mastodon 4.6.8Human being, enginerd, rower, cyclist, runner, kept by cats. A Scot lost in the north of England.
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Wednesday easy run with Coxhoe on the run. A warm evening, dry and clear. A bigger group with some loops and diversions but plenty of hills.
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Taking advantage of a missing crew member with a parkrun sandwich this morning. Cooler on the run down but there is still a lot of heat in the ground, out of the breeze it was still hard going. The usual 4km down 5km back and now some bramble wrangling.
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Tuesday run around Durham just between the showers. Cool and grey morning for a threshold repeat run, harder than it should have been but way better than an early start at work.
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Tuesday morning run around Durham, just the old bridges this morning. Cool and grey after some decent rain overnight. Finally the river is back above the level of the weir so hopefully the water conditions will improve.
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Sunday #running with Coxhoe on the run, mostly roads to avoid the mud. Light drizzle before but it cleared and the we stayed dry although the temperature and humidity crept up. A slightly smaller group possibly down to people with bank holiday plans. Back home to the smell of baking after a coffee and chat at the lamp light.
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Sunday easy run with Coxhoe on the run. A cooler grey morning with a little rain blowing through. Mostly roads with a detour down the forbidden path. Good company and a coffee at the lamplight.
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A change of pace on a warmer Saturday morning. 4x Bluewater #sculling on the Wear some exercises and a solid UT2 piece. The river was filling up with a lot of juniors from DARC and St Leonards school. Lovely conditions.
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Ten* bridges across the Wear in Durham in 10km, 7.2km if you ignore the run back. A very warm morning, later than planned due to cat drama over night. A nice morning for a run though my heart rate like the temperature was higher than expected.
*Strictly speaking eleven if you include the kingfisher bridge which crosses old Durham beck opposite the rowing club.
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Wednesday easy run up to Kelloe plantation on a cooler evening between the showers. Very pleasant run in great company with coxhoe on the run.
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Tuesday threshold run along the Wear, cool air but another beautiful morning. The pace was hard and my legs were really feeling it by the turning point.
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Friday #sculling on the Wear 4x Bluewater. Our usual weekday session in a warmer and very humid grey Friday morning. Solid improvement with a dramatic change in the exercise this morning and another 6 seconds off the course time. Next week I think we will be doubling the work, possibly after Monday as it's a long weekend here.
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Friday #sculling on the Wear. A cooler fresher morning on a cleaner river, first mist of the second half of the year. The rain during the week had brought the river back up to near ideal levels. The water no longer smells like it's been still too long. Still in Tee shirt and shorts but cool. No rowing or running this weekend as I'm off south of York for my wife's birthday. Swimming mostly although it looks a little cool.
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York on a Saturday is mayhem, down for a swim and weekend away for Jo's birthday. Gorgeous swimming lake although I almost managed hypothermia, I'm just not built for UK water temperatures without a wet suit.
Lurking in the falcon before heading back to the camp sight.
Sunday long run with Coxhoe on the run, not pacey but a good crowd with a few new faces. Mostly bright sunshine although the end of storm Dave left some bitter winds and even a hail shower thankfully at the farm behind old Warrington where we could shelter in a tin shed for the worst of it. I am full of the cold and hesitated this morning but glad I got out. Now for some Carrot cake and news avoidance.
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Monday and a gentle recovery UT2 #sculling session. Cooler and grey but dry. No hard work, just focusing on taking the exercises we have been doing into the stroke.
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Pie and Peas 5km run on a beautiful warm evening. A great mix of rutted fields, paths through trees and hills and more hills. Somewhere around 24:15 but ill see when the chip time is published.#running #runnersofmastodon
A warm Friday #sculling on the Wear, a good session despite a majority sleep deprived crew. Last night was a little too warm and the bricks of my house seems to have soaked it all up.
Our normal session turning sharp at counts house before the piece.
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GPS fail but a beautiful Tempo run around Durham, perfect conditions the only nuisance being a hole in my toe (thanks Ivor) but it only hurts on the hills. Despite what the map shows I did not teleport to Beamish.vl Another short working day as I'm picking my son up, back from Uni a couple of days early for his birthday.
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A wet Wednesday easyish run with Coxhoe on the run. Trying to find the less muddy paths, I wasn't feeling it but still managed a pb up to the tip and a second back on escape from cornforth. Too much time in a meeting room with a cold that is proving hard to shake.
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A cold bright run through Durham. Just above freezing with a beautiful inversion over the river. Hard to get going but better than sitting in the office. #running #runnersofmastodon
Wednesday easy run with Coxhoe on the run. A cool but clear sunny evening. I may regret the race home as I'm out tomorrow morning.
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Taking it easy this morning on a cool grey morning. Reversed bits of my normal route around the river Wear through Durham and made it back to the racecourse to otter watch for a few minutes opposite Hilda Bede boat club. #running #runnersofmastodon
Sunday easy run with Coxhoe on the run. Along Garmonsway to Raisby out to the wind turbines and back through Kelloe. Good company, lovely run.
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Sunday easy run with Coxhoe on the run. Kelloe way and around the plantation before heading down via quarrington hill. No extra miles this morning but a coffee in the lamplight is essential. #running #runnersofmastodon
Sunday blustery long run with Coxhoe on the run. Ferryhill rail crossing reverse, cold win but sunshine. A nice steady run. A few grumbles from my knee on the run home (bonus 3km) which I'm tempted to put down to my running shoes. Some experiments this week. Stopped off at the lamplight for a coffee and to celebrate a 70th.
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Tuesday hill repeats on the hild bede divide made more bearable by a spot of otter spotting during recovery. #running #runnersofmastodon
Monday late #sculling session on the Wear out in Bluewater 4x. Warm up, drills then a regatta course piece, easy down to the pool then a sprint back up to Kingsgate. Some good progress in our starts, less force, better technique and our rate is getting there. Cold air but a glorious morning, even the bonus of arriving back at the club just in time for the daytime rowers so we didn't need to take the boat off the water. #rowing #rowersofmastodon
A rather dreich Saturday morning #Sculling on the Wear in Bluewater (4x). A little late on the water as the other crew that use the boat had adjusted the steering, swapped over shoes and left the boat unsteerable. Club life. Exercises and steady rowing this morning, the outing had a hard finish at 9am due to other commitments.
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Thursday rather than Friday #Sculling on the Wear, 4x Bluewater. Our settled short trip and a half session, warm up. Starts, start and fifty, up to the regatta start. Regatta piece then counting strokes. Fastest regatta piece by some way and best count on counting strokes. Sometimes less is more.
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Saturday morning #sculling on the Wear 4x Bluewater. Stroke still had some grumbles from his back so an easier outing with only a few rolling starts to keep the pace up. Grey mist burning off as the outing progressed.
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We are back out on Monday #sculling on the Wear. A slight mechanical on the steering foot resulted in a return to the boathouse for some pliers. Standard Monday after that, warm up, turned early at counts house, start, ten and fifty then steady through Elvet picking up counting strokes at baths bridge before a regatta piece, up and in. Cool but dry. The new blades are setup to match the rest of the crew. It's great knowing I'll not have to fight whoever keeps setting the club blades I use with 2cm of extra inboard. Feel well enough for a run!
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After a few days of lurgy, resting and generally just slacking off I'm getting set-up for next week. I recently purchased a set of concept2 sculls, delivered yesterday. At 288cm I had visions of hand carrying them down to the club this morning. After a little seat tweaking it turns out there is possible to fit these inside my very untidy id3. If I'd been carrying them I was debating wearing an all in one.
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Another Monday #sculling on the Wear. Shorts didn't feel right at -2 degrees but we persevered. Normal trip and a half session. Warmup Dow to the pool, starts then a start and fifty stroke piece to Kingsgate. Counting strokes after Elvet and a regatta piece before cool down back to the clubhouse. A second off our regatta piece time and equalled our counting strokes record, down hill from here. #rowing #rowersofmastodon
Wednesday night with coxhoe on the run. Quite a speedy one, possibly down to warmer air and a bright night. A regular route around some mad landmarks avoiding the loop up to quarrington hill and cold knuckle edge.
Monday #sculling on the Wear. Bright cool morning for a steady session with a few practice builds and rolling starts. A half day at work and sunshine, I've an interview this afternoon or might have headed to the beach. Another half day tomorrow for the boys 21st and a full day off Wednesday all in the week our owner is onsite. I couldn't have timed it better reducing the opportunities for me to ask him how the whole Trump things going.
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Friday morning single #sculling on the Wear. A little grey and misty but a beautiful morning all the same. One of the swans seems to be getting aggressive again, possibly due to my poor line through Elvet. The tourist barge / prince bishops is up by the club rather than at its normal position next to the bridge and the missing landmark threw me.
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I hope not too early to tempt fate....
Hajrá Magyarország!
Can we name the JD Vance effect yet?
Easing back into training as one crew member is suffering from the lurgy. Good Friday so a 7:30 start rather than the normal 6:30. Cool but it stayed dry. No otter but the swans have relocated again back to their original location at Elvet making for some light drama going through the bridge. #rowing #rowersofmastodon
Monday morning #sculling on the Wear. Bright cool morning for our normal short weekday session. First morning I've had to resort to long sleeves although I was back down to a tee shirt for the piece.
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