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Decisions – Which New Mobile Phone Shall I Get?

Posted by Techboy on Friday, June 11th, 2010

I currently have an HTC HD (running Windows Mobile 6.1 OS) on the O2 network and my contact expires at the end of this month, which means that I can get a new phone. My preferences for a new phone fall into 3 categories: Android based, iPhone 4 and Windows Phone 7 based. Android I [...]

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The Gardening Trolls of Pennadomo, Italy

Posted by Techboy on Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

It is a little known fact that there are trolls all around the Abruzzo province/region of Italy, but with a little knowledge and a lot of patience you might be able to track them down and catch a glimpse of them. As in most societies, there are nice trolls and naughty trolls. Plus there is [...]

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What I got for Christmas (besides fat)

Posted by Techboy on Saturday, December 26th, 2009

This year I got a Canon Speedlight 580EX II flash which is Canon’s most powerful flash unit for SLR’s It will work great with my Canon 40D which is a digital SLR. I have always had an interest in photography and did a photography course in Italy last October. Plus I would like to get [...]

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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 be [...]

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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 [...]

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Archive for the ‘Half Marathon’ Category

Birmingham Half Marathon – 11/10/2009

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

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 [...]

Birmingham Half Marathon 2008

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008

Last Sunday (26th October 2008) I ran the Birmingham Half Marathon which started at Walsall road by the Alexander Stadium and finished at Centenary Square in the city centre. Course description from the website: The course is undulating. The first stage of the course is on the A34 which is a dual carriageway heading into [...]

More Adventure Racing Updates!

Sunday, September 14th, 2008

On 30th August Dave and I entered the 3rd and final race of the 2008 Ace Race series. It was based in Bracknell and was a hot day – 27C. There were a lot of long steep hills. Our plan was just go go for all of the checkpoints, which we did. besides my handlebars [...]

I did it (Adidas Silverstone Half Marathon 2008)!

Monday, March 10th, 2008

Yesterday I ran the Adidas Silverstone half marathon in a time of 1:50:59 – which for my first half-marathon I am very happy with! What’s more, I know I could have easily been 5 – 10 mins faster if I wasn’t held up so much at the start by slower runners in front of me.