Blind Luck & Rushed Judgement
What's that phrase, poor preparation leads to p.p. performance? I know myself too well. Earlier in the week, I'd cleared my diary so I...
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Duncan
Jul 23, 20212 min
Dot Watching...
Doesn't everybody have an Aunty Dot or at the very least know an Aunty Dot? I bet she got invited to the wedding? Most month's on waking...
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Duncan
Jul 21, 20214 min
Weird & Wonderful
Many years ago, when running became a ‘thing’ for me, I decided to try and raise funds for Brathay Trust through (in part) writing this...
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Duncan
Jul 21, 20213 min
Should I, Shouldn't I?
Three days to go. Three sleeps. 72 hours. Over a year to wait. Over a year to train. Except for the fact that I sort of didn’t, haven’t,...
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Duncan
May 27, 20218 min
Why is the anagram ...
Diary Day 10 of the Brathay 10in10 (ten marathons in 10 days).
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Duncan
May 23, 20216 min
Another P is for…
The penultimate day! Pensive, almost proud, perhaps it's still possible, but, the pain! The quad has been rock-taped over night, I've...
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Duncan
May 22, 20216 min
E is for ...
Day 8 diary of the Brathay 10 in 10 (10 marathons in 10 consecutive days)
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Duncan
May 20, 20215 min
I is for ...
Diary entry - day 7 of the Brathay 10 in 10 2021
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Duncan
May 19, 20214 min
N is for ...
Brathay 10in10 (ten marathons in ten days) - Day 6 Diary
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Duncan
May 19, 20213 min
Another S is for...
STEPS! It's time to begin, now count it in, 5, 6, 7, 8. No, no, no! Not those Steps. Hopefully, the thirteen colleagues I'm sharing...
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Duncan
May 17, 20214 min
A is for ...
It would be nice to write something to indicate how smoothly each day has gone, how calmly I've approached each day, how easy each...
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Duncan
May 16, 20214 min
S is for ...
Splish, splosh, sponsor me (please) Sunday. It was a tad damp out there today, but then there are more wet spots than an old person's...
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Duncan
May 15, 20214 min
P is for ...
When I decided to re-enter the 10in10, I was working full time as a self employed driving instructor. One of the ideas I had when I was...
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Duncan
May 15, 20214 min
H is for ...
Hello? Hope? Here again? Health? Help? Decent Human? You choose ... At Brathay we know everyone has the capacity to do extraordinary...
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Duncan
Nov 18, 20195 min
Significant Others
I met a girl once. A long time ago. On the hotel balcony. Not quite a short lived romance. I'd had teenage love before but this...
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Duncan
Nov 14, 20196 min
The Beauty and the Beastly
I'm famous again? Or rather not. You, could tell it was my ugly mug (at a distance) on BBC Wales. Able to find myself just because of...
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Duncan
Nov 11, 20194 min
Violet Beauregarde
Free 'health' check for my car today through the RAC, jolly nice of them, thought I. Dropped my car off at the garage and then took the...
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Duncan
Oct 21, 20194 min
Misplaced Pride & Well Placed Gratitude
The Yorkshire Marathon. What a brilliant turn out in the town and the villages. What fantastic organisation and support. Drumming...
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