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Sharin' O' The Green

The strange case of the flying shoe: my 'welcome back' 5k

Posted by simon on 3/17/2008 on simon's blog

I had a weird moment at the start of the Sharin' O' the Green 5k. I lined up in the front row, the gun went off -- and a yellow shoe came bouncing through the ranks. Now, blame the fact that I'd "just" got off the plane back from England or whatever, but for some strange reason I thought it was mine...

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The last workout: a problem with the numbers

Posted by simon on 2/29/2008 on simon's blog

The last workout. No, I'm not retiring; it's just the last one I can fit in before getting on the plane to London for me annual-ish business schmooze trip.

My 5k race times are improving; I also did a confidence-boosting 800m time trial in 2:35 on the road... but the last two workouts have been bad. Or so I thought.

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