Around this time last year I did my first obstacle race. I’ve done a couple of different events since then and two weeks after the Warwick Half Marathon I was back in Melton Mowbray for my second crack at Farmageddon. Not wanting to make things easy for myself this year they were offering a 20k
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Achievement Unlocked: Warwick Half Marathon 2014
Oh my poor legs…. Last year I wrote about how I’d taken part in a 10km obstacle race called Farmageddon. I did a couple more of similar runs during 2013 and had some great fun along the way. One of my friends who also ran with me decided he was going to do the London
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Geekmas 2013
My family are always pretty good at getting me great gifts (an Amazon wish list is great “inspiration”) and this year I was pretty pleased! Star Wars – Book of Sith: Secrets from the Dark Side A very fancy case reveals a book that I can only describe as a kind of Sith Bible. Here’s
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2013, Done and Dusted
Happy New Year! Summing up the previous year has been a tradition here for quite a while. It’s always a useful thing as it helps me mentally review what was good, what was bad, any successes, achievements or failures and help let me know where I want to go in the next twelve months. There
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Lumie Bodyclock Starter 30
I’ve had my Lumie wake up light for a couple of weeks now and since I’d tried to do as much research as I could before getting this I thought I’d share my experience in case it’s of use to anyone else. First up what is it? Quite simply it’s
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How Microsoft Excel Shaped My Career
That’s a rather bold title I know but having read a rather entertaining piece on 8 Bit Dad titled, An Open Letter to My Son About Microsoft Excel. It got me thinking about how Excel actually had quite an impact on my career. Back when I was in college I had a part time job
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2013 Mid Year Reflections
At the end of 2012 I wrote my customary post that looked back on the last year as well as looking forward to 2013. At the end of that post I wrote down some things I’d like to make some improvements to. I thought that the middle of the year was a good point to
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Farmageddon 2013
On Saturday I did the most physically demanding thing I’ve ever been involved with. Farmageddon Run 10km off road running adventure through woodland, farm tracks and across grassland held on the grounds of Brooksby Melton College’s Spinney Campus. The longest distance I’ve ever ran continuously was about 5 miles (around 8km) which I did once
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Crime Doesn’t Pay? It Certainly Costs
I’ve been unfortunate enough to be the victim of crime three times over the last year Car Damage Last year someone took a car without the owners permission and drove at speed down the street opposite my house. They didn’t stop at the junction and ploughed into the back of my car that was parked
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2012–NOT the end the of the world
So 2012 is done and dusted. If i was trying to sum up 2012 in one word…..BUSY. An awful lot changed in 2012, personally and professionally. I haven’t quite gotten a handle on the whole thing and I’m still forming new habits and routines to make sure I can fit everything in! Our biggest piece
