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Janathon 2012 Day The Last:Walk - 3 miles, Time 1hr, Weather - Cold and wintry The last day of Janathon and I have revisited the cows from the first day.  A cycle has been completed and I am back where I began. It some ways it feels just that - in spite of a month’s activity I don’t feel any more healthy, vigorous, or any more full of vim. Things have chugged along but there has been no

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Janathon 2012 Day 30: Cycle - 10 miles, Time 50min, Weather - cold I didn’t really fancy this today. Not only was the temperature was little above freezing, I felt extremely lethargic. It would have been very easy to can everything and stay in the warm but if I had done so I would have felt defeated  - and that is not at all a good feeling. But even after I started there were

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Janathon 2012 Day 29: Run - 2 miles, Time - 23min, Weather - grey and a bit chilly I took this picture a couple of days ago but as I have been playing about with it today I thought I would post it.   Today I needed  some distraction as the run was a complete non event - another day were my heart rate was just crazy, about 10 to 15 beats above the norm. I decided to cut the run short

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Janathon 2012 Day 28:Run - 4.75 miles, Time - 54min, Weather - Oh it was grey again and the wind was cold Sometimes there is little to say about a run: you completed your intended route as expected, the weather was dull,  not many people were out, and you didn’t see anything unusual. It is not that the run was unenjoyable - it is just that it was routine. I gave myself no special

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Janathon 2012 Day 27:Run 4 miles, Time - 48min, Weather - bright and clear Enough of me wittering on about base training. Today is all about using your eyes. Almost everyday I pass the skatepark and look to see if it is empty or full (early in the morning you can guarantee empty) or if there are any kids performing tricks - I like to watch stunts. My eyes are always focussed on the

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Janathon 2012 Day 26: Walk - 7 miles, Time - 2hrs, Weather - bright After all the greyness the weather perked up and the sun came out. What a difference that makes to my mood! A longish walk along the canal was a perfect thing to do - a chance just to enjoy being outside without worrying about how fit/unfit you are. Whilst walking and enjoying the light I thought about vitamin D,

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Janathon 2012 Day 25: Run 5.2 miles, Time - 1hr 3min, Weather - Once more grey and bleak Another picture from yesterday but as it is still grey there is no discontinuity. Today’s run was all on the road as the canal was still wet and muddy. The problem with roads though is finding a route without too many hills. Hills mean I have to walk to keep my heart rate down. Hemel is full of

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Janathon 2012 Day 24: Walk - 3.3 miles, Time - 1hr, Weather - horribly wet at first but eased off into mistiness I had actually planned to run today but when I woke to see a coal black sky and steady rain I changed my mind. My plan is to run 4 times this week and there is flexibility as to how those days are arranged, so it was not a problem and as we know tomorrow is always a better

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Janathon 2012 Day 23: Walk - 3 miles, Time - 55min, Weather - blustery, mainly grey I don't know if Janathon is an exercise in willpower or not. Last year I got into the habit of going out each day for at least a minimal amount of exercise. For many months it was not difficult until at the beginning of November a huge weariness welled up inside of me and I lost all desire to continue. The

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Janathon 2012 Day 22: Run 5.9 miles, Time - 1hr 12min, Weather - blowy This rather rigid form of base training is odd in that your muscles feel that they are making an effort but you are not breathing heavily, so you don’t feel you are working hard. In fact breath passes so softly and gently across my lips I am hardly aware of it.  My pace is still very slow and I haven’t managed to up

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Janathon 2012 Day 21: Walk - 3 miles, Time - 55min, Weather - windy but not too cold Having run for 3 days in a row it was time for a break and so I walked. I know many people take on Janathon as a ‘run everyday’ challenge but that has never been my way, I always want variation: changes to stop a single activity becoming unrelenting. Walking is a good stock exercise. If you are feeling

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Janathon 2012 Day 20:Run - 3.6 miles, Time - 44min, Weather - cloudy, windy, bleak Another day, another slow run keeping the heart rate down. There were signs of progress as I managed to run quite long segments with a flat heart rate. Huzzah! Us runners are very simple folk - all we need is a little bit of encouragement and everything seems brighter, even if the weather is dreich.  Over

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Janathon 2012 Day 19: Run 5 miles, Time - 59min, Weather - rain clouds at first, gradually clearing Sometimes when reading book you can be stopped in your tracks to wonder why the author chose a particular word or phrase.  A couple of days ago I was read ‘Half the human race’ by Anthony Quinn when I was struck by a description of one of the characters being dressed in a suit of

