Tag: physical activity
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Rodney you plonker!
With a trip to the big smoke on the cards for Bank holiday weekend we were in search of a parkrun to do. Reunion of friends who went to uni together 2006-2010 was the occasion and drinking and socialising was the plan! So, with a bit of map planning we settled on Peckham Parkrun, and […]
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Glorious Gravel
This week saw me take on a new challenge and a welcome break from a running event! This week’s event was a 65km Gravel sportive around the Dorset coast. Organised by a company called Glorious Gravel, their name had a lot to live up to! They run plenty of events throughout the year and hopefully […]
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Honey I’m home!
Oh what a luxury it was rolling out of bed and cycling 15 minutes down the road to the start line of the Salisbury 10 mile this week! Don’t get me wrong I love going on adventures, but the relaxed nature of a home race is not to be taken for granted. A wee swim […]
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Oh what a Knight!
So this week saw me take on another Parkrun and was very nice to be back in the homeland and celebrating a good friends wedding! Having lived in Edinburgh all my childhood I was surprised how little I had visited Fife, which is just across the water! My only real visits had been to play […]
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Mixing it up
Finally my first multisport event of the year! Buccaneer Duathlon at the beautiful Bucklers Hard. Another Challenging event race (I’ll be due a loyalty card soon!) and another free entry due to marshalling last year. Lets just say…..Spring has Sprung! Run 10km (2 x 5km loops), Cycle 35km through the New Forest avoiding any wild […]
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She was a perfect 10!
10 Stunning Offroad Miles! 10 amazing events! 10 sunny degrees! After a few weekend changes due to Longleat being moved I was in search for an event for the weekend of the 26th Feb and boy did I pick well. Not gonna lie I was browsing away on some various sites and was lured in […]
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Cocktails make great pre race nutrition!
With a week of recovery training it was good to take in another new parkrun and enjoy it at a nice sociable pace. Southampton Common Parkrun was the venue for Event 7 and I managed to persuaded Jess to take on her first of hopefully many of the project! A short trip along the A36 […]
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Youth Sport Trust
With the start of Project 52 on the horizon I thought I would introduce myself, Patrick Traylor, and talk about my challenge and my chosen charity. Project 52 challenge is about raising money for Youth Sport Trust in their mission to provide sport and physical activity opportunities to all children. Youth Sport Trust is a charity […]
Paddy’s Project 52 