Posts Tagged ‘ Equipment ’

Easter is about chocolate, lots of, and family stuff and as the latter involved a weekend at the in-laws with loads of artificially enhanced kids, it also turns out to be fairly conducive to running. I haven’t been very successful with my running recently so I was grateful that we were in the flatlands...
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I think I may have suggested a little while back, in a pub somewhere no doubt, that I would put happiness to one side and actually start running again in March. The arrival of the month also coincided quite nicely with the delivery of a damn fine pair of running shoes, so the pressure...
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Some of you may have noticed that I haven’t run an awful lot of late, in fact if you want to be reasonably precise, I have run only once in the last month, which also happens to equate to once this year. How neat. If we want to be 100% precise it could be...
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I read Dean Karnazes’ new book the other week, “50 50 Secrets I Learned Running 50 Marathons in 50 Days”. I’ve already flogged it on ebay so you can be sure that I am not going to recommend this as a good running read. It’s full of trite running tips that you all know...
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Saturday evening, after entertaining my family with a slightly charred roast lamb joint but a perfectly acceptable bottle of vino (or two), I get an email from Nike. Apparently, if I could resurrect the long dead Nike+ Sportband, and push my sorry arse out of the door, complete with Sunday morning hangover, to complete...
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I have just entered the Brompton World Championship race to be held at Blenheim Palace. Catch that, a world bloody championship! Anyway, rules state I must wear a suit jacket, collared shirt and a tie. I don’t have a tie – disaster! Anybody got a spare tie that would complement my delightful bike and...
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Here’s a quick pictorial introduction to the new bike recruit. The Brompton is squeezing alongside the other two bikes and trying to carve out a niche for itself. So far it’s doing very well and I’m beginning to worry about what I’ll do with the other two. I wonder if I could have a...
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As you all know, I think the Garmin Forerunner 305 is the best thing since sliced bread but I’m so fickle it’s taken barely a thought for me to stick it on ebay and swap it for the new version – the Forerunner 405. I’d like to say the new and IMPROVED Forerunner 405...
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The Nike+ Sportband is clearly not designed for use in British weather conditions, after this mornings run in the rain the watch has died on me. It was admittedly tipping it down but it’s supposed to be a running watch and runners run in the rain, they have to. The screen has clouded up...
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I was enjoying a nice leisurely Saturday evening when JogBlog reminded me that today was the start of our double challenge combo. Some months ago, Salomon contacted me (and several others) with the offer of oodles of snazzy free stuff in return for the completion of some crazy running feat. I am quite prepared...
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