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running

Everything is hard, until it is easy

March 7, 2010

Today I finally ran Årstaviken. Thats the bay where I live, it is around 5 miles (8k).

You can see my run here
A few things worried me before I set off. A lot of the paths are in the forest so there would be a lot of ice. There was going to be a lot of [...]

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Gutted is not the word!

March 1, 2010

I dont know whether to laugh or cry.
I am very honoured to be invited onto a prestigious business ‘academy’ for those earmarked for future leadership within the company.
Its spread out over a year and is run by a major Dutch University.
Now here’s the rub. One of the dates is the weekend of the Stockholm Half [...]

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Garmin Forerunner 305 – A James Bond Watch of my very own!

February 28, 2010

I have blogged before that as a kid growing up I was mad on James Bond 007. Even now I have all the DVDs, most of the books though I never joined the official fan club.
I remember my parents buying me a James Bond watch when I was probably 10 years old. I cannot find [...]

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There some bad bad people on the left!

February 18, 2010

There is a rant coming..you have been warned.
The hardest thing for a Brit living abroad is the roads. The fact that the world drives on the wrong side of the road is not good!
I am like an owl when I cross the road as my head swivels around checking all angles.
Even after two years I [...]

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The loneliness of the long distance runner

February 7, 2010

Its Sunday which is my designated day for my long run. I wasnt feeling in top form because I had eaten ‘badly’ in Linköping and I could feel it.
I was not in the mood for a 10k run but I was soon into it. Was only around minus one or two and the sun was [...]

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From Årsta to Skogskyrkogården and Back again!

January 31, 2010

I have just completed my first long run of 2010. 10kms in minus 10! I plotted a route from Årstafältet to Skogskyrkogården. It was my usual route through and around Årstafältet then I charted a route along Sockenvägen to Sockenplan and then to Skogskyrkogården.
I deliberately plotted a route that I had not run before to [...]

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Such a silly boy

January 28, 2010

There I was thinking the Swedish snowy winter was over. How wrong I was.
I went out for my Tuesday run and it was minus 7, that caught me off guard. This morning I woke to over a foot of snow on balcony which had fallen overnight. Today the snow was heavy.
Tonights run was a real [...]

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An emotional and scary post..

January 23, 2010

The other day I had to do some tweaking to one of my online businesses Football Hotels.
I was converted to a Mac a while back and have to access my old PC to get some files for the site.
Old PCs can be scary places to go. Old photos of former partners, friends no longer with [...]

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Juicing Detox Day 5

January 16, 2010

So its Day 5 of my Juicing detox. How is it going?
First of all there is something psychological about hitting Day 5, the end of the juice only diet is in sight, not long now. Other than Day 1 I have not really missed hot food but Friday nights I normally indulge. I usually cook [...]

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Congratulations Mr Whaley, you are no longer a sofpotatis

January 6, 2010

Mr Whaley, congratulations you are no longer a sofpotatis, they are the words I could hear ringing through my ears as I smashed another running record. Was it a new Personal Best time, longest distance covered?
No, it was my coldest ever run, the thermo clocked in at MINUS 16.
I went out for a lovely meal [...]

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