Last online shopping day before my birthday, so had to get my cake early. Didn’t have a lot of options from Morrisons, so ended up with this one (mainly as it was on a “flash sale”). Sadly, such are the ridiculously short “use by dates” these days, it’ll need eating […]
Birthday planning
Amazed to see all the hundreds of cars choking up the roads this morning on my run. A warm sunny day of blue skies, and so many people decide the best thing to do on such a day is to drive sardine cans through congested streets. I wondered why it […]
Fuel prices
2,000 calorie Hoblingwell parkrun. My 375th, their 180th. Only good enough for 22:18 and 8th place. Bunch of fast runners took the first 7 places. They were well down the road. Must have had their Ready Brek this morning.
375th parkrun (Hoblingwell #180)
The phrase “Buy Me A Coffee” is one that perpetually baffles me, because what one person expects to pay for a cup of coffee is seemingly a chasm away from what is a sensible price for a cup of coffee. Yesterday I stumbled across a site that models itself on […]
Buy Me A … ?
I started the year well, on target for 6,000km but I “sensibly” chose 5,000km instead. Good job I did because my eagerness to improve my running saw the occasional “overuse” issue that caused me to back off on my running, especially during the middle of the year. By the time […]
2019 Running Summary
Having not been hugely impressed (read: not at all) with Adidas current generation of Ultraboost running shoes (going from a comfortable & fast running shoe to a loose sock that barely holds your foot), and the previous version being mostly unavailable, I chose this time to go for a good […]