rainsbury.com http://rainsbury.com "the cake is a lie" Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:04:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 GS10 The Full Monty http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainsburycom/~3/XortqfbT61U/ http://rainsbury.com/2010/04/28/gs10-the-full-monty/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:02:35 +0000 Big Al http://rainsbury.com/?p=243 Work and the Japan Trip kept me away from Gang Show far too much this year, so there’s not a lot to show you. Enjoy!

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Wilmslow Half Wilmslow Half Course

WHM10-Half Marathon Results

]]> http://rainsbury.com/2010/04/02/wilmslow-half/feed/ 1 http://rainsbury.com/2010/04/02/wilmslow-half/ AC/DC at the MEN http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainsburycom/~3/lVOVsDPCEjw/ http://rainsbury.com/2010/03/12/acdc-at-the-men/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:11:41 +0000 Big Al http://rainsbury.com/?p=226

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This is the longest race I’ve done to date, and was far too excited about it when I woke up this morning. The race was actually quite fun, and the hills actually didn’t present much of a problem for me – training in and around Glossop has it’s advantages, there is only one flat (ish) route in the area, everything else is a hill!

Very happy with my time. I wanted to get round in at least under 1:30 hrs, and would have been very happy to get around 1:25, so I was absolutely stoked to get back in 1:21.

The pictures below are the T-Shirt all finisher’s got – a very nice Technical Tee with a relief map of the route on the front – and the contents of the goody bag (see the video at the end), and a map of the route.

Stockport 10 - Finisher's T-Shirt Stockport 10 - The Goodie BagStockport 10

]]> http://rainsbury.com/2009/12/13/stockport-10/feed/ 0 http://rainsbury.com/2009/12/13/stockport-10/ Navigators Go Wild in Wales http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainsburycom/~3/tQPtJH9Qe8g/ http://rainsbury.com/2009/10/31/navigators-weekend-wales-09/#comments Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:50:56 +0000 Big Al http://rainsbury.com/?p=201 A small video thingy and some photos.

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Map of Our Route

]]> http://rainsbury.com/2009/10/31/navigators-weekend-wales-09/feed/ 0 http://rainsbury.com/2009/10/31/navigators-weekend-wales-09/ And so conludes a summer of racing! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainsburycom/~3/_rkHhbN4w6A/ http://rainsbury.com/2009/09/28/and-so-conludes-a-summer-of-racing/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:11:03 +0000 Big Al http://rainsbury.com/?p=198 Yesterday saw the final race that I’ve signed up for this year (excluding the weekly parkruns), the Tatton Park 10K.

Over the last three months I’ve ran the Reebok Sizzler 5K series, the Marple 10K and the Tatton 10K. I’m now seriously considering the Wilmslow Half Marathon next March (right after Gang Show, that’ll be good prep!), and the Tatton Park Triathlon next September.

First Medal Marple 10K 2009 Tatton Park 10K

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Imperial War Museum 09 London 09 Monopoly Run Wembley 09 Sambrook's Brewery

And here are the ones from the two places I visited on my own whilst down there:

Greenwich 09 RAF Museum 09

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London 09 part 1 London 09 part 2 London 09 part 3

]]> http://rainsbury.com/2009/09/14/london-09-summer-camp-photos/feed/ 0 http://rainsbury.com/2009/09/14/london-09-summer-camp-photos/ Marple 2009 AGM Vid http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainsburycom/~3/BE8SyTkVNAg/ http://rainsbury.com/2009/09/08/marple-2009-agm-vid/#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:43:32 +0000 Big Al http://rainsbury.com/?p=190 A little compilation video I put together for this year’s AGM.

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