Tag: running
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TCS London Marathon 2024
On Sunday, I completed the 2024 TCS London Marathon, in a time of 3:47:59. It was both exhilarating and exhausting. As long-time readers of this blog may know, I started running – or more accurately re-started – during lockdown. In particular, I began with Couch to 5K, the app developed by the BBC and the…
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The Festive 500 and the Cycling and Running Year Just Gone
In recent years, the Festive 500 seems to have become a little divisive. Sponsored by cycle clothing company Rapha, the Festive 500 is a challenge, largely undertaken using Strava, for cyclists to complete a total of 500km of riding between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. That’s eight days to ride an average of 62.5km…
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Trent Park – Autumn 2023
It has been a while since I made a drone video and published it here, so here’s one shot at the weekend in Trent Park, just at the northern tip of London. The changing colours have come late this year. The following day, I was racing through the same park as part of a team…
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Losing 56 kg / 9 stone / 124 lbs Over a Year
At the end of 2020, I wrote a blog post entitled “Making the Most of 2020” in which I detailed my diet and fitness regime. This post goes into significantly more detail, revisiting some of what I wrote before, and expanding on it. I should also make clear that I am not a medical practitioner…
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Making the Most of 2020
This post is a bit unusual, since it’s very much about me, and I don’t usually write that much about myself. In many ways, everything I write is about myself, but this is explicitly such. 2020 has been a tough year for just about everyone, and while I’m fortunate enough to have a secure job…