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Janathon Day 18: Run - 2.92 miles, Time - 32min 47sec, Weather misty moisty Another picture from Monday as I took none today - it was too grey and oppressive. At the moment I am trying to avoid feeling bleak. Today's run was a help, just because I did it. It would have been so easy to continue to mope about yesterday but I didn't. I adopted the shock tactics of rolling out of bed,

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Janathon 2012 Day 17: Run 1 mile, Time - why bother, Weather - clear and crisp Another of those winter days where the air is cold but the sky is bright. I much prefer it to the comparatively mild but grey and heavy days that have dominated the season so far. The weather was similar to yesterday so my picture can be a carry over from then and not be anomalous. It shows the colour

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Janathon 2012 Day 16 Walk 4 miles, Time 1hr 20min, Weather nippy, clear, and bright  Sometimes you can become tired of the same surroundings. It is not that your routes are bad it is just that you you can tire of the idea of constant repetition. Although I have previously said that I don't mind using the same routes, because there are always fresh things to see, and that a new day

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Janathon 212 Day 15: Run 3.17 miles, Time - slowish, Weather - crisp and cold, bright and blue A glimmer of hope today: I managed to run most of the way without walking to reduce my heart rate. It was not fast but at least it was a sign that the current discipline might become  becoming manageable; a sign that things are not hopelessly stuck. Huzzah! Everything I have read about base

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Janathon 2012 Day 14: Walk - 5 miles, Time - 1hr 30min, Weather bright winter sun Today felt like a proper winters day of the best sort: crisp with a clear blue sky and a low sun casting long shadows. Yesterday morning there had been light frost but this morning it was heavy. All around there was a whiteness to reflect the light and make it brighter. Yet the sun was bright and there

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Janathon 2012 Day 13 Run - 4.5 miles, Time - slowly slow, Weather - clear but chilly Another depressing run (if you can call it running). Trying to keep my heart rate down meant I was shambling along wondering when things were going to get better. “How long does it take for the training to have some effect” I kept on asking myself. So far there has been no change, not even a tiny

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Janathon 2012 Day 12: Cycle - 23 miles, Time 1hr 45min, Weather - blustery Today's ride was a big loopy shopping trip, using the bike rather than going by car. First Watford, then on the way back I diverted to buy some coffee from Smiths, which roasts and supplies just about any bean you could think of (they have coffee of 32 different origins).  Buying from them in person is an

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Janathon 2012 Day 11: Walk - 3 miles, Time 55min, Weather - clear and mild for time of year I must make some sort of correction, or rather a reservation, to something I posted a couple of days ago. I saw an illustrated talk on the benefits of exercise, which had been going round the internet, thought “that’s neat’ and posted it up. OK, up to a point - it is neat - but it is not

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Janathon 2012 day 10: Run - 4.5 miles, Time - slow, Weather - grey again I have often asked myself what I think I am doing writing this blog. What is my mission statement? What are my goals? If I am going to take this enterprise forward I need to take stock and position myself more precisely by applying the rigorous analysis and intellectualism of management consultants. The '

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Janathon 2012 Day 9: Walk - 7 miles, Time - 1hr 54min, Weather - greyish but not oppressively so I liked today's Running Free weekly report today as it contained a quote from Arthur Lydiard, which explained exactly what I am doing at the moment: If you are not enjoying training, stop all anaerobic training. Go out for a long jog, so slow that the old ladies with shopping baskets go past

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Janathon 2012 Day 8: Cycle - 16.55 miles, Time - 1hr 14min, Weather - Grey Poster by Owen Davey I don't want to bore everybody by going on about how unfit I am and how everything at the moment is a struggle. Even if it is the case the case, it is something I have to deal with, without moaning. Therefore I won't say much more about today's activity apart from the fact that it was my

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Janathon 2012 Day 7: Walk - 3.5 miles, Time - 1hr, Weather - blue skies before the grey swept back in I ought to be feeling shamefaced about the low level of activity in this years Janathon. A three and a half miles walk is more of a holding activity than anything else but it might be doing more good than I think. This video is a little illustrated talk which proposes that exercise might

