Category: Daily

  • From one period to the next

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    I’m coming to the end of my transition or recovery period after this year’s racing, and after the Dublin marathon in particular. I’ve been taking it really easy for 6 weeks, training as I feel like it and eating wheelbarrow loads of doughnuts and cakes. I’ve done very little running, had a full week of…

  • Bulb!

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    When starting to fix a problem, never rely on anyone else’s data. I learnt this through years of fixing other people’s computer & electrical problems. The first question was always, “is it plugged in?” to which they would usually reply, “yes, of course it is!” But when you checked the plug, often it wasn’t. Or…

  • Shadow

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    Shadow jumped ahead again at the end of this evening’s run. The sun dropped low behind us & he sprang forward as I turned to look at the view. And he knew my legs were tired. Bastard. Posted with LifeCast

  • Lots of wet

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    Welcome to Swansea! Not that you can see it through the rain. I’m really not looking forward to cycling home.

  • Twitter Down

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    Wow, Twitter has been down for hours now. Do we go back to “traditional” blogging? – Water is pouring through the ceiling of reception in the School of Medicine. Neither my power or wifi were affected though. – Remote control of my iPhone on the bike is ace, just like in the old days of…

  • Excitement

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    I’m getting quite excited. This is unusual, I know. One of my Google Reader feeds showed that the route map for the Dublin marathon is now available online. Downloading and poring over that, plus starting my third week of my marathon training plan and running the longest (and most tiring?) long run yet on the…

  • Finishing up?

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    It’s been a little quiet recently as we come to the end of the academic year. The rest of the university finished and shut up shop ages ago, or so it feels. In medicine we’re in a revision week this week and students will be hitting the final first year exams next week. The other…

  • Tweet tweet

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    One blogs a lot less when one uses Twitter. This is so short it should be a tweet.

  • Friday Thoughts

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    I’ve just started to notice that I don’t get excited by much or nervous about anything anymore. I remember that I used to but I’m not sure when this change occurred. Maybe it was a gradual thing. Two current cases for this: i’m racing again this weekend but I never have any nerves in the…

  • Hot, cold, hot, cold

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    I had a VO2max workout this morning on the track, running fast miles. The first felt good, the second felt horrible, and so it continued downward (but I maintained my times). My warm down was a 1600m shuffle, not a run. It was a good workout and one of the toughest I have to do,…