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When I was five I had a Humpty Dumpty-style cushion called Fred. I threw up on him and we couldn't get the smell out so he had to go. :-(
But I'm working from home, so I haven't had to face any rain yet today. So it's not all bad.

Short term I'm not sure there's much you can do beyond stretching and resting, although I'd also recommend looking up "Walt Reynold's ITB special" as a strengthening exercise to help stave off ITBS long-term. I think it helped my recovery the only time I've had it, and it's never come back after many years.

My first track session this evening since December, and it was no worse than I feared, pace actually not too bad even though I definitely felt some fitness loss . 10 x 400, 200 recovery, avg 75, no rep slower than 76. Should be good to get back to regular interval training now, whilst keeping an eye on the dodgy foot which seems to be behaving itself.

Great run, nice one. I was particularly pleased to see a whole bunch of Kent AC sub-2:45 hopefuls ALL smash their targets to a man. And most of them hugely improved in recent times. I'm aiming to get back to track - tomorrow - to sneak in a low-key session while you're all nursing aching limbs. I've got some catching up to do.

@Arducius - Fantastic PB smashing!

I know a dyslexic agnostic insomniac who lies awake every night wondering if there's a dog.

Is that it, three bed jokes?

I was hoping it would be a four-poster.

I prefer this photo cos you can't see the stem. (Sacrilege??)

My club won the men's team prize. (No thanks to me, I'm decorating.) A couple of the guys had a word about scrapping Brexit and Teresa agreed. You just need to ask nicely.

Yay, 12-string guitar purchased! By some stroke of luck (and not very good ebay listing) I bagged myself a barely-used Takamine JG72CE-12 for less than half retail price. It's a beauty, but also an absolute beast. Makes my Sigma 6-string look like a ukulele! Time to do some finger exercises...

Any good veggie/vegan-friendly (but not exclusively) recommendations near the City (down to London Bridge at a stretch), for date night, nice but not too posh? Ta.

Nice one, great effort! I think the marathon can bring on all sorts of strange pains and niggles as the body fatigues through the race and makes you move in strange ways. Both my feet feel a little beaten up today. Enjoy resting and eating!

The pacing organiser asked me at the end whether I had any thoughts on using balloons. Yeah, get flags! I said.

Oh, someone requested a balloon photo.

Pretty good thanks! Quite hard conditions I think, it started off looking ideal (fresh, sunny, light breeze) but a stiff Easterly soon developed and the last 4/5 miles were a massive slog back along the front. Dragging a balloon the size of a Spacehopper exacerbated things somewhat, not to mention the comedy stop at 7 miles (check out the pace dip on my Strava log ) when a gust of wind made the balloon dip and tangle up with a course marker cone/tape, almost garroting me. Got going again and felt very comfortable helped by a tail wind between miles 10 - 16, gradually building up a ~1-minute cushion by mile 21 and the turn into the wind. Spent the rest of the race gurning, putting in far more effort than the rest of the race and overtaking I guess a number of sub-3 hopefuls who were thwarted by the wind. So hats off to anyone running a debut sub-3 today!

Chip time: 2:59:26. Halfway I think was around 1:29:30. Would do again, although my right foot has flared up a bit so I'm gonna enjoy some rest and maybe some cycling.

Cool. Race-day ensemble should be nicely coordinated. I won't pick up my pacing balloon till the morning but it's officially coloured "cyan" which shouldn't be too far from the t-shirt in the aquamarine spectrum.
(Edit: my phone's making the top look more blue than it is. Definitely more aquamarine going on here.)

Ta very much! I've had two breakfasts this morning and now working on a pace band. Exciting times.

Erm... modern groupset, old frame, new floor? Decided the office/spare room/bike shed needed a more practical flooring than grease-stained beige carpet. Also just given Ron the annual Spring clean.

Well the paparazzi killed our Di. And they're obviously Italian!!

In between the threats of violence and beheading for Her Maj and Yvette Cooper, my favourite comment was the one suggesting that Oliver Letwin clearly has gambling debts. I'd like to see the working there...

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Lovely! I spy wheels by Harry Rowland.

Is this why JRM is suggesting fucking things up if we hang around, to antagonise the French into vetoing any extensions, thereby making No Deal all the more likely?

"You know, Paul..."

Post #14 is my favourite. (Nice bike!)