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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>
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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>
				<category><![CDATA[cycling]]></category>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:04:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>irunbecauseilovefood</dc:creator>
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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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		<title>How not to train for the Reading half marathon</title>
		<link>http://irunbecauseilovefood.wordpress.com/2011/03/17/how-not-to-train-for-the-reading-half-marathon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 21:44:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Get yourself a new job a few months before your scheduled half marathon. Start commuting on busy trains with Other People instead of driving yourself to work with no one else in the vicinity. Pick up several colds that hamper training, just as you should be ramping up the mileage. Attempt Janathon, but don&#8217;t worry [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=irunbecauseilovefood.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5837692&amp;post=1235&amp;subd=irunbecauseilovefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Skiing in the Gastein region, Austria</title>
		<link>http://irunbecauseilovefood.wordpress.com/2011/03/13/skiing-in-the-gastein-region-austria/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 17:53:40 +0000</pubDate>
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