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Baring it all

November 28, 2010 – 2:16 pm

To get inspiration and ideas ahead of my interview with Mr McDougall, I strapped on (can’t say laced up — no laces) my Vibram FiveFingers and went for an easy 4k run, before some TRX work. The only other time I’d used the shoe for running was when I bought it more than a year [...]

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Friday, er, overslept

November 26, 2010 – 8:37 am

So the problem about having a crap phone is it dies overnight, and even though you’ve set three alarms for 5am, 5.05am and 5.15am, you can oversleep a morning swim.
And so I did. Damn you HTC Magic.
But, oh well, it was a great opportunity to take some new kicks for a test run. Unboxed a [...]

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Easy does it

January 27, 2010 – 9:25 am

Did my first big-ish run in a while this morn, three hours on the road starting at 5.15am, two Faber loops along the way (one ascent on each side), by the River on the way back and through the lush greenery at Dempsey.
Total moving time on my HTC Magic GPS was 2.54, total distance 33.6k. [...]

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Things that make you go fast…

July 25, 2009 – 9:57 pm

I’m just making an educated guess for this one, my new pair of Nikes. It’s the LunarGlide, which I think is supposed to replace and improve on the Lunar Trainer that I have been using (four pairs and counting) in the past year to much comfort and success. So, I’m hoping and predicting these new [...]

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Steamin’ along…

April 4, 2009 – 5:01 pm

I’m really starting to love the Nike Free 5.0 v4. Took it out for a 25min run and 20min core workout yesterday and my feet were super snug and happy. The shoe fits like a sock and the cushioning is just right for my running style. And when it comes to some Swiss ball exercises, [...]

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