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The Beachy Head Marathon and more testing

By GC | Published: October 25, 2010

So another marathon has been and gone. This went better than expected given the volume of training not done.
The other half of RTP, Bev, had a great race finishing 3rd; she seems to like these long, hilly, off-road trials.… Continue reading

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Florence Marathon

By GC | Published: December 1, 2009

Those who stumble upon this post, titled ‘Florence Marathon’, in a report on the barefoot running experiment, will make obvious assumptions. Actually no, I didn’t run the marathon barefoot, and there was never any intention to. But, it has been … Continue reading

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Barefoot running and the Achilles tendon

By GC | Published: November 16, 2009

Another 7 days with 36 miles total and only one barefoot run of three quarters of a mile.

Cutting down now for the coming marathon, I’ll not be running any more barefoot miles for a while to give the Achilles … Continue reading

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Jog Shop Jog

By GC | Published: October 11, 2009

After 3 more days off, I decided at the last minute to do the Jog Shop Jog.

Sounds simple enough, and the first 5 miles are. But then the next 10 are very demanding, up and down numerous lovely hills … Continue reading

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