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Other than dog walking and lawn mowing I have done nothing for two weeks due to very sore/tender hamstrings. So yesterday back on the bike it was...

Lovely spring Cabbage from the allotment with our steak tonight.

Yes, I quite liked it, but my wife was less impressed. How can you not like a place with so many chocolate shops? I was thinking that you could...

7.29 miles, 1,120 feet, 1 hour 38 minutes: Kendal Green - Cunswick Scar - Scout Scar - Cunswick Scar - Kendal Green. Overcast, with the cloud base...

This year's Shutlingsloe is on this Sunday. Part of the Wildboarclough Rose Queen fete as normal, but moved from the normal bank holiday Monday due...

Been reading a bit about the history of the LDMT. The old courses in the 50's and 60's were basically just a list of mountain summits... for...

I do like Brussels. And the Eurostar direct service makes it so convenient to get to. Had planned to get to Antwerp and Gent last time i was...

It's on again this weekend, moved to sunday presumably due to something called the lower borrowdale skyline.

4 rides in this week, 68m total, first sub 29m out leg this morning- 28.23. When i first started this i was taking about 33m on the out leg. It'll be...

One thing I do know...do not be afraid of change. I have been through a few challenging changes in a professional career and they have all worked out...

Fish and chips and mushy peas, washed down with Vedett 5.2%, at Bia Mara in the Marché aux Poulets, Brussels. I knew that the Belgians were big on...

The line shown on the Harveys map is not really any good, as you found out! If you instead carry on following the fence down to the corner, there...

See you there Travs. I'm one of a massive 44 DP entrants. My champs M50 debut! Hopefully I'll make the M50 team counters. You've got no pressure -...

+3 to Wheeze. I have always raced to the limit of my ability. When I was at my fastest it might have got me into the top half of finishers in a fell...

13.06 miles, 3,691 feet, 4 hours 36 minutes: Travellers Rest - Green Burn Bottom - Calf Crag - Sergeant Man - Calf Crag - Steel Fell - Calf Crag -...

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Whilst i can't hamper your v45 placing, you do have the ability to steal a v40 place off me! Looking at recent results, i'm probably going to need a...

Yes, I'm looking forward to this one. The course looks great - a very natural route. Of course I'm not racing against youngsters like you ;), so...

So, it is almost upon us...! Bit of an unknown, being a relatively new race. If i want champs points, i'm basically going to have to take on...

Nail-hit-on-the-head :) +1

And apparently the affordable homes presumably required to obtain planning permission aren't progressing so well.

If only things worked that well. I'm guessing the stone will go to a depot somewhere and be too expensive to be used by the housebuilders, who'll...

Well put Wheeze.

Agreed... i clearly love the racing side of things... but i don't think a few "sad git" (for want of a better description!) threads are a sign that...

Marco, John. I fully understand your points and indeed accept their premise but this is another example of the bear trap of generalisation. In this...

SPOT ON MARCO it would be better for the forum if there were more posts by people that followed the quote :- DON`T LIMIT YOUR CHALLENGES but...

10.81 miles, 2,704 feet, 3 hours 25 minutes: Rothay Bridge - Roman Ruins - Borrans Park - Stagshaw Gardens - Champion Tree Trail - Bluehill Road -...

A large bronze Slow Worm glinting in the sun this morning. He/She/Them/They wasn't very slow when my strimmer approached!

No, I don't think this is the right way to go. I think that those who are, er, 'over the hill', (and I most definitely fall into this category), get...

Did my first session with my new training group last night... 5 x 1 minute 1 x 3 minutes 5 x 1 minute 5 x 60mtrs all off 2mins easy jog rest...