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Training plans, Creme Eggs and Coasting is out in German!

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Mar 28, 2025
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Hello,

I’m writing to you from a rainy Northampton. The sunny spell seems to be taking a pause, which is a shame but necessary for all the plants etc I guess. I remember during the first lockdown - half a decade ago, how?!? - when it didn’t rain for weeks and the ground was all dry and cracked. Good for sunbathing, outdoor activities and my mental wellbeing, bad for almost everything else.

It’s pretty early on Friday morning and I’m eating toast and marmalade and drinking a now lukewarm coffee. That’s one major advantage of coffee over tea: still drinkable when it goes a bit cold. I’m heading back up to Cumbria for a few weeks today and I need to set off soon-ish but first I’ve got to pack and visit my Nan and probably do a round of exercises from the physio too.

So, in an attempt to dodge the Friday afternoon traffic, I’ll keep the intro for this week’s good things short and sweet. Hope you all have a nice weekend. Personally, I’m looking forward to running somewhere that isn’t along th…

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