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Twenty eight miles and 2100 feet. Because of the forecast sleet I set off on a tour of the bypasses: Addingham, Skipton, Keighley but then in the...

Scrappy win even better! We deserved it on the overall balance of play, but Newcastle had a good go in the second half. Halfway through the season...

1 minute 20 today :). The kids are gaining on me. Daughter: 52 seconds. Son: 53 seconds.

I have (or had) a bit of a formula for predicting race times... It was something along the lines of 10mins/mile + 10mins/1000ft..... but you...

Extracting a big parsnip from the ground in my garden. Did I expend more calories digging it out than I will gain from eating it?

I don't have it to hand at the moment, but I seem to remember that Phil Scarf's analysis of fell race results gave a ratio of 1:7.92, very close to...

And Cameron McNeish on BBC Scotland tonight at 7.00 - walking (and biking and campervanning) up the west coast to Mallaig.

10.5k round the fields and woods. All the big puddles have finally drained but the ground is frozen solid. Legs felt tired, head was a bit mushed...

Naismith's works just as well for fellrunning too, though I've found from personal experience that the ratio is more like 1:8 (100m climb = 800m...

I hope it sorts itself. I have no experience here, but am amused that your "limited" weekly mileage is about the same as what I'm hoping to work up...

I set of a bit earlier today to beat the rain and snow forceast by the BBC as 100% by 10.00am. Down to Youlgreave and then onto the A6 at Pickory...

HaHa. I have no intention of visiting "all the trig points". At the start of the year it seemed like a good idea to visit a different Triangulation...

I did 7 miles round the frozen roads/fields/farms. Mikrospikes again. It didn't feel quite as cold as yesterday, but some of the gates between fields...

Thanks Mike.

If your self diagnosis is correct, the best treatment is to ignore it. Sometimes they treat themselves by "popping" into the tissues at the back of...

9.28 miles, 646 feet, 1 hour 36 minutes: minor roads and trails around Brathay and Clappersgate - so all on tarmac or gravel paths. Overcast -...

scrappy draw will do :D

I don't think sacking Lampard is the 'right' thing to do, but it's definitely the Chelsea thing to do, and doesn't really come as a surprise....

I found Lampard a tad arrogant. They came to Turf last season, played really well. Went 4-0 up. It was probably as good as I've seen at Turf Moor....

University Challenge was an ITV programme - probably before your time :D

When you have visited all the trig points you could add these companion stones to your list. http://www.companionstones.org.uk/home/home1.htm

Don't know what it will be like but a heads up for Life Of A Mountain - A Year On Helvellyn tomorrow night on BBC 4 at 9pm

Too icy for a bike ride yesterday so a lovely 4 mile walk with son and dogs to the TP on Bradwell Moor which is just off the Limestone Way. Lots of...

I highly recommend Vivobarefoot Tracker FG. Well made, comfy as heck, light, flexible, waterproof, durable. The grip is more like a trail shoe than...

Yes, I was quite surprised. I feel a bit sorry for Lampard, I quite liked him as a manager. I'm looking back at my previous post when Liverpool...

The main limitation I find with Kahtoola microspikes is that they accumulate soft snow and/or vegetation and so lose grip - but I agree there are...

Utterly ridiculous to put a young manager and group of players in, and then not bother to give them time, and get rid at the first slump in form.

Super Frankie Lampard will be laughing all the way to the bank. I'm just laughing. He didn't do a great deal at Derby and it was always going...

Call my agent, yep :) Plus Schitt’s Creek (second time around) And Breaking Bad