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The long slow run, with pitstops.

This week work has been slow, it is very much the calm before the storm, so I decided that to prevent another day staring at a lap top, I would take the day off to fit in a long slow … Continue reading

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Working on my tan

Work has been very slow this week, so I seized the chance to catch some rays, took an extended lunch and went for a run. The plan was to do a but of an effort session, but it was warm … Continue reading

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Tar Barrels

November  5th is a special day here in the UK, it is the day we have fireworks and burn a Guy on a bonfire all because Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament back in the 1605. … Continue reading

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First run in a week

With Madam going to running club tonight I thought it was time I stop using the warm weather as an excuse not to train and get out there and RUN, whats god enough for an 11-year-old is good enough me for … Continue reading

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The good the bad the ugly of this lovely weather

The Good Living here in Devon means we are not far from the beach. Today saw us head to Exmouth. Flat, sandy, large beach, with rock pools when the tide goes out. Little Madam and I left slightly less paler … Continue reading

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Yeovilton Air Show

Our day at the Air Show was HOT Sunny Busy Loud Sweaty Grumpy (Madam not liking the heat) Amazing (The Red Arrows) Clever (Parachute team) Scary (The Vulcan) Expensive (£2.00 for a bottle of water?) Cheap (free tickets for us) … Continue reading

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A winner

Today was the village fun day. As part of this day they were holding a 5k Fun Run and a 750 metre child run. I opted out of the fun run with two very valid excuses 1)the temperature was too … Continue reading

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Friday and Saturday

Friday I took the day off work-bliss. I was determined not to turn the lap top on, the danger of working from home is that the work is always there and the temptation is to keep going to get it … Continue reading

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Race for Life-Exeter

or otherwise known in the shazruns household as ‘the run that started the madness’ or ‘the Shirley memorial run’. Madam and I have done Race for Life in Chelmsford and Colchester, but today was to be our first in Devon. … Continue reading

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Day 19 in which I fell out with Mrs Garmin

Tonight I convinced my mind it was not too warm to run, I told my legs they weren’t too tired to run, I had diner prepped, housework as usual could wait, everything was set or so I thought. I failed … Continue reading

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