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Janathon 2012 Day 6: Walk - 6.5 miles, Time - 2hrs, Weather - bright and clear. Good weather to be out and about. Today's object was a little more distance. It didn't matter if it was walking; I just wanted to go further. So I walked along the canal and it was one of those mornings when the sun was out, the sky was blue and your spirits were lifted. After all the grey/stormy/rainy

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Janathon 2012 Day 5: Walk - 3 miles, Time - 55min, Weather - blowing a gale, sometimes it rained, sometimes it didn't According to my schedule I should have been running today but I just did not see the point. I still had a cold and so my heart rate was already elevated in addition It was horribly windy and any progress would be a struggle. I knew I would again spend all my time

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Janathon 2012 Day 4: Weights and stretches, Time - 30min, Weather - not as wild as yesterday. Mostly grey This morning I woke up with a sudden flash of insight: I didn’t have to go outside to exercise. As insights go this is fairly low level and I was not going to leap out of my bath and run down the street yelling Eureka!  but in its own small way it was quite satisfying. The past year

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Janathon 2012 Day 3: Run - 2.55 miles, Time - Urghh, Weather - Gusty gales all day but I managed a run when there was no rain This really lowered the spirits. My second base run and I was unable to keep my heart rate low enough. Every time a ran it went above my limit. Even if I slowed as much as I could, I could not control it. My first thought was to blame the gale, which was swirling and

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Janathon 2012 Day 2: Walk - 2.54 miles, Time  - 1hr 3min, Weather - Sunny and bright but a little colder I mentioned yesterday that I am going back to relying on just two measurements: heart rate and time. They are the most accurate information you have. Watches have obviously been around our wrists for ages and we take for granted their astonishing accuracy (so much so that I don't

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Janathon 2012 Day 1: Run - 2.35 miles, Time - too embarrassed to say, Weather - mild, a little blowy, grey clouds Back after a lay off and in terrible shape. Time for a new beginning!  “What else is the New year for?” I asked myself “if not to draw a imaginary line and promise yourself that from this time hence you will be far, far better, in so, so many ways.” Before the rational

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2011 Streak: A sense of ending Not with a celebratory burst through the finishing tape, nor with a retirement forced by overwhelming odds,  the 2011 Streak ended. I cannot give a precise reason why I could not carry on but rather it was an increasing weariness and a fading of enthusiasm. For sometimes the whole enterprise had felt like going through the motions rather than something

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2011 Streak Day 305 (Friday Nov 4th): Run- 3.1 mile, Time - 33min, Weather - a bit overcast Again the routine of running before breakfast.  There is nothing much to report about the run except that it was slow but with a low heart rate. As this was my last run here I was determined to make sure it was easy and enjoyable - a chance to look around and appreciate. Instead of the the

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2011 Streak Day 304 (Thursday Nov 3rd): Walk - 2 miles Time - 40 min, Weather - a bit wet This was the last full day of the break. All the planned work had been done and it was a day to celebrate by having a very long lunch. After all this is France and it would be totally wrong to ignore the culture. I can honestly say that I have never had a better value meal - ever! In fact I

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2011 Streak Day 303 (Wednesday Nov 2nd): Run - 3.11 miles, Time - 31min, Weather - cloudy but mild Again another run keeping the heart rate down. I am beginning to enjoy this routine of running every other day before breakfast. The mystery is why I can never do this at home. Here it feels easy to wake-up put on running kit and leave. Once I am out of the door I walk for a few yards,

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2011 Streak Day 302 (Tuesday 1st Nov):Walk - 5.23 miles, Time - 1hr 39min, Weather - walked after the rain there were dramatic grey clouds but they passed and then the sky was blue with fluffy white clouds. Although my average pace was just over 19 minutes, the first mile took me 24. I stopped many times to take pictures of the dramatic sky and bare fields. it is probably the section

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2011 Daily Streak Day 301 (Monday 31st October): Run 2.5 miles Time 25min Weather - the most glorious warm sunny day The run was mid way between the last two both in terms of speed and heart rate. Interesting how direct the relationship was.It actually felt quite comfortable most of the time but I got out of breath going up hill.  The weather was so good though, with the sun rising

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2011 Streak Day 300 (Sunday 30th October):Walk 3 miles, time 1hr, Weather - mostly overcast Sunday and time for a day sight-seeing - going somewhere new. Confolens is a medieval town on the confluence of two rivers that has retained the narrow, jumbly street structure and many very old buildings. In the 19th Century it was, apparently the administrative centre for the surrounding

