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116. London is Olympic - The London Marathon
1. London is Olympic – 21.04.2006 The London 2012 film and music were playing at the Expo last night, reminding me that Sunday will see the first marathon in this newly Olympic city of ours. And inspi… more →
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116. London is Olympic - The London Marathon
Roads wrote 3 years ago: 1. London is Olympic – 21.04.2006 The London 2012 film and music were playing at the Expo last night … more →
115. A postcard from Greenwich Park
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Roads wrote 3 years ago: My winter’s journey of 18 weeks and 499 miles is over. Only four more days and 26 miles to go. From … more →
113. The Pilgrim's Progress - Surrey Hills 2
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Roads wrote 3 years ago: (… continued) As I turn left off the main A25, uncharted territory lies ahead. The narrow lane … more →
112. Forests of fire and iron - Surrey Hills 1
Roads wrote 3 years ago: A drizzly morning, the last Sunday in March. And so, it’s come to this. All those freezing January l … more →
111. The plan
Roads wrote 3 years ago: The glass of the second bottle felt moist and cool in my hand. Inviting. 5.30 pm at an exhibition in … more →
109. Happiness, more or less
Roads wrote 3 years ago: Happiness – more or less It’s just a change in me Something in my liberty Oh my mind Happines … more →
108. The moonlit door
Roads wrote 3 years ago: ‘Is there anybody there?’ said the Traveller, Knocking on the moonlit door; And his hors … more →
100. Half a million steps
Roads wrote 3 years ago: It takes half a million steps to train for a marathon. Around 500 miles, more or less. And if I have … more →
97. Only scars carved into stone - a summer 20 miles
Roads wrote 3 years ago: Your sun so bright it leaves no shadows Only scars carved into stone On the face of Earth U2 – March … more →
60. Dual marathon decline
Roads wrote 4 years ago: I’m hardly running at the moment, having more or less completely exhausted myself by running t … more →
57. Blackpool Marathon: Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Roads wrote 5 years ago: I know it’s out of fashion and a trifle uncool But I can’t help it, I’m a romantic … more →
53. Still crazy
Roads wrote 5 years ago: Hi Rick Congratulations on your run. Two minutes off a 5 km is impressive. It’s a gruesome dis … more →
52. The Edge - from Sicily to Surrey
Roads wrote 5 years ago: We arrived back on Sunday, to find Guildford lying in a warm green haze. The moment had arrived, and … more →
50. Meteorological meltdown
Roads wrote 5 years ago: Clothing is now causing me obsessive concern following a deterioration in the forecast. All week it … more →
49. Ready to run
Roads wrote 5 years ago: I’m just four days away from the London Marathon. Four months of training have somehow shrunk … more →
45. T-I-R-E-D
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Roads wrote 5 years ago: My computer hard disk crashed yesterday, which seemed appropriate. It wasn’t the only hardware … more →
43. A sense of time - Earth history and the London Marathon
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Roads wrote 5 years ago: In geology, you learn about time. About a lot of time. As I look from my window upon the Surrey Dow … more →
42. Twenty six times two - marathon dreams in the Surrey Hills
Roads wrote 5 years ago: A familiar sense of anticipation, and a race at last. The last few weeks of training have gone by in … more →
41. A Lincolnshire legend - Sir Isaac Newton
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Roads wrote 5 years ago: Nature and Nature’s laws lay hid in night God said “Let Newton be!” And all was l … more →
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