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Roade Pool Sprint Triathlon (27/09/2009)

Posted by Techboy on Sunday, September 27th, 2009

I did the Roade Pool Sprint Triathlon today. It was my 2nd Sprint distance triathlon and I really enjoyed it. I can see me doing a lot more Triathlons on 2010
I got up at 0615, left my house at 0635 and got to the school at Roade at 0650. I thought I would [...]

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Well Whad’ya Know? I’m a Triathlete!

Posted by Techboy on Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Well I’ve done 1 anyway.
As stated in my previous posts, by way of winning a prize in a competition, I got free entry into the For Goodness Shakes! Sponsored Sprint Triathlon (750m swimming, 20km cycling, 5km running) at Dorney Lake, Eton with less than 2 weeks notice!
I read the letter carefully which stated that registration [...]

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I’ve Bought a Road Bike! (Trek Madone 4.7)

Posted by Techboy on Friday, June 5th, 2009

I bought a new mountain bike in January and just 5 months on I’ve bought a road bike!
Over the past 18 months I have competed in several Adventure Races which are great fun, but there is always an element of luck in them because competitors can choose multiple routes. So I would like to try a [...]

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Paul’s Favourite Windows Mobile Software

Posted by Techboy on Sunday, February 1st, 2009

Below is a list of software that I am currently running on my Windows Mobile device (HTC Touch HD).
I will keep this list updated. Feel free to comment.
All software is freeware unless otherwise specified.

HTC Hot Fixes (all need to be re-installed if you hard-reset the phone)
.net Compact Framework 3.5. Some of the program listed below [...]

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I’ve got a new Mountain Bike!

Posted by Techboy on Saturday, January 10th, 2009

When I was in South Africa I was working with Alex who turned out to be a bit of a mountain bike junkie. I made the mistake of saying that I had been doing quite a few Adventure Races over the  past year and that I was thinking about getting a new mountain bike. He [...]

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I lost money in shares today – but doing well overall!

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 - Money

This year I have started trading in shares. So far I am doing quite well. I have made some losses, but overall I am in clear profit.
For the past 9-12 months I have been using 2 credit cards which both have a 0% interest on purchases deal which ends at the end of this month. [...]

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Birmingham Half Marathon – 11/10/2009

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 - Half Marathon

After recently completing the 3 Peaks Challenge, the Roade Sprint Triathlon and a photography holiday in Italy (where I ate excessive amounts of pasta!) I hadn’t had any time to train for the Birmingham Half Marathon. Added to that, for the past week my knees have been hurting for some reason. So I wasn’t really [...]

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Review of photography Course/Holiday in Abruzzo, Italy

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 - Holiday, Photography

As mentioned in my earlier posts, I decided to go on a 5 day photography course in Italy from 30th September to 4th October.
The morning of the 30th September started with:

Taxi ride at 03:10 from my house to the MK temporary coach station (temporary because the new one is being rebuilt following a fire)
Coach from [...]

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Roade Pool Sprint Triathlon (27/09/2009)

Sunday, September 27th, 2009 - Cycling, Featured, Running, Swimming, Triathlon

I did the Roade Pool Sprint Triathlon today. It was my 2nd Sprint distance triathlon and I really enjoyed it. I can see me doing a lot more Triathlons on 2010
I got up at 0615, left my house at 0635 and got to the school at Roade at 0650. I thought I would [...]

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I HATE the Company Shopper Discounts (operated by Webloyalty International Ltd)

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 - Holiday, Paul's Inner Thoughts, Photography

As my 5 day photography course/holiday in Italy is next week, I thought it would be a good idea to arrange the travel to and from the airports.
Unfortunately I can’t leave my car at Stanstead airport where I am flying out of because I’ll coming back via Gatwick airport. I got quotes for taxis to [...]

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I’m going to Abruzzo, Italy for a photography course! (30th Sep – 4th Oct 2009)

Monday, September 7th, 2009 - Food, Holiday, Photography

I have some nice camera equipment and I love taking photographs, but I haven’t been on a course. So I have been looking at courses on the Internet and I stumbled upon this one by frui which is a 5 day course, based in Abruzzo, Italy.
2 bonuses of this course are:

I haven’t been to Italy [...]

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Holiday ideas (for me!)?

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009 - Holiday, Paul's Life Update, Photography

I have the next 2 weeks off as holiday from work but no plans. I was hoping to stay in my apartment in Nice, France for a few days, but it got rented out again as soon as the previous tenant had moved out.
A friend has invited me to go walking with him in the [...]

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Present ideas (for me!)?

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009 - Buying, Paul's Life Update

It’s my birthday on Tuesday (31) and I can’t think of anything I want for a present. Any ideas?
Backup plan is a Herman Miller Mirra chair.

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Questars Adventure Race 4 of 4 – 5th September 2009 – Cotswold Hills, Worcstershire

Sunday, August 30th, 2009 - Adventure Racing, Cycling, Running

Unfortunately I am going to miss this race because Steve wasn’t sure if he could attend it, due to his current work situation – he might be in Singapore on this date and it’s a bit far to pop back to England just for a race.
The upside is that due to puncture issues on the [...]

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Questars Adventure Race 3 of 4 – 18th July 2009 – Pewsey, North Wiltshire

Sunday, August 30th, 2009 - Adventure Racing, Cycling, Running

Another early start as we headed over to St. Francis School, Pewsey in North Wiltshire for round 3 (of 4) of the 2009 Questar’s Adventure Race series. Once again it was a nice location with great scenery and lots of hills!
I had forgotten to take my Camelbak with me (I’d left it at home) and [...]

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