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2011 Streak Day 299 (Saturday29th October):Run 2.53 miles, Time 27min 44sec, Weather - grey, overcast, slight breeze Yesterday I ran with my heart rate monitor for the first time for ages and was horrified at the reading. I was about 10 beats above what I would have expected for every speed and it conclusively proved what I already suspected - I am far, far away from any decent

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2011 Streak Day 298 (Friday 28th October): Run - 3.4 miles, Time 33min, Weather - soft grey, slightly misty The day feels very soft and quiet as a light mist lays a thin blanket over everything. Not a fog, the visibility is good but everything is cloaked in grey. It did not feel oppressive or gloomy. The number of grey days in Hemel over August and September were much more lowering.

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2011 Streak Day 297: (Thursday October 27th) Walk 3 miles, Time 1hr, Weather - dark and wet when I set out bright when I arrived. The picture is of people milling around Paris Montparnasse station. It is like any station: so many people, so many reasons for travel. My reason is pleasure. I am on my way, once more, to the Charente and am catching the train to Angoulème. A couple of

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2011 Streak Day 296: (Wednesday October 26th):Walk 3 miles, Time 1hr, Weather - sunny and bright I regularly walk to past the parish church on the way to the park, sometimes I look at it sometimes it is just another part of the familiar landscape and I pay it scant attention.  Walking and running are like that - the mind can drift in and out and  attention swings between the sharply

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2011 Streak Day 295 (Tuesday October 25th): Run 2.75 miles, Time 26.08 Weather mild but the sky is a mixture of different types of cloud The sky behind the tree is not blue- it is slate grey however it is lit up by bright sunlight. It is a day that does not know its own mind. Is it a pleasant, sunny day where you can relax and feel happy about how mild the weather is this late in the

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2011 Streak Day 294 (Monday October 24th): Walk 9.26 miles Time 2:56 Weather overcast but pleasant enough This was another example of us trying to not use the car whenever possible. it would have been very easy to have hopped in and driven the 4.6 miles, looked at floorings and then driven back. But no! We decided we were made of sterner stuff and a walk by the canal would be much more

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2011 Streak Day 293 (Sunday Oct 23rd): Cycle 19.8 miles, Time 1hr 25min, Weather lightly overcast to start but it lifted to become a really nice autumn day There were alpacas. I haven’t passed the alpacas for a long time so there needs to be a picture of them grazing (though because they are quite a way away they look more like odd shaped sheep). nevertheless you can see how at home

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2011 Streak Day 292 (Saturday Oct 22nd): Walk 2 miles, time 40min, Weather - sunny and remarkably mild for the time of year. Busy all day until I realised I had time to either go for a walk and take photographs or run and not take photographs. As the sunset light was bright and beautiful I went out looking for pictures. Gantries and power cables of the West Coast Main Line railway

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2011 Streak Day 291 (Friday Oct 21st): Walk 2 miles, Time 40min Weather  - slightly more overcast Another minimal day because I was mostly occupied with decorating. But I did get out and on my walk I saw this wall where a creeper has been removed yet left a trace that is probably impossible to remove. This got me to thinking about how everything we do leaves some sort of trace.

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2011 Streak Day 290 (Thursday Oct 20th): Walk 3 miles  time 1 hr, Weather autumn is proving to be surprisingly nice The reason for the picture is to show the way the shadows lengthen as the sun gets lower in the sky. It makes for some lovely patterns. Otherwise the main event was the arrival of new running shoes (which I wrote about). The shoes in themselves are standard running

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I have been valiantly trying to catch up with myself and am now only one week behind. Huzzah! But it is not good enough. I am going away again to France and for 10 days I will be without any internet connection. As always I will keep daily notes so that I can maintain the project but 7 days will become 17 on once more it will feel like pushing a rock up hill. Eventually it will happen: there will

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2011 Streak Day 289 (Wednesday Oct 19th): Walk 3 miles, time 1hr, Weather - blue sky pleasant temperature Another post about local government but this is much shorter because all it really says is Boo! and Hiss!: The photo shows the way the Old Town ends.  There is a house and then some green space, which is as it should be. There needs to be a buffer to give the old buildings some

