Author: martinjamesphd
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Holiday Iron Pumpin’
What else would I do with paid leave day #1? It’s been a scorcher, 27oC for much of the afternoon so I was dripping wet. I did 8 exercises covering arms, shoulders, chest and back so it was a bit of an all-rounder. I very much hope to build momentum before the autumn term starts.…
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Saturday ride: I need to buy a proper map!
4th September 2021 was “schoolboy error Saturday.” I picked out a fun looking new route, one that winds its way through a series of hamlets along country lanes. I’ve used some of them before but I’ve never done a circuit of them. Anyway, I went out fast and hard with a 18.5mph average. I shouldn’t…
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Some 2021 garden highlights
No summer in the UK is the same as the last, nor is it predictable. I’ve had summers that have rained every day and others that have featured prolonged heat waves. Either way, each year some things grow fantastically whilst others don’t take at all, in spite of my best efforts. Here’s a little collage…
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Mini break and leisure ride
In 2014/15 I was lucky enough to live in the beautiful and lively Cardiff Bay whist I worked for Welsh Government. I thought about settling there and nearly did before packing my bags and returning to middle England. It was great to be back then, the weather was exactly as it always seemed to be…
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Another marathon (on a bike)
Snatched another 1.5 hour ride on Thursday 19th August, which luckily coinciding with a power cut that would have left me with little productive to do. I’ve genuinely loved my last few rides, I’ve felt fitter, lighter and more powerful. It might just be a couple of days where I’ve “got the legs” but hopefully…
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A little mid-week weights session
Getting back on the pulse is never easy, even if you have a predictable job and schedule (which I haven’t of late). It’s easy to get into the mindset that there’s no point getting back into the groove if you’ll inevitably be edged out of it again by something unforeseeable. I need to shift my…
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Upping the pace, upping the distance
I set out on my Sunday ride earlier than usual so I could go that bit further. A lovely ride with a decent pace…
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Sunday action(cam)
Squeezed 15 miles into a busy day. Captured a snippet on my action cam just before the rain started.
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Mid-week ride
Normal ride, normal pace, it’s just important to get out there. 40 is a milestone that makes you think about your own mortality that bit more than in years prior. Statistically it’s about the half way point; in socioeconomic terms it’s summer but physiologically, it feels like early autumn. You’ve got to cling onto summer…
Dr Martin James 