Category: Sports and Training
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Deal Half Marathon 2023
Grit and I have been running the Deal Half since 2014. It is covieniently placed two weeks prior to the dreaded Steyning Stinger, so if we had actually been following a training schedule, it would be a good point to start to taper off the training. However, we haven’t followed a training schedule, so we…
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Marlow Half Marathon 2022
6th November 2022 This wasn’t going to be an easy race for me. We had been gallivanting in the West Country and then we popped over to Ireland for a few days. No time for running, but we did manage to “Carb Up” the evening before. Not too sure if that counts as training. Grit…
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It’s not just the boat you need to look after…..
30th May 2022 – Rotherhithe 11 days before the Scoresby Sund Expedition starts ..and I’m not even talking about the crew, what about ME! I often spot sailors lying under their yachts dry-sanding their antifouling without wearing a mask. Many of them are on tight schedules and work seven days a week and sometimes well…
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Steyning Stinger – Half Marathon – 2022
6th March 2022 – Steyning Our favourite Half Marathon has returned! As I’ve mentioned this wonderful race many times before in this blog , I won’t bother describing the course again only to say that this year the running conditions were perfect. It was cold, maybe a bit breezy, but it was generally dry underfoot,…
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Deal Half Marathon – 2022
20th February 2022 – Deal, Kent In order to keep on track with at least a moderate level of fitness in preparation for the forthcoming Greenland trip I have been entering the usual half marathons. Deal is the first up for 2022 and serves two very useful functions. Firstly, it is a great excuse to…
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Marlow Half Marathon 2021
This race has become a bit of a ritual for me and only partly due to the fact that my sister lives in Marlow and treats us to a calorie busting and cholesterol loaded lunch after the run – and she looks after the dog! But the race itself is wonderfully organised and takes you…
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Open Water Swimming
18th August 2021 My friend Jannicke has become a very keen, and rather skilful, open water swimmer and she foolishly invited me to join her for a swim in the London Docks. Even more foolishly, I accepted. It meant that I had to join various outfits with long acronyms which became rather stressful to organise,…
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Maldon Mud Race 2017
Having had to pull out due to a broken arm in 2015 the Maldon Mud Race has been on my list of things to do for a while. This year we entered it with some trepidation. The race originally started in the seventies when a local pub placed a barrel of beer on the far…
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Steyning Stinger – Half Marathon – 2017
I think it is my forth attempt at this amazing hilly trail half marathon (ascent 1,700 feet). I suppose that says it all. Each time is different according to the weather and the general aches and pains of life. This year Pen, Liam, Grit, Alex, Kerry and I took part. John was overwhelmed at work and…
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Deal Half Marathon 2017
This early February Half Marathon is becoming a bit of a fixture for me. Partly because my friend Philip lives in Deal and its a great chance to catch up in the winter -in the summer our Vertue Yachts often sail together on the East Coat. It is also well placed as a training run…