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All Change!

Posted on: Sunday, August 16th, 2009 in: Other thoughts

New blog year… new blog address!
As of August 16th 2009, Foster Runs is no longer posting to this site.
It can now be found at the new and improved www.FosterRuns.com
And for all of you folk still swinging by here at the beginning of September, there are new postings there waiting for you to read.

Happy Second Blogthday

Posted on: Saturday, August 15th, 2009 in: Great things to do!, Other thoughts, Photos

YES indeedie, two years have passed since I started writing this blog and if you’ve been reading it all this time, you probably deserve a drink!  To celebrate, of course!
Without the enigmatic Bok to keep me going through the winter, my results have been down on the first year, but only a touch.  In fact, I have [...]

No sweat!

Posted on: Friday, August 14th, 2009 in: Photos, Short run

I wish that were true, but it’s not!
A local girl friend of mine has a running machine and she has agreed to let me use it whenever I like in exchange for a small charge to cover running costs.
So since I’d not had a midweek run this week I tried it out this lunchtime.

The view [...]

An uncommonly on-piste run

Posted on: Sunday, August 9th, 2009 in: Long run

Actually, maybe this should be called a post-piste run, in view of the fact that we enjoyed several bottles of wine with our friends Phil & Pam last night… which is several more than we normally imbibe!
Fortunately I awoke with no serious side-effects and Phil & I were out of the house, running down the [...]

Another flat run

Posted on: Wednesday, August 5th, 2009 in: Short run

I’m trying to remain aloof from Daren ‘I’ve run up a 1000m mountain twice this week’ Packham’s various acerbic comments.  I’m sure that some form of bovine retribution (eg. a misplaced footfall in a recently deposited cowpat) will have to be forthcoming at some point.
I think the Girl Guides (who are in Division 2 of [...]

Five go to Falmer

Posted on: Sunday, August 2nd, 2009 in: Long run, Photos

I pulled up at Falmer pond behind a guy limbering up to go running and asked him if he was running with Andy? ’Yes’, came the reply, ‘but how did you know to come here?’  It turned out that he had only just changed the meeting point and was waiting for a different Andy to me!
Cliff, Lydia, Andy [...]