellent. View my complete...
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Fit For Something: October 2014
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Sunday, October 12, 2014. Great Eastern Peterborough Half Marathon. We head down the A1 for a half marathon that I’m barely fit enough to run. Actually scrub the barely but I’m still giving it a go. First problem is parking, which we had pre-booked but it still ended up being a free for all. Somehow they manage to slot us in a pre-booked section although I’ll be blocking people in if I don’t get a shift on with my run. The route takes us through the centre of town (Nottingham take note) before, I think, ...
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Fit For Something: May 2015
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Sunday, May 31, 2015. Yesterday my partner gets a leisurely 12.30 start for her triathlon. This morning it’s 4:15am when I awake to the sound of rain pounding on the roof. It’s the day of the third Outlaw Half and the first to come with bad weather. Joy. The swim is the usual combination of elbows in the face and feet in the stomach, just all served a bit colder than last year. My swim disappoints a touch, four minutes down on last year at 43:06. I’ll blame the weather. I had promised myself to do a dece...
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Fit For Something: Tour de Yorkshire
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Sunday, May 3, 2015. Today we face the same hills and are supported by almost the same sized crowds, who even come out in numbers for the sportive riders. That’s even more impressive when you realise that we awoke to heavy rain pounding on the house roof morning followed by heavy rain pounding the car as we drove up the M1. Now to decide how far to go with the waterproofs. The forecast says it’s probably going to rain for most of the day. I look around for a service bike, they were everywhere earlier....
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Fit For Something: April 2015
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Saturday, April 25, 2015. Rutland CiCLE Tour Sportive. L gives me my birthday present early. Some new cycling shorts which I can now wear in today’s sportive. L doesn't make the start line but comes to support with the boys. Who weren’t going to get to come but now do. Again it’s bloody windy. What is it with the weather and my bike at the moment? I reach the finish, having done 57.58 miles in 3:44. Not exactly quick. Sunday, April 12, 2015. Cycle Derby Spring Sportive. L is not sure she can manage 50 mi...
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Fit For Something: Leicester's Big 10k
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Sunday, May 17, 2015. Today is the Leicester 10k, two laps of Abbey Park and advertised as (but aren’t they all) fast and flat. Shoot me now. Then I try to hang my hat on 4:30 for the rest of the way round and nearly nail it finishing in 46:28. It’s my fastest for a year. Not that I’ve done many. Meanwhile L is again getting all flirtatious with the hour and one day soon they will have an emotional coming together. She comes home today in 62 minutes. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).