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2011 Streak 288 (Tuesday Oct 18th): Cycle 13 miles, Time 1hr 5min, Weather clear and bright The day was beautiful and I went out for a spin. No specialist cycling gear (apart from shoes), just out for a nice relaxed pootle, breathing deeply and taking-in the fine autumn views. There are some days when it is a privilege just to be able to get out and enjoy these moments. There is a

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2011 Streak Day 287 (Monday Oct 17th): Walk 2 miles time 40min Weather there was a wintery bite to the air Swans always look as if they own the canal. On the water they are serene on the bank they look fierce. Although I have never heard of a specific case where someone has had their arm broken by a blow from a swans wing, I still remember, as a child,being told it could happen. Such

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2011 Streak Day286 (Sunday Oct 16th): Run 2.85 miles Time 27min 38sec, Weather sunny morning, cloudier later The weather is extraordinary for October. When you go out, just after day break, there is all the promise of a clear sunny day - summer like but a few hours later . Looking up and seeing the moon in the morning sky gives me pleasure. Seeing it so clearly in a blue day sky

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2011 Streak Day 285 (Saturday Oct 15th): Walk 1 mile Time 20min Weather beautifully sunny October day warm enough for T shirt The role of the mind in running is is fascinating because it is not a neutral observer of the feedback from the body - it conditions those messages. You can see this when you have good and bad days. There are times when you go for a run when you feel weary

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2011 Streak Day 284 (Friday Oct 14th): walk 1 mile time 20 min Weather - pleasantly warm My exercise was a quick walk around the block first thing and my photo is of early morning blackbirds (I don't know if they were quite early enough to catch the worm though). It was a short walk because I had to be in for a delivery, which I was told would take place any time between 8:00 and 18:00

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2011 Streak Day 283 (Thursday Oct 13th): Walk 3 miles time 1hr Weather pleasant I am sorry about this. We walked around Winchester and  I took a load of pictures of what is a very attractive town but this is the picture that pleased me the most. It has nothing to do with exercise or being out and about in Hemel but there again I have never been very good at keeping on topic.

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Daily Streak 282 (Wednesday Oct 12th): Walk 2 miles Time 40min Weather blue skies Another three element photo. This time it shows that behind the tree in the middle distance the sky was deep blue. Huzza the battle of the clouds has lifted and there is some clear autumn light. In the foreground are red berries. I wanted to show them because I have been struck this autumn by how bright

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2011 Streak Day 281 (Tuesday Oct 11th):Run 2.45 miles, Time 25min, Weather still overcast but not wet and not too windy I had hoped to take a symmetrical picture : a band of blue, threatening cloud, and a strip of greenery, to show that although it was mostly overcast it was not unrelenting and there was a weather battle. However there was not enough blue. The idea is still there but

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2011 Streak Day 280 (Monday Oct 10th):Walk 2 miles, Time 45min, Weather grey and a bit windy One of the advantage of writing about running is that occasionally you get offered kit in exchange for a review or mention. I don't respond to everything, for example I won't accept something I don't believe in, like magnetic bracelets, or things I don't need but I must admit to a childish

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2011 Streak Day 279 (Sunday Oct 9th): Walk 3 miles, Time 1hr, Weather overcast (probably the most common description I have used this year) It is Sunday morning and a time for lots of team games, except this fellow seems to have lost everyone. Sitting on a rugby ball, all by himself, he his probably texting to see where his team are.  If you were to ask me what floats across my mind

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2011 Streak Day 278 (Saturday Oct 8th):Cycle 12.97 miles. Time 57min Weather mostly overcast  After showing some bagged up leaves I thought I ought to balance the picture by showing that it is not all neat and tidy round here. Otherwise all that I want to say is that this comes very close to being a perfect Saturday morning. Out on the bike for a short ride, which included a hill

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2011 Streak Day 277 (Friday Oct 7th): Cycle 16. 42 miles, Time 1hr 12min, Weather overcast with wind My picture today should be of Homebase, as that was my destination, but tin retail sheds are rather boring and I just could not be bothered.  Strange then that I find plastic bags full of leaves more interesting. I have no real explanation except that for some reason they amused me and

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2011 Streak Day 276 (Thur Oct 6th): Walk  4 miles, Time 1hr 15 min, Weather - bright but sharpish wind Another walk along the canal where I saw this young moorhen. I puzzled as it seems very late for a juvenile. perhaps the seasons now become so totally messed up birds are becoming confused.  If they are confused so am I.  OK there is a slightly sharp wind and I need a bit more

