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		<title>Extreme ironing for St Michael&#8217;s Hospice</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:58:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the husband-to-be (he&#8217;s still getting used to that moniker) talking about why we&#8217;re going to be running and extreme ironing the Hastings Half Marathon course in aid of St Michael&#8217;s Hospice in Hastings.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=irunbecauseilovefood.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5837692&amp;post=1294&amp;subd=irunbecauseilovefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing Team Steam &#8211; running (and ironing) the Hastings Half Marathon for St Michael&#8217;s Hospice</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you with a memory for the bizarre, you might remember a short-lived craze of the early Noughties called &#8220;extreme ironing&#8221;  - which was described as &#8220;an adrenaline sport that combined the thrill of an extreme outdoor activity with the satisfaction of a well-pressed shirt&#8221;. Stay with me here&#8230; The basic premise was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=irunbecauseilovefood.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5837692&amp;post=1286&amp;subd=irunbecauseilovefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The importance of goals</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My review of 2011 is going to be very short. A measly 33 blog posts and just one race under my belt says it all really, and I&#8217;m pretty sure those two stats are connected: a goal demands progress, and progress gives you something to write about. I also gave up British Military Fitness in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=irunbecauseilovefood.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5837692&amp;post=1280&amp;subd=irunbecauseilovefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why I nearly needed an operation after a trip to CycleSurgery</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As regular readers will know, I recently bought a bike through the cycle-to-work scheme, offered by my company. I&#8217;d identified the one I wanted &#8211; a Specialized Vita Elite &#8211; at an little independent shop near home, but they didn&#8217;t have it in stock and weren&#8217;t prepared to get it in unless I would guarantee [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=irunbecauseilovefood.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5837692&amp;post=1274&amp;subd=irunbecauseilovefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Fox&#8217;s Mini Melts &amp; Rocky Rocks</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 20:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[School dinners in my time were of the pre-Jamie-makeover variety: deep-fried, chips with everything. After two days at secondary school, my Mum switched me to packed lunches and off I went every day with my tupperware box containing a round of sandwiches, some fruit and one Treat. Sandwich fillings were typically Heinz sandwich spread, corned [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=irunbecauseilovefood.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5837692&amp;post=1269&amp;subd=irunbecauseilovefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fox&#8217;s goodies for review</title>
		<link>http://irunbecauseilovefood.wordpress.com/2011/08/04/foxs-goodies-for-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:58:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many thanks to Fox&#8217;s rep at Cow PR for the opportunity to review Fox&#8217;s new &#8220;Rocky Rocks&#8221; and &#8220;Mini Melts&#8221; products. I&#8217;ve decided to crowdsource some feedback for a full review by sharing them with my colleagues. So far, my favourite comment is: &#8220;Cow PR?! OH MY GOD that’s the best name EVER!” &#160;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=irunbecauseilovefood.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5837692&amp;post=1266&amp;subd=irunbecauseilovefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New wheels: my Specialized Vita Elite</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 21:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>irunbecauseilovefood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think I was still recovering from severe windburn sustained during the Newcastle-Edinburgh jaunt, so I never got around to posting a pic of my new bike: a Specialized Vita Elite, which is a sporty little hybrid with flat bars. It can cope with mudguards, rack and panniers; and is actually a more comfortable touring [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=irunbecauseilovefood.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5837692&amp;post=1259&amp;subd=irunbecauseilovefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>First harvest</title>
		<link>http://irunbecauseilovefood.wordpress.com/2011/08/01/first-harvest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:04:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I never thought I&#8217;d be remotely interested in gardening. Then again, as an adult, I&#8217;d never had a garden until I moved in with Phil last November. Neither of us has the faintest clue what we&#8217;re doing, to be honest, but we&#8217;re actually having fun trying. This is the garden when Phil first moved in, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=irunbecauseilovefood.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5837692&amp;post=1248&amp;subd=irunbecauseilovefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Newcastle-Edinburgh bike ride</title>
		<link>http://irunbecauseilovefood.wordpress.com/2011/06/19/newcastle-edinburgh-bike-ride/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2011 11:56:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the Reading Half Marathon, I moved into cycle training mode, bought a new touring bike (another post on that later) in order to ride &#8211; unsupported &#8211; from Newcastle to Edinburgh (Sustrans Route 1, &#8220;Coast and Castles&#8221;) over three days with a bunch of mates. Here we all are at the start of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=irunbecauseilovefood.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5837692&amp;post=1243&amp;subd=irunbecauseilovefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Back from hibernation</title>
		<link>http://irunbecauseilovefood.wordpress.com/2011/06/09/back-from-hibernation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 21:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; It&#8217;s been a while, dear readers (in the unlikely event that there are any still around). I left you in March, woefully underprepared for the Reading Half Marathon. Yet I made it round the familiar course though &#8211; in an almost respectable time of 2:06, a minute under my first half marathon time ten [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=irunbecauseilovefood.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5837692&amp;post=1239&amp;subd=irunbecauseilovefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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