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Things to do before you die

Have an Indian Head massage.
Its a truly divine Treatment.
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Race for Life

My Race for life Paperwork arrived in the post today.
I am number 1782 and as I work for Tesco, the leading sponsor, I also get a nice pink T-shirt
Today’s 4 mile run was very enjoyable.
I am not really built for speed but do enjoy the longer distance.
Although my time for my 4 [...]

An essential buy

If your a Lady jogger apart from your shoes the next most important bit of gear is….
A very good sports bra.
I knew I needed a new one but kept putting off buying one.
The last thing I want is sagging breasts
So finally at the weekend I decided I had to get one.
I was shocked at [...]

Mother’s day walk..

A treat today
A longer walk than usual along the river from Cambridge to Ely.
Brilliant sunshine all way too
As its Mother’s day Geoff then treated me to tea and scones at the lovely Peacock tea rooms.Watch out Andrew and Matthew he will be down to collect the money soon
We returned [...]

A weeks exercise

This has been a good week and I feel really great for all the exercise I have done.
It all started last Sunday with a 15 mile walkMonday it was a half mile swim and then an hour and a half yoga class
Tuesday it was a 4 mile run
Wednesday another hour and a half yoga class
Thursday [...]

Heaven

Tonight for the first time since having my shower fitted I was able to enjoy a nice hot bath.
All thanks to a little gadget similar to this one
It certainly works and now I have plenty of hot water.
You don’t know what a luxury a bath is till you cannot have one !

An experiment

I have a wart on my finger
Many years ago I used to have about 10 of them…. but I just woke up one day and they had gone
This time a friend at work says try covering the wart with duct tape.
Been doing just that for 2 days now , something is [...]

A great day for walking

Today we decided it was time to get back to our walking with the Cambridge Rambling club.
We certainly picked the best day for it weather wise.
17 other people also thought today was the perfect day for a walk too.
We set off from Haverhill Sports centre for a 15 mile circular walk.
It felt good to be [...]

Todays walk on google earth

Google Earth streams the world over wired and wireless networks enabling users to virtually go anywhere on the planet and see places in photographic detail.  This is not like any map you have ever seen.  This is a 3D model of the real world, based on real satellite images combined with maps, guides to restaurants, [...]

A Running Wednesday

As I don’t expect there to be any walking Wednesdays for a while, maybe months.
I have decided Wednesdays will become my running day.
Got off to a good start today with a 6 mile run and we shall see if I can build it up to 10 miles.
I did get a few surprises on my run [...]

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