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2011 Streak Day 275 (Wed Oct 5th):Walk 3 miles, Time 1hr, Weather - Overcast but warmish, the evening was windy Still not feeling tip tip so there is no desire to do anything energetic. A walk for a cup of coffee and then back is good enough. I wrote a short time ago about following the exercises in Mindfulness. Today there is one sentence from the book that is the focus of my

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2011 Streak Day 274 (Tues Oct 4th):Walk 1 mile, Time 20min, Weather - not as sunny but still warm but still pleasant How quickly the seasons turn. A couple of weeks before and these leaves were red and vibrant on the wall, now they are curled and dead on the ground. How quickly my sense of well being can change as well. Yesterday morning I was enjoying the sun and feeling content

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2011 Streak Day 273 (Mon Oct 3rd): Cycle 23.79 miles, Time 1hr 42min, Weather still sitting out weather This picture shows my failed attempt at wildlife photography. I wanted a picture of a wasp and in my experience as soon as you try to eat out in summer wasps will gather, attracted to anything sweet. I therefore put some jam on some paper on a table and waited. At last a wasp came

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2011 Streak Day 272 (Sun Oct 2nd): Walk 3 miles, Time 1hr, Weather hot and sunny This is a picture from early morning.  Fallowfields is where manchester University has its halls of residence and the area probably has as high a concentration of  students as anywhere in the country. On weekend evenings students tend to go out and there is much drinking and eating of takeaways The

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2011 Streak Day 271 (Sat Oct 1st): Walk 5 miles, Time 1hr 40min, Weather - if only August had been so hot and sunny When we were in Manchester all sorts of things were going on. Some were on the news, some were a mention on the sports pages, and others were unremarked, part of the normal pattern of a city with many groups of people brought together by common activities. Our hotel

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2011 Streak Day 270 (Fri 30 Sept): Walk - 2 miles, Time 40min, Weather - unseasonably hot and sunny Off to Manchester and more motorway miles. On the way thinking a lot about both the fragility and resilience of the human body and the nature of injuries. Sport is encouraged for a number of reasons, many of which are to do with  character development, and appreciation of teamwork,

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2011 Streak Day 269 (Thur 29 Sept): Bike 23.35 miles Time 1hr 37 min Weather - Hot, like summertime A beautiful warm autumn day and a enjoyable cycle ride but I did not take any photos until I got home. The picture of bedding plants is there to represent planting in Gadebridge Park (I say represent because after getting back I was too lazy to go again, so took this in the back

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2011 Streak Day 268 (Wed 28 Sept): Walk 3 miles, Time 1hr, Weather - spectacular You could not believe the joy I found in something so simple. The joy from going outside and walking by the canal and across the moor in the early morning. It was one of those days where the sun was rising on what would be a hot day yet there was still the overnight mist to be burnt away. I arrived at

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2011 Streak Day 267 (Tues Sept 27th): Walk 2 miles time 40 min, Weather - mizzly in the morning but it lifted and the afternoon  was wonderfully warm and sunny. Maintenance is either the great joy or great pain of cycling. It has to be done to make sure everything is running well and to keep the bike looking nice but my attitude to it is extremely variable. Some days, especially when it

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2011 Streak Day 266 (Monday Sept 26th): Walk - 3 miles , Time -1hr Weather - drizzly to start but the grey clouds were later blown away to be replaced with whiter clouds and patches of blue If I wasn't trying to record so form of exercise each day I would have paid no attention to today's walking. It was just there and back, there and back, around Watford, running some errands and

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2011 Streak Day 265 (Sunday Sept 25th): Walk 3 miles, Time 1hr, Weather lightly overcast I have talked before about the housing development on the site of the old paper mill at Nash Mills, Just looking at the pictures I thought they looked a bit dull but it is unfair to make a judgement when it is still a building site. However some of the first phase has been completed and show homes

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2011 Streak Day 264 (Saturday Sept 24th):Walk 4.5 miles, Time 1hr 25min, Weather - bright and sunny but with a slightly cool breeze Another canal photo but not as an illustration of my walk (which today was mostly in London) but to show a quality of timelessness. In black and white it is not immediately obvious how old it might be. The design of narrow boats has not changed much in

