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  • o.t.s.o…..a reality check

    What on earth was I thinking of? Sometimes you just can’t see the wood for the trees! Back in early March I posted about having a go at the 3 forts challenge, a 27 mile very hilly trail race on the south downs, which takes place this Sunday. On 3rd March I’d had a reasonable… Read more

  • o.t.s.o…..parkrun

    A phenomenon in the life of the everyday runner or jogger has emerged in recent years, that most people will be aware of, and I realised recently that I’ve never even mentioned it in this blog. So somewhat overdue; hats off to parkrun ! The brainchild of founder Paul Sinton-Hewitt, parkrun started back in 2004… Read more

  • o.t.s.o…..ups & downs in the mountains

    Last Thursday’s conditions in Snowdonia (see o.t.s.o…..April) had improved greatly by the time Andy and I arrived on Tuesday lunchtime. Fairly bright and pleasant as we left Pen y pas with a temperature of about 10 degrees and an expected temperature at the top of about zero. The climb up to the ridge of Crib… Read more

  • o.t.s.o…..April

    Although recent road runs have been beautifully decorated by the glorious roadside displays of daffodils that are an annual highlight in March, it’s now time for them to leave the stage and make way for the blue woodland carpets, courtesy of the bluebells which will make your cross country runs even more enjoyable than usual… Read more

  • o.t.s.o…..the 3 Forts Challenge

    I had another decent and injury free half marathon on Sunday at Paddock Wood. I’d been waiting to see if I was fit after my two recent races before taking the plunge and planning to run the Welsh 3000s end to end in one go, with Andy H as a running partner and Andrew as… Read more

  • o.t.s.o…..March 1st

    Every winter despite the actual evidence, I persist with the foolish idea that as soon as we hit the 1st March all the bad weather is behind us and it’s wall to wall sunshine for the next eight months. I wrote the short poem below a couple of days ago, when that thought was still… Read more