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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Hill Running
Spring/Summer 2019
I’ve finished the formal part of my teacher training.
One year as an ‘NQT’ (Newly Qualified Teacher) means that I will then be ‘fully’ fully qualified.
That’s all I’ve really got to say on that.
Running has been going alright.…
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Vests in the breeze
A recent post on my Instagram feed got me thinking (I am, shamelessly, my own best muse at times) about the importance that I seem to place on ‘belonging’.
The more I’ve thought of it, the more it seems to…
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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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Scafell Skyrace 2018
Feeling like you’re on the coat-tails of those on the shirt-tails of those who are running in a Union Jack flag that’s been converted and stream-lined into a piece of clothing known commonly as a ‘vest’ is a horrible place…
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Longhaul Endurance
I’m gonna let you in on a little secret. There’s actual food out there, actual, real food that you can use to fuel yourself for long runs. Sack off your SiS and Gu rubbish, get on board with this other…
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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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Mountain Fuel Xtreme Energy Fuel Raw
Phew that’s a pseudo-Euro-syntactical mouthful eh? Luckily I was able to read that title aloud with aplomb thanks to the lubricating effects of a slurp from my own batch of Xtreme Energy Fuel Raw. How convenient. I should say that…
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Who scared off the Beasts?!?
Treat yourself to a rarity here for I have ‘done my research’. Well, some anyway. It’s patchy at best if I’m honest and consists of reading a book and half-heartedly glancing at spurious headlines from potentially unqualified sources. But. It’s…
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Realities: Le Metier
Ya gots ta put in the work. About 10,000hrs (a perfectly round figure by coincidence….) should do it according to the pseudo-science of ‘Big’ Malky Gladwell. The sentiment is there though; be strict, put in the hours and reap the…
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