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2011 Streak Day 263 (Friday Sept 23rd ): Walk 4 miles, Time 1hr 5min, Weather - a beautiful autumn day It is amazing what a difference a little sun can make. This morning I looked out of the window and saw both a layer of mist and a rising sun. You could tell that the day was going to be warm and that the mist would soon be burnt off. You knew it was going to be one of those days

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2011 Streak Day 262 (Thursday Sept 22nd): Walk 6 miles, Time 1hr 50min, Weather grey but not unpleasant, a bit muggy The bright skies are replaced with familiar grey but a walk along the canal is still pleasant. The only thing of note to report about the walk was a conversation with a boat owner who had just fallen in the canal. She said she was tying-up but that the front of her

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2011 Streak Day 261 (Wednesday Sept 21st): Walk 5.7 miles, Time 1hr 50min, Weather - bright and clear , sun and fluffy clouds One of the interesting things about trying to catch up with myself, writing my blog posts in retrospect, is that it forces me to remember my recent past. Normally I would have no reason to relive events of a couple of weeks ago but now I do. Armed with a few

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2011 Streak Day 260 (Tuesday Sept 20th): Cycle - 22.79, Time - 1hr 48min, Weather - overcast and blustery Let me explain why I had to cycle to Watford again: My new-beginning programme not only includes a gradual picking-up of exercise levels but also the start of a mindfulness programme. The course I will be following is outlined  in the book Mindfulness by Mark Williams and

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2011 Streak Day 259 (Monday Sept 19th): Cycling - 23 miles, Time - 1hr 41min, Weather - blue skies Turning over a new leaf means cycling to Watford.  I wanted to buy something from the shops, so rather than taking the car I used my bike and felt good doing so.  For the first time for ages I felt air rushing past my cheeks, a sense of speed above ambling, and a feeling of connection

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2011 Streak Day 258 (Sunday Sept 18th): Walk 1 mile, Time 20min, Weather patchy Every year, at around this time I look at this wall and admire the way the leaves, which only a few days previously were green, have turned lustrous red. Very soon they will fall and the brickwork will show bare. It is a marker of autumn. Although some of the most beautiful days of the year are in autumn

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2011 Streak 257 (Saturday Sept 17th): Walk 3 miles, Time 1hr, Weather - There were clouds I think I should now celebrate small pleasures. Not the big stuff that lifts you up and gives you a sense of your identity, not the set pieces you plan for, nor even the things you feel you can't live without. No I want to celebrate the little things that make you feel just that slightly better.

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2011 Streak Day 256 (Friday Sept 16th): Walk 4 miles, Time 1hr 30min, Weather - bright, cloudy, bright, cloudy Another Cambridge day with a walk back to the Park&Ride. If I had been feeling more chipper I would have done it both ways but I still feel rough and back was enough. This has been a very strange week. I have been able to keep going up to a point  but there have been no

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2011 Streak Day 255 ( Thursday Sept 15th): Walk 3 miles, Time 1hr 5min, Weather - clear but a little cool, like autumn. I haven't done this enough - take the car a few miles up the road to Ashridge. I have spent  many hours, over many years, mountain biking through the trails and have a deep affection for the place. It is not that I do not come here, it is that I haven't come enough.

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2011 Streak Day 254 (Wednesday Sept 14th):Walk - 1 mile, Time 20min, Weather - changeable Me last picture showed my grandson, this picture reminds me of my grandfather. He was a telephone engineer and inspected the lines. These lines amused me though because they show the persistence of nature and the way plants can grow up anything. Because of my grandfather I have always had a

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2011 Streak Day 253 (Sept 13th): A slight indulgence Walk - 1 mile, Time 23min, Weather - changeable, some rain interspersed with blue skies and sun This blog is concerned with running and what I notice when out and about. It is not a diary and is only indirectly personal and there are no pictures of me or my family. But I want to make an exception with a moment of self-indulgence. My

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2011 Streak Day 252 (Monday Sept 12th): Walk - 2 miles, Time - 40min, Weather extremely windy ( the tail end of Hurricane  Katia) The photograph is a phoney. It was taken today (Sept 29th) because I realised I did not have a picture to represent my main activity for Day 252 - driving to Manchester and back, mostly on the motorway. However what it does show is the contrast between

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2011 Streak Day 251 (Sun Sept 11th): Run 4.25 miles Time 40min Weather grey but with patches of blue sky and scudding clouds  This was make or break Sunday.  The plan has been to run the Folkestone Half Marathon on 25th Sept - two weeks away, but with feeling unwell and not having run for two weeks that was looking problematic. If I was recovered enough to survive a decent length

