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Well hello readers. I hope to engage you in what will be a running blog of my race of the year, The Dambuster. My knowledge of the dambuster isn’t the best but I love the film and my motivation when in pain will be memorising the dambuster music. Well how did I get to enter this race ? It was a mixture of things, discussions with Steve and Jinxy last year on how they have enjoyed the race,...
read moreRaced today in Fred Hughes 10 in St Albans the weather was kind (windy at times) and no rain or ice to report after Buntingford being called due to weather. The race went well for me as I managed a PB at the distance at 01:01:58 beating my previous record by a minute and a half. Helen Decker (GB Marathon Runner) also ran. I was placed 22nd Overall from a field of 702. Planned to run around 6:05...
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We’ll it was the first cross country of the year in Round 4 of this year’s cross-country championship in Watford on Sunday. The course was a challenging 5 mile course, held in Cassiobury Park, Warford. I recorded a time of 35:20 and 17th place overall out of the 265 athletes that took part. I started off slower than normal to try and pace myself through the hard course. However, I found...
read moreI turned up to London Triathlon with the objective of improving on my 2009 performance. I like the venue and the family enjoy the day out (oh that’s what they tell me). The London Triathlon is held in at the ExCeL centre, London. The bike courses has the benefit of road closures – a rarity in central London, which will allow competitors to race on traffic free roads. I raced in the...
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Well the first triathlon of the season and a very cold start. The weather was 10 degrees celcius but apparently the water was 14 degrees – what a bonus. The swim was not the best and although I picked a good line I got beaten up a bit and didn’t swim to plan. My stroke was a bit of a mess, the exit was good and I managed a quick change and run to the bike. Here again I wasn’t...
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Well if you haven’t heard the news already it looks like I’ve made the cut for the ITU Duathlon in Edinburgh on the 3-5 September 2010. I’ve managed to get a qualification place from the Cambridge duathlon so all was not as bad as I thought. It’s good to have the odd surprise, all I got to do now is book accomadation , pay for the event, pay for kit and get some Baby...
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