Thursday 4 February 2010

Blupdate

Or 'blog update'.

Actually Blupdate sounds terrible, and I will only use it once. Expect many more ugly hybrid words (hybwords) over the next few months, as I can't be expected to think of a witticism for each and every update, especially as, during my marathon training there will be a lot of updates with nothing but running statistics.

And yes, I do have a new statistic for you!

27/01/10 - 5km, 37 minutes (8.1km/hr)
29/01/10 - 6km, 42 minutes (8.6km/hr)
01/02/10 - 6km, 43 minutes (8.4km/hr)
04/02/10 - 7km, 48 minutes (8.8km/hr)

A good result. Also, is in line with the running schedule which I posted earlier; the aim for today was the run 50 minutes. I won't be running on Saturday as I am going to London early, and I know that mixing a morning run and a day walking around London is not a good idea. Sunday's run will be the most ambitious yet, and to be out there for seventy minutes will probably require a 9km or 10km run. I could settle for 9.5km, of course, and given my current pace this is the most likely amount. Still, the numbers are getting pretty hefty and just a little daunting. Well, that's what I signed up for!

On my walk back home I passed the Mint Casino on Preston Street. What fond memories I have of that place. Back in the Second Brighton Rack (July 2008) my friend and I came first and second respectively in a NLHE £10 Rebuy. Of course, there were only eight people playing (including ourselves), but the victory was one for the ages. Not as good as the time when three of my friends and I came 1st, 2nd 3rd and 4th in a 15-person tournament in Coventry, of course. That was just the epitome of sick.

Later today I plan to write a review of The Story of Maths, a recent four-part documentary series. Stay tuned.

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