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Cross bumpkinscountry
At about 8.10am this morning a memory appeared out of nowhere. It was a memory of watching some of my secondary school class set off in a PE lesson to do cross country. I thought they were mad. Why on … Continue reading
Posted in Bumpkinsville, exercise, fitness, Good for you, Pog Pictures, running
Tagged chatting, cross country, fun, ladies running, running, school memories, slj
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This week in makingness…
(Sorry, these things are all rather random and the day has been too long to wind them together in a better way, so in the style of ‘showing’ / ‘show and tell’ at primary school…) This week I’ve made: …Cherry Pie. … Continue reading
Posted in Bumpkinsville, Cooking, crochet, Dating, exercise, fitness, food, Pog Life, Pog Pictures, running, work
Tagged cooking, crochet dragon, crochet dragons, Himself, horrible little man, makingness, personal bests, running, smiles, snow, three legged donkey
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Enormousness of the calf variety
My sisters and I all have a bit of a weird affliction. It’s our legs; our calves to be specific. They are big. Really big. Abnormally big. We all do a fair amount of exercise too which moves them from … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, Dating, exercise, fitness, Pog Life, Realtionships, running
Tagged chubby calves, Ffs, Genetic issues, Himself, Pops leg muscles, Results of running, Shared wardrobes
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Christmasness
For about five years I have tried making Brie and cranberry canapés for Christmas. Every year they have been a complete disaster. I think I might have finally cracked it though! (You just have to ignore the fact that they … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, exercise, family, fitness, food, Good for you, Pog Life, running
Tagged canapés, Circus, fitball, Little Pea, Rudolf, running
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A bit of wondering
Sometimes you have to wonder about people. Even the people who are close to you. On Saturday, as I do most weekends at some point, I spoke to my friend The Lovely Nut on the phone. As is often the … Continue reading
Not quite the plan, but…
What do you do when you have spent 4 weeks preparing, 1 week mildly panicking, 24 hours properly panicking, then wake up at 4.45am thanks to the torrential rain, make it to the coach for 7am to go and run … Continue reading
Posted in Bumpkinsville, fitness, Good for you, running
Tagged beginner, brighton 10k, coach, ladies, running, slj, team
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A stupid idea
For the last three weeks I’ve been getting up even earlier than I usually do when I go running to join an ‘increase your speed’ running course. I’m not sure I’ve got anywhere close to increasing my speed – the first … Continue reading
Posted in exercise, fitness, running
Tagged brighton 10k, idiot, running, three legged donkey
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The Lycra look
You know how when you do exercise you tend to look… pretty terrible, really? It’s not just me, is it? Well, people at least look different in lycra to their usual clothes (cue me doing the obvious in Tesco the other … Continue reading
Posted in Bumpkinsville, exercise, fitness, running
Tagged beautiful, bumpkinsville, countryside, lovely, lycra, not looking lovely, opinions, running, view
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The three legged donkey
Oh lordy. I’ve seen a video of myself running. This is not good. I started running 5 months ago. I was warned by my sisters over the years never to do so in public, and I didn’t. But I was … Continue reading
Posted in Bumpkinsville, exercise, fitness, Pog Life, running
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