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2011 Streak Day 259 (Saturday Sept 10th):Walk 2.5 miles, Time 1hr, Weather - clouds come, clouds go Another day to combine grocery shopping with a walk along the canal. As Sainsbury's is next to the canal, on the site of the old John Dickinson paper mill, it is the obvious thing to do. This bridge, with its useless secondary arch is one I have always liked. It puzzles me slightly

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2011 Streak Day 249 (Friday Sept 9th): Walk 1 mile, Time 20min, Weather - fed-up of saying overcast lets concentrate on the positive and say it was warm Not much time for a walk today as I had to go to Winchester so once again the minimum has been done. But this gives me a chance to take a picture of the bowling green and talk about the enormous care goes into their maintenance and

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2011 Streak Day 248 (Thursday Sept 8th) Walk - 3 miles , Time 1hr 10min, Weather - grey When you look at this tree you can see how easy it is to imagine monsters and scary creatures. This looks like a multi-eyed sea creature, which has crawled up out of the canal. When walking or running thoughts float in and out. You see something out of the corner of the eye, make some connection

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2011 Streak Day 247 (Wednesday Sept 7th): Walk - 2 miles, Time - 45min, Weather - grey and overcast The words that have dominated my weather reports have been grey and overcast.  Look at the photograph and you can see that once again those words cannot be avoided. In fact the sky is the only real subject of the photo as otherwise it is an unremarkable view - just the park at the bottom

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2011 Streak Day 246 (Tuesday Sept 6th): Walk - 1 mile, Time - 25min, Weather - variable After yesterday's exertions I felt tired and so there was only minimum exercise. The Streak is more or less been kept going in name only. On my way back I saw this leaf which had fallen onto the pavement and immediately thought of autumn and how the seasons have now turned. No great insights just

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2011 Streak Day 245 (Monday Sept 5th): Walk - 4 miles, Time - 2hrs, Weather - blue sky and sun (could be confused with summer) A day in London. The photo was taken in Whitcomb Street.  China Town looked very festive with yellow and red lanterns strung across the streets. The paper globes absorbed the light and glowed whilst the tinsel shimmered, reflecting the sun. Below people

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2011 Streak Day 244 (Sunday Sept 4th): Walk - 3 miles, Time 1hr, Weather - Very wet My walk took me to town today. When I started it was merely grey overhead but when I arrived the clouds opened up. This picture is from the early stages. Afterwards it got heavier and heavier until the raindrops were bouncing back off the paving stones. I was delayed getting back - that is all i have

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2011 Streak 243 (Saturday Sept 3rd):Walk 2 miles, Time - 45min,  Weather - strange split sky banks of gunmetal grey cloud and blue sky Short slow walk around Old Town and park. This is a very difficult time. Feeling weak but trying to carry on is hard work as I arrive home exhausted. At the moment the days are a mixture of: rest, a little activity, rest. All is hazy. However being

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2011 Streak Day 242 (Friday Sept 2nd): Walk 2 miles, Time 40min, Weather sunny and bright I took the car to Berkhamsted and walked along the canal. I rather like it here because it feels much more a part of the town, with more communal space than at Hemel. There is more parkland and greater variety of buildings along the canal side (including 3 pubs). in the summer holidays it is the

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2011 Streak Day 241 (Thursday Set 1st): Walk - 1 mile, Time 20min, Weather - some sun, mostly muggy Minimal walk today. Very easy because my energies had to be saved for the main exertion, which was moving my daughter & possessions out her room in college. Today was the last day of her masters and it is now all over. The dissertation has been handed in, the presentation given and a

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2011 Streak Day 242 (Wednesday Aug 31st): Walk - 2 miles, Time - 45min, Weather - overcast This is picture of work in progress is a small example of how the planning system can work. In canal history terms the site is interesting as it had been a working wharf from the earliest days of the Grand Union Canal in 1798 until 2002, when Bridgewater Boats stopped using it in 2002. 

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2011 Streak Day 241 (Tuesday Aug 30th): Walk - 3 miles, Time 1hr 10min, Weather - greyish once more When I started this 2011 project one of the objectives was to talk about exercise and training, as normal, another was to notice things I found visually interesting and take photographs, but the third strand was pay attention to my home region, especially Hemel Hempstead where I live.

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