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Fifty Two
Exactly fifty two weeks ago I was nervously preparing to run my first ever road race. At the time, completing the City of Aberdeen Baker Hughes 10k seemed like the pinnacle of achievement to me and I...
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Fifty Two Minutes
Fifty god-damned two. This morning I got my personal best, just like I trained for. I earned that damned medal so hard, and I haven’t taken it off all day. Race re-cap coming tomorrow. All of my...
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Race Report – City of Aberdeen Baker Hughes 10k
City of Aberdeen Baker Hughes 10k 22.05.11 Official Time: 52m 36s 1366th out of 3341 “I am building a fire, and every day I train I add more fuel. At just the right moment; I light the match…” Mia Hamm...
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My First DNS
This has been a bit of a tricky blog post to write. My feelings are kind of all over the place regarding this and I’ve been putting it off, but I can’t do that forever. I suppose it was only a matter...
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Minor Progress and a Recipe
I do apologise for the large periods of silence around these parts lately. I’ve been stretched rather thinly in the real world so unfortunately when that happens blogging tends to be put on the back...
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Baker Hughes Battle Plan
“No battle plan ever survives contact with the enemy” Sun Tzu The 2012 Baker Hughes 10k will mark my 2nd anniversary of road racing and will be my 21st race! As documented earlier in the year this...
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RACE REPORT: 2012 Baker Hughes 10k
City of Aberdeen Baker Hughes 10k 2012 20th May 2012 Chip time: 51 minutes 33 seconds Place: 1117th / 3652 finishers Category place: 101/863 I woke up at 6am on Sunday, excited for my third attempt at...
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GUEST BLOG: Gin Soaked Jogger
Whilst I’m recovering from being brutalised by the gruelling heat at the Dunblane Road Race yesterday, I’ll leave you in the capable hands of my friend Claire, the Gin-Soaked Jogger, who has written an...
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