Driving To The Gym This section is dedicated to oxymorons such as Driving to the Gym. Do you ever wonder why people drive to the gym? I do. I know there are some folks who aren't very mobile and need finely tuned exercise that a gym or swimming pool provides, but what about everyone else?
You drive to the gym to get fit, right? Isn't that completely missing the point? If you want to get or keep fit, why are you getting in your car in the first place?
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Tools for the Strava Athlete (more)
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Crivit products
The Crivit® product range If you're looking for outdoors clothing or accessories, you could do worse than to browse the Crivit® range. Crivit® is a brand of German supermarket Lidl's, so it's most convenient for UK customers to head down ... (more)
Milton Cross
Event Info Round 10 of the 2025 Eastern CX League at Milton Country Park, hosted by Bart Hommels and Cambridge Junior CC. A mixture of soft grass and steep muddy banks. More info on the Eastern Cross website. (more)
Audax: long-distance cycling
Audax: the home of long-distance cycling If you love recreational cycling, and enjoy the prospect of an all-day ride, then the audax may be just what you need. Audax technically means "daring" or "courage", but you usually won't need either ... (more)
Cycling Performance Programme
Performance Programme My plan and diary for keeping fit in 2025 will continue to be lower-key, with lots of local riding and the odd longer ride. 2025 targets Do a pre-ride of London-Edinburgh-London. Raise my metric Eddington Number ... (more)
Stow Scramble
A fast but technical course in fabulous all-day sunshine, it didn't cut up much despite a fair amount of rain the previous day. Full results on the Eastern Cross website. Women's race Here are some photos from the women's race. Senior ... (more)
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Tour of Britain 2025
Stage 1 - Woodbridge Stage 2 - Stowmarket (more)
LinkedIn API
The LinkedIn API (more)
A Social Feed
This is a feed of everything I'm interested in, filtered and categorised according to my choices. Channels: Twitter (multiple accounts) Facebook groups Facebook pages Google+ LinkedIn Flickr Youtube Website RSS Webpage updates ... (more)
Neil Pears Memorial Cross
Here are a few photos from round 3 of the 2025 Eastern CX League at the Colchester Northern Gateway Sports Park. It was dry and mild, and the grassy parts of the course had turned quite dusty. The course was long, with lots of switchbacks ... (more)
VC Revolution Cross
Bumpy, firm grass made it tough going in the morning rides. For the last two races the rain was lightly falling and the ground started to soften up - and grass started getting caught up on the bikes. The grip remained though, and racing ... (more)
Almost a blizzard at Blickling parkrun!
Conditions were tough for volunteers and runners for run #537 on the Blickling Estate in Norfolk. With a brisk NW wind blowing, and the air temperature around -2, the snow started to pick up as the run started, and got quite heavy by 9:30 ... (more)
Costs of Running an Air-source Heat Pump
Here are my stats for electricity usage, compared to the same period a year ago (when heating and hot water were oil-fuelled): Month Expected units Expected cost (£) Actual units Actual cost (£) Actual cost per unit ... (more)