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Tom Roper
Seaford, Sussex
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Brighton Half Marathon
Posted Mar 2, 2022 at Tom Roper's Running Training
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Five weeks to go
I write this later than I should, but by Sunday just gone I had five weeks left to go, and had done another run that covered a distance greater than I had run at any time since June of last... Continue reading
Posted Jan 26, 2022 at Tom Roper's Running Training
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A week of runs at sunset
This week went reasonably well. I ran three times, as required by the training programme, culminating in 4.9 miles today. The last time I ran as far as that was in June of last year. For some reason, all my... Continue reading
Posted Jan 16, 2022 at Tom Roper's Running Training
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Training for an accidental half marathon
Whether I had drink taken, or had an episode of memory loss, I cannot say, but I apparently entered the Brighton Half. I discovered this when I decided to volunteer to marshal the event, and on registering was told I... