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View Profile: richardsimkiss
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richardsimkiss 
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Mile-O-Meter
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Additional Information
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Biography:
Started running to get in shape, now I want to see how far I progress! More about me on my website.
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Location:
Warwickshire
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Interests:
Sports, Cars, Technology (inc. Computers & Gadgets/Gizmos etc), Food, Drink & Sleep.
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5k Personal Best:
0:15:56
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10k Personal Best:
0:32:41 (awaiting official confirmation)
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10 Mile Personal Best:
0:58:44 (unofficial - 10mile marker on Half Marathon Course)
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Half Marathon Personal Best:
1:12:30
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Marathon Personal Best:
2:42:24
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Sex:
Male
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Blog Entries For December 2010
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Training Session
Friday 31st December 2010, 13:29
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How I Felt
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Heavy Legged
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Weather
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Fair
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Type Of Session
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Running - Long Run
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Route
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Asics Gel Kayano 16
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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2h 12m 48s
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Distance
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19.1 Miles
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Ran up the road and back at the end to make sure I did the necessary 19.1mi, lol... how sad  6:57/mi
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Training Session
Thursday 30th December 2010, 14:28
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How I Felt
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Heavy Legged
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Weather
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Fair
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Asics GT2150 (Yellow)
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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1h 19m 10s
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Distance
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11.65 Miles
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6:48/mi, Legs feel ruined but glad to have (just about) done it in daylight conditions.
Depending on how legs feel I'll try a single 20mi LSR tomorrow in a silly attempt to make 3000miles for the year.
Sleepy now. 
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Training Session
Thursday 30th December 2010, 08:03
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Fair
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Nike Lunarglide
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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1h 13m 37s
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Distance
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10.47 Miles
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7:02/mi... this string of high mileage days is really taking its toll now... want to try and get today's second run in daylight but the thought of doing another 11.5mi today and 20mi tomorrow isn't a pleasant one. Still... at least if I run mid afternoon I'll have a longer rest before tomorrow's run!
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Training Session
Wednesday 29th December 2010, 17:01
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Humid
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Asics GT2150 (Yellow)
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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1h 16m 36s
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Distance
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11.67 Miles
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I say humid... it was really really foggy... but a very weg mist rather than your usual fog... it was verging on raining... but wasn't quite... basically visibilty was poor and I got soaked.
left calf (outside edge) feeling a bit tender.
6:34/mi, 142bpm. Good pace for an easy run with plenty of hills... v.happy. 
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Training Session
Wednesday 29th December 2010, 08:19
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Fair
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Asics GT2150
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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1h 10m 09s
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Distance
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10.4 Miles
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6:45/mi, 136bpm. Ahhh.... so much nicer running in daylight, though I still got cold and soggy feet running down farmers tracks though 
Passed the 600mi marker for these trainers... never used a pair of trainers for so long before but they're wearing pretty well and the cushioning seems in pretty good condition so I'll keep using them occaisionally for another 50mi or so before reassessing.
Was looking at my training blog last night and remembered that I was wondering if I'd hit 3000 miles this year, but have to say it wasn;t looking too good last night... To be honest I'd sort of forgotten about it and that lead to skipping a run or two here and there, which is making me now wish I hadn't! So is 3000 miles for the year still possible? I think it is if I really want to make it... it's probably not a smart idea, I've always been one to say not to chase mileage targets, or try to make up for lost training, but I think it's just about within my ability, and doing easy runs all the time can be a little boring without little targets to aim for.
So... I'll give it a go... though legs were a little tight on this mornings run, so I guess I'll have to take it one run at a time.
Argh... that means I need to do 11-12mi later today 
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Training Session
Tuesday 28th December 2010, 16:19
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Cold
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Nike Lunarglide
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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1h 10m 12s
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Distance
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10.39 Miles
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6:45/mi, 135bpm. Most miserable, dull and lonely run in a long time... there was such a thick fog/mist that in places I literally couldn't see from one side of the road to the other. Spent virtually the entire run just staring down at the kerb to make sure I was following the road.
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Training Session
Tuesday 28th December 2010, 08:25
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Cold
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Asics GT2150 (Yellow)
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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49m 50s
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Distance
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7.35 Miles
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6:47/mi, 138bpm - Snow turning to slush... made for very cold and wet feet along the canal. 
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Training Session
Monday 27th December 2010, 10:15
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Cold
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Asics Gel Kayano 16
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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1h 23m 17s
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Distance
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12.44 Miles
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6:42/mi, 140bpm
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Saturday 25th December 2010
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Friday 24th December 2010
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Training Session
Friday 24th December 2010, 15:57
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Freezing
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Asics Gel Kayano 16
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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1h 11m 55s
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Distance
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10.37 Miles
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6:56/mi, 133bpm
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Training Session
Friday 24th December 2010, 07:32
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Freezing
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Nike Lunarglide
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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52m 09s
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Distance
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7.35 Miles
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7:06/mi, 132bpm
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Training Session
Thursday 23rd December 2010, 16:04
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Freezing
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Asics GT2150
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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1h 12m 28s
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Distance
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10.37 Miles
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6:59/mi
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Training Session
Thursday 23rd December 2010, 05:47
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Freezing
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Asics GT2150 (Yellow)
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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40m 42s
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Distance
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5.46 Miles
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7:27/mi
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Training Session
Wednesday 22nd December 2010, 07:25
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Freezing
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Nike Lunarglide
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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56m 00s
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Distance
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7.39 Miles
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7:35/mi
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Training Session
Tuesday 21st December 2010, 16:00
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Freezing
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Asics GT2150 (Yellow)
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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1h 09m 16s
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Distance
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9.58 Miles
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7:14/mi
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Training Session
Tuesday 21st December 2010, 05:48
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Freezing
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Mizuno Wave Inspire 5
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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43m 21s
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Distance
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5.47 Miles
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7:55/mi
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Training Session
Monday 20th December 2010, 16:00
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Fair
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Asics GT2150
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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1h 06m 01s
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Distance
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9.57 Miles
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6:54/mi
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Training Session
Monday 20th December 2010, 04:26
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Freezing
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Mizuno Wave Inspire 5
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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41m 07s
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Distance
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5.44 Miles
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7:33/mi in homemade snow shoes
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Training Session
Sunday 19th December 2010, 12:00
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Freezing
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Mizuno Wave Inspire 5
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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1h 03m 52s
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Distance
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9.54 Miles
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Self made snow shoes. Gutted that Telford 10k has been postponed.
6:42/mi
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Training Session
Saturday 18th December 2010, 08:07
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Freezing
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Asics GT2150 (Yellow)
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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39m 26s
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Distance
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5.54 Miles
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7:07/mi, 130bpm
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Thursday 16th December 2010
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Training Session
Thursday 16th December 2010, 17:50
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Freezing
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Asics GT2150
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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1h 06m 17s
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Distance
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9.36 Miles
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7:05/mi, 136bpm
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Training Session
Wednesday 15th December 2010, 16:26
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Freezing
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Nike Lunarglide
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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53m 01s
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Distance
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7.66 Miles
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6:55/mi, 131bpm
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Training Session
Tuesday 14th December 2010, 16:30
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Fair
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Asics GT2150
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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48m 15s
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Distance
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7.32 Miles
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6:36/mi, 143bpm
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Sunday 12th December 2010
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Training Session
Sunday 12th December 2010, 08:16
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Freezing
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Type Of Session
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Running - Long Run
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Route
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Asics Gel Kayano 16
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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1h 22m 20s
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Distance
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12.44 Miles
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-2.5'C but actually felt a bit warmer.
Hated the first 4mi as it was running into the sun and I couldn't see a thing, felt much better after reaching halfway.
6:37/mi, 137bpm
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Race
Saturday 11th December 2010, 13:40
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Fair
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Surface
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Cross Country
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Duration
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35m 00s
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Distance
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9.95 KM
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Gloucester XC League - Race 3 - Crypt School
Fast start to race and a group of 4 took off, opening up an early gap which was maintained for the whole race leaving me to lead the rest of the runners round and open up a gap to finish comfortably in 5th. Time is approx (no results out yet)
Ground very wet after the big thaw... glad to have put longer spikes in
Felt very strong, but just don't feel like I have any speed atm. Hopefully that'll sort itself out once I start doing sessions again.
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Training Session
Saturday 11th December 2010, 13:00
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Fair
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Surface
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Mixed
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Duration
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03m 00s
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Distance
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0.5 Miles
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Warmup
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Training Session
Friday 10th December 2010, 13:07
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Cold
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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New Balance 840
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Surface
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Cross Country
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Duration
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1h 06m 35s
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Distance
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8.85 Miles
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7:31/mi, 136bpm... First run over the fields at the new house... cold feet and plenty of roaming animals. Temp was okay but wind was biting cold
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Training Session
Friday 10th December 2010, 04:31
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How I Felt
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Heavy Legged
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Weather
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Fair
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Type Of Session
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Running - Slow Run
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Route
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Asics GT2150 (Yellow)
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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40m 52s
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Distance
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5.49 Miles
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Felt heavy legged and slow... don't think my body likes me running on a friday morning!
7:27/mi, 132bpm
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Training Session
Thursday 9th December 2010, 16:21
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Cold
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Nike Lunarglide
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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1h 03m 44s
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Distance
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9.53 Miles
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6:41/mi, 137bpm... some slight tenderness developing in right quad.
Was annoyed to miss this mornings run but I was just fed up of the freezing cold... thankfully it'd warmed up a bit by this evening.
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Training Session
Wednesday 8th December 2010, 16:24
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How I Felt
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Tired
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Weather
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Freezing
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Asics GT2150
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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51m 22s
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Distance
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7.32 Miles
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Legs feeling a bit heavier today as the training is starting to mount up... to be honest I'm not really enjoying the cold 
7:01/mi, 129bpm
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Training Session
Wednesday 8th December 2010, 06:00
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How I Felt
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Tired
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Weather
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Freezing
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Asics GT2150
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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40m 01s
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Distance
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5.49 Miles
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7:17/mi, 134bpm.
I've done this run for the past 3 days and only varied my time by a max of 13secs... nice consistent running 
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Training Session
Tuesday 7th December 2010, 17:48
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Freezing
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Asics Gel Kayano 16
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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1h 07m 24s
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Distance
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10.06 Miles
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Club Run (2.2mi alone, 7.86mi club circuit)
6:38/mi, 141bpm
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Training Session
Tuesday 7th December 2010, 04:31
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How I Felt
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Tired
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Weather
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Freezing
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Type Of Session
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Running - Recovery Run
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Route
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Asics GT2150 (Yellow)
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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40m 04s
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Distance
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5.48 Miles
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7:18/mi... bloody freezing again... -7'C with a freezing fog too
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Training Session
Monday 6th December 2010, 16:21
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Freezing
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Nike Lunarglide
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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1h 02m 35s
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Distance
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9.53 Miles
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6:34/mi... clumps of ice forming in my hair and on my eyelashes.... nice! 
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Training Session
Monday 6th December 2010, 04:27
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Freezing
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Asics GT2150 (Yellow)
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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39m 52s
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Distance
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5.48 Miles
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Fell flat on my face trying to change direction too quickly on an icey path... whoops!  No harm done thankfully and I managed to carry on round my freezing cold route (car thermometer said -5'C on way into work).
Horrible freezing fog which made it freezing on the face, and also made it bloody hard to see more than a couple of meters in front of you
Glad to have got a morning run in again - here's hoping this week can see some decent mileage
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Saturday 4th December 2010
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Race
Saturday 4th December 2010, 13:00
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How I Felt
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Good
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Weather
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Freezing
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Surface
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Cross Country
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Duration
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35m 05s
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Distance
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10 KM (Approx)
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Birmingham Disctrict XC League Division 1 - Race 2
48th... very happy with performance. Could've done with a few extra mm on my spikes but hey ho... Really pushed hard and was looking like 2nd scorer for the club until very late on the last lap. Fantastic team performance lifted us out of relegation zone 
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Training Session
Friday 3rd December 2010, 15:22
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Fair
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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50m 36s
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Distance
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7.74 Miles
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6:32/mi, 142bpm
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Training Session
Thursday 2nd December 2010, 16:55
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Fair
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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46m 45s
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Distance
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7.31 Miles
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6:24/mi, 150bpm
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Training Session
Wednesday 1st December 2010, 15:58
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Fair
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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49m 04s
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Distance
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7.39 Miles
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6:38/mi, 141bpm
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