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Showing a little love
Yet another beautiful day today so I took the opportunity to get outdoors and clean my road bikes. 🙂🚲 My BMC was serviced yesterday too so she’s been well and truly pampered in the last few days.
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Another day another new artwork
My taste in art isn’t for everybody and I’m fine with that – I like what I like and cannot entirely explain why. I rarely have guests (by choice) so I do not have to concern myself with other people’s opinions. I focus entirely on what captivates me and what works in a given space.…
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Last blast of summer
This weekend delivered a warm wave (perhaps better than a heat wave for cycling purposes) so I pulled out the newly repaired Thundergoat and hit the roads. I still managed to self-sabotage, forgetting to strap up my knee. It definitely slowed me down became reluctant to attack, especially on the hills. Nonetheless, an enjoyable ride…
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Cobra Kai
What’s the best film ever made? Actually it’s a stupid question because there are no objective criteria for assessment. It’s a value judgement that boils down to taste, which cannot be arbitrated for in any unprejudiced way. Nonetheless, if we’re going to indulge a silly question anyway I think “The Karate Kid” is a candidate.…
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“Get on your bike”
Where does the time go?! A few things happen and the next thing I know I haven’t been on a bike ride for 4 or 5 weeks. I didn’t plan this ride, I just woke up to a nice day and thought “get on your bike.” I wasn’t fast, I wasn’t feeling good (a painful…
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New job & the beginning of a new era
Back in March/April time I applied for 5 or 6 more senior positions in my industry, looking to move onwards and upwards. It seems bizarre with hindsight that I opted to test the job market as the world went into lock down, and yet great opportunities were advertised. My guess was that recruitment would be…
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20 miles in the heatwave
Whenever I’ve got loads on (which is pretty much all the time) bike rides seem to be one of the easiest things to cut. With another job interview/assessment around the corner I’m not going to be able to do all my workouts this week. I made sure I got one ride in though, even if…
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A week in workouts #6 (3rd – 9th August, 2020)
Really happy with my performance this week, shoulders aside. I had a substantial setback on the shoulder press, going backwards by three reps. I may have had a bad day or I may have misrecorded the weight used in prior weeks. Truth is I do not know, I only know that I maxed out at…
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Transformation era ride #4
My last ride was in the last week of June, where did the time in between go!? Despite the gap I felt powerful in this return ride, I suppose I have been doing challenging strength sessions which would help retain power. My cardio capacity has probably fallen away a little bit so getting back on…
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A week in workouts #5 (27th July – 2nd August, 2020)
I was away at the beginning of the week so had to condense my usual 3 weights sessions into 2. I did chest, arms and shoulders on Thursday and legs on Friday. Both days were hot hot hot but I enjoyed the sessions and made progress on pretty much every exercise, as you can see…
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Dr Martin James 