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x-England Parts 1 & 2

Tuesday, August 30th, 2005

Well, that was fun. I must do more of that.
Sunday - Bedwyn (just east of the east/west England watershead) to Reading, via Savernake Forest, Hungerford and Newbury. On the whole, a very pleasant ride, generally along the canalside, on good, recently surfaced cyclepaths. There was the occasional odd route choice - the road leading east [...]

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Two Wheels

Sunday, August 28th, 2005

It is decided.
It’s the cross-England trip - National Cycle Route 4.
Sunday: Crofton to Reading (via Savernake and Newbury)
Monday: Reading to Windsor (and possibly onwards into London)
Crofton is the highest point on the canal and probably the east-west watershed of England, so is very much the half-way point of a cross-England journey. It is most famous [...]

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Yep Sport - the magazine edition

Saturday, August 27th, 2005

…or actually just one of these.

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Events for 2005-6

Saturday, August 27th, 2005

First draft of the events I plan to go to in 2005-6, based on the BOF fixtures list*:
4-Sep C4 SOC Queen Elizabeth Country Park, Petersfield Trains were not running to Petersfield on that day.
11-Sep C4 HAVOC Thorndon Country Park (South), Brentwood 9.3km/7.9mpk.
18-Sep C3 SOS Hatfield Forest, Bishops Stortford
25-Sep C4 WAOC Rowney Warren, Shefford
OR 25-Sep C4 BKO Lower Star Posts, Camberley
2-Oct S4 SCJS Swinley West, Ascot
OR 2-Oct C4 DFOK Lesnes Abbey Wood, SE London
9-Oct C4 SO Eartham Wood, Slindon
OR [...]

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Two Wheels or Two Legs

Saturday, August 27th, 2005

Monday’s bank holiday is the last before Christmas, a good four months away. So I better actually do something on this three-day weekend - seeing as the orienteering season, which will take up at least one day a weekend for most of the rest of the year, doesn’t kick off in England until next weekend.
Current [...]

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Scottish 6 Days: My Summary (Part 3)

Sunday, August 14th, 2005

Day 6, Glen Dye
I had run on here before, many years back, but the only thing I remember of it was that I didn’t enjoy it.
It must have been a different part of the map, or maybe the pleasant weather made a difference, but I really enjoyed the area, it was lovely and technical, but [...]

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Scottish 6 Days: My Summary (Part 2)

Sunday, August 14th, 2005

Day 4, Allt Cailleach
This was part of the Royal Balmoral Estate, and the M21S course first involved a monster 4.1km walk (!) to the start. It was easy to see why this was necessary though, after studying the map, due to the shape and location of the most technical parts. As I was running the [...]

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Scottish 6 Days: My Summary (Part 1)

Wednesday, August 10th, 2005

Day 1, Cambus O’May
I was helping out on this day, so I spent a couple of hours in the download tent, giving the splits and the good (or bad) news to runners coming in. This proved quite useful, as I noticed the times coming in for my course (M21S) were definitely on the long side [...]

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Scottish 6 Days: Result Analysis

Wednesday, August 10th, 2005

A geek results analysis of the Scottish 6 Days. All you could ever want to know. “Tony” was my running partner. In general, he makes fewer mistakes than me but is a little slower on the flat. The points are calculated officially by the event organisers. The “average” runner gets 1000 points, with runners affecting [...]

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