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Over The Top: All different, All the Same
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Wednesday, 2 November 2011. All different, All the Same. To take a stride. Longer than the norm. And fill a day with thoughts. The pace it varies. But at the end it completes. It is about the finsh. And the sharing with friends and family. Of something that is more. Than the humdrum and the mundane. That removes us from the same. And maybe the sane. Existence of the day to day. We run but that is not the end. The pace is a marker. That does not define. The run is what binds us. And the distance our friend.
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Over The Top: A run a beer and a swim on a Sunny Day
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Wednesday, 13 July 2011. A run a beer and a swim on a Sunny Day. Girls back from Spain. Hamster lost then found again. So Dad not in a bad place. Heres to Sunny Days. Left the house for a little stroll up Costorphine hill. Wednesday evening, 3 weeks out so needing a bit of a kick. Yesterday up Arthurs Seat remembering friends, absent but still with us and maybe even smiling down at us as they look at how we all are getting on. Back up the way I came for this is the way to the sun. Been up at Harlaw fishi...
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Over The Top: April 2010
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Monday, 26 April 2010. A bloody impressive run. So along with a lot of WHW Family and some new friends I ran the Highland Fling at the weekend. That is the subject of a different post. I feel privileged to know Rachel who ran the London Marathon at the weekend. She is my mate Mikes sister in law and this is a post for her. So like so many people Rachel ran in London at the weekend for her chosen charity LOOK which helps and supports visually impaired children and their families. Only for Rachel it wa...
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Over The Top: July 2010
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Friday, 23 July 2010. I've got a Whinjury. I've got a whinjury. Or a whinging injury. It comes from the mind. And the body saying no more. Here is the excuse. This is the reason. Put the feet up. Don't run, it hurts. Its in my ankle. Oh it is sore. I can run no more. Just run in 2 days. Take the month off. But then I go out. Funny it doesn't hurt as much. When the miles pile on. And my mind says thats better. Sure it is sore a bit. But the running feels great. Still got a whinjury. And ready to strike.
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Over The Top: March 2010
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Friday, 12 March 2010. It seemed to have been such a short time but so much done. Caught up with mates, spent time with Mum and Dad and my big Sis, had a run or 2, and best of all had time with just me and the girls, what a hoot, sleeping in the same room, chatting away, go to sleep, yeah but Dad, What? Go to sleep, looking at stars on the beach and just chilling being we 3. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Links to Some of My Favorite Websites. West Highland Way Race. The Four Goblet Challenge.
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Over The Top: Some like it wet..
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Monday, 11 July 2011. Some like it wet. A race to never forget or. Look back down the track with a. Single regret of what could or might. For me anyway. Always room for improvement, but I reckon the 2011 WHW Race was for me anyway, run in the most ideal conditions for running long distances over a few hills. Even managed a really good sleep on the Thursday night of the race. 8220;Now I wanna be your dog’ on the tunes it was all systems go. Carrie and Jamie - getting ready for 2012. Anyway had a good run ...
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Over The Top: Been a while
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Thursday, 23 June 2011. Not had much to say. Just been doing things. Like so many family. Each with a history. A goblet a tear. Await a new year. Rejoice, Reflect and Recover. 23 June 2011 at 10:02. Mr Seven Goblets, you are a Legend! 24 June 2011 at 13:00. A 40 word, 11 line race report? Such brevity is a virtue. I can read that in a tea break, which is ideal as I have no holidays left after reading some of the reports ;). Well done, mate. Just wish you hadnt had a meeting of minds with Donnie!
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Over The Top: July 2011
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Thursday, 28 July 2011. Le Grande Tour Du Sept Collines. Le Grande Tour Du Sept Collines. Just a little run to see Ian King off on before his little adventure in France in a few weeks time. We have been running together for a few years now as a gang so we all managed to meet up and have our usual trot around the 7 Hills of Edinburgh. So a decidedly French theme to send him on his way. There is probably no better feeling when you crest a hill in Scotland to find a bloke n a mad beret, a UTMB t-shirt, ring...
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Over The Top: Lost and found
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Saturday, 3 November 2012. I swithered for a moment thinking I would just go back down with them and have a beer in the pub but thought not much point coming all this way without getting to the top. They said they would walk slowly back down.It was probably about 16:45 by this stage. Made the summit in 5 mins, took some photos of me at the cairn then turned tail and followed the footsteps in the light snow back the way I came. It was indeed cloudy and couldn’t see anything below the cloud. Probably came ...
