posted on Wednesday, 01 September 2010
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I’m seriously considering doing a 10k run. Running for ten kilometres, without a break, on the road! It might be a bit fanciful but I think I need to set myself a goal in order to push forward my fitness aims.
So I set out last week to see how far I could run on the treadmill. I managed 4.2k. So I am starting from the point whereby I am almost halfway there, this was a big boost. If I can already run 4.2k then getting to 10k shouldn’t be too much of a task – should i...
posted on Monday, 23 August 2010
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You may have seen the film Dr Strangelove, but if you haven’t I suggest you do. The film is about the nuclear deterrent being that of mutually assured destruction (MAD) – i.e. everyone loses. Well I have a similar relationship to chocolate. This is a bit of a tenuous link but I really liked the title of this blog post, which is a play on the full title of the film, Dr Strangelove or: how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb.
Chocolate is the evil enemy, disguised a...
posted on Monday, 16 August 2010
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As you know I'm in America, Florida to be exact, or at leas I was when this blog was written. Florida is five hours ahead of the UK. So my whole schedule with my pills has been shaken up.
Since being diagnosed this is the first time I've been outside of an hour's time difference and I was a bit worried about the affects in the immediate term. I figured I'd just have to put up with having a high blood sugar level for a few days before things settled down. I'm here for a week so that me...
posted on Tuesday, 10 August 2010
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It's my parent's 40th wedding anniversary in a couple of days time and they have taken the whole family away to Disneyworld. So I'm spending a lot of time with them as we wait together whilst my nephews exploit the rides and everything else on offer. Ok, I've been on a few rides too.
My Dad suffers from a very rare condition called CIPD, it's where the nervous system is attacked by your own body and the protective coating around the nerve is damaged. It affects many different function...