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Monday Dec 16, 2013 #
8 AM
Swimming 36:00 [2] 1.0 km (36:00 / km)
A slightly later start than usual after watching a recording (I almost said a "tape") of the overnight Norwich-Swansea match. Seemed to be a bit of pool traffic this morning (normally it thins out a bit as it gets later into the morning), but on the whole a fairly standard Monday morning session; a good loosener.
A reference by the commentators to the unusually mild conditions (in a fortnight which has seen a wild ride in European and Mediterranean temperatures, with record highs and record lows, some of them in the same place) led me to a check of British observations for the day, which in turn led me to one of my favourite observation site names, Middle Wallop (which is in between Over Wallop and Nether Wallop). Middle Wallop is about 20km northwest of Winchester and was the direction I headed on some of my long runs there, although I never quite got there, coming closest on a late November 33km which at the time was a PB for longest run. (At somewhere near -10 at start time - don't know for sure because in those days Middle Wallop only did observations on weekdays, though Winchester, a classic frost hollow, would have been several degrees colder anyway - it was also a PB for coldest run, although that didn't last long).
A reference by the commentators to the unusually mild conditions (in a fortnight which has seen a wild ride in European and Mediterranean temperatures, with record highs and record lows, some of them in the same place) led me to a check of British observations for the day, which in turn led me to one of my favourite observation site names, Middle Wallop (which is in between Over Wallop and Nether Wallop). Middle Wallop is about 20km northwest of Winchester and was the direction I headed on some of my long runs there, although I never quite got there, coming closest on a late November 33km which at the time was a PB for longest run. (At somewhere near -10 at start time - don't know for sure because in those days Middle Wallop only did observations on weekdays, though Winchester, a classic frost hollow, would have been several degrees colder anyway - it was also a PB for coldest run, although that didn't last long).
7 PM
Run 44:00 [3] 8.0 km (5:30 / km)
A good turnout for the final Monday night session for the year, from what was once Liggo's place in Kew (I've lost track of who actually lives there now and who used to). A faster start than I'm used to for these, but generally better than I was expecting - certainly the best I've felt on a Monday for a while (although that may be partly through it being evening rather than morning), and reasonably happy with the big hill coming back through Kew after a section on the riverside single tracks. Resisted the temptation to sledge Rob too much about the cricket.
Meanwhile, at least one court has seen fit to throw the book at someone convicted over a road-rage incident against cyclists. (Given where it was, I'm guessing this character might be known to Shep or some of his fellow riders?).
Meanwhile, at least one court has seen fit to throw the book at someone convicted over a road-rage incident against cyclists. (Given where it was, I'm guessing this character might be known to Shep or some of his fellow riders?).