I ran 3:02:45 in today's London Marathon (I'll post a link to the results once they're online) – I'm pretty happy with how it went (it's my best time in an official marathon by nearly half an hour) but I can't help thinking I could have nipped under the magic three if I'd fine-tuned my pacing and nutrition a little. I ran in some rather funky shoes but my feet and calf muscles are paying for it now – I don't think the boffins at Nike designed them with my 80kg (176lb) bulk in mind…
Time for a lie down.
— Filed under Training
To the blonde lady driving the green MGF that nearly knocked me off my road bike at the top of Richmond Hill this afternoon: thank you for taking the time to beep your horn, wind your window down and scream 'get out of the middle of the ****ing road' after cutting me up, rather than merely driving off at high speed. Thank you also for acknowledging the middle finger that I extended in your direction; we cyclists often feel that we're invisible in London and it's good to see that this isn't always the case. Last of all, I'm not sure if this has been covered in your bi-monthly spinning class, so let me help you out: the right-hand lane is exactly where I'm supposed to be if I'm turning right at a roundabout.
Aaaand relax….
— Filed under Rumination
Awesome photos from Dixie Dansercoer and Troy Henkel's attempted Bering Straits ski crossing. (The ice conditions look bonkers and the swimming photos bring back a few nasty memories…)
— Filed under Aside
Mr T. says 'treat your mother right'. (Windows media video, it's after the Sideways trailer.)
— Filed under Aside
From a great thread on Metafilter:
'One should take comfort in the fact that they live in an age richer in information availability than anything our ancestors could have imagined. I've often thought about how absolutely hard it is today to become a Renaissance Man, a jack of all trades, simply because of the level of complexity everything has reached. Knowing mostly everything there was to know about astronomy, for instance, would have taken a couple weeks to learn. That's because there wasn't too much to learn from. Other subjects would be much the same way.
That infinite abyss of data should be looked at as potentially the most beautiful thing man has ever created. Learning how to swim in that sea is more important than trying to swallow it in. Mastering Google is more important than memorizing an encyclopedia. Knowing where to find ever-changing answers is more important than mindless regurgitation.'
— Filed under Rumination
