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In which case.. I’d suggest to your friend coming in via Meanwood road from Leeds city centre and finding some on-street parking on/around Grove Lane… short walk to Headingley and I ‘think’ these roads stay open throughout.

I’m contemplating the Leeds HM after a brutally wet and windy Boston (UK) Marathon yesterday. My second ever marathon and a big PB but my pacing and HR charts tell the story of a painful slog .. Strava says 5m elevation over 42km so definitely a fast course when you don’t have to wade through water and battle headwinds.

Course is hilly.. there’s a monster, Pool Bank, right at 16miles.
It’s not a PB-chaser’s dream but the atmosphere is fantastic.

There’s a ‘Village’ hotel near to the start with lots of parking, plus lots of B&B, Guesthouses around Headingly. I can offer specific on-road parking suggestions if needed.

*all this assuming same route as last year

Happy Friday

That is impressive.

I love the chopped numbers on the IWC Portugiesers
One of the few ‘dinner plate’ watches I think really work visually at a big size. I prefer the two sub-dials at 3 and 9 and a ‘normal’ date window at 6 .. but they just remove the numbers in that formation

Only Casio kids will be correct on 1st March 2100 though

I absolutely cannot function without a date window but I question the practicality of a pointer, the legibility is compromised even at a large size and it clutters so much of the face .. I guess there’s some excitement seeing it sweep back for the 1st of the month.

As for having a year window on a watch (previous page) .. No practical value surely , just showing off?

Someone photoshop swap the lamb’s legs for hers

Rep. “Almost saw some raspberry jam back there”

I’m returning a hire car to Hertz tomorrow with some damage (scraped wheel arch and wing mirror) .. I booked through Booking.com and took the ‘Full Insurance’ add-on which appears to be with Zurich.

Do I just return the car, let Hertz charge me for the damage and then file a claim with Zurich? .. or should I be doing something in advance of returning the car?

Possible? I don’t see the knurling on the bezel though.

If you’re in the area, I can recommend Potter Newton Parkrun (near chapeltown) .. much smaller turnout to either Woodhouse moor or Roundhay but really friendly and usually some tunes blasting out from the Marshalls (or others in the park). Opportunities for wrong-turns are minimal also.

Long run today .. zero mojo.

Raining, cold, and will be on my own for the whole session (~15 miles)

Work travel means I’ve no flexibility to switch trining around to better suit my mood (or the weather)

Just going to have to grind it out, spotify-playlist will have to do a lot of heavy lifting.

Whinge over.

AI always struggles with the fingers.

Surely golf club would be pre-disk carbon Trek gathering dust in the garage with a massive sagging saddle-bag and a sportive number still on it from its last outing.

Best watch ever? .. the purple of the solar and the golf GTIesque red band always do it for me.

Really sad . He was just getting started.

Cross posting from the ‘In the news’ thread..
tried to avoid the Daily Mail link and find the story elsewhere.

https://marathonhandbook.com/kate-carter-race-result-discrepancies/

I do approx 2km of faffing .. jogging around, gradually removing clothing layers .. leg swings and toe-bouncing eventually moving up to some faster strides etc.

Then I arrive at the start line early because I’m paranoid and wait there to cool back down completely undoing my good work before the race starts.

Actual lol (for once)

I occasionally golf in the summer

Anyone struggling with the cold .. I’m flogging a heated seat pad thing here

https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/393351/

Seems decent and aesthetically inoffensive .. I just don’t spend enough time in one place to get the benefit

I’ve used Creative Labs Pebble speakers connected to dock by old-fashioned 3.5mm jack .. these work perfectly with microphone in my webcam (Logitech) - no lag, no echo etc.
I try to steer clear of Bluetooth for anything

Bought for my parents back in October. They didn’t want it so sat unopened until late December when I tried it for my home-office chair. Since then I’ve charged it twice and used it around 5 times.. Essentially I’m not in my seat enough to get the value.

It’s the Big Hug XL in grey which retails at £129

https://uk.stoov.com/products/big-hug-xl-grey

I’m after £75 posted

Original packaging is gone but I’ll include the original invoice for warranty purposes.
Pet-free, smoke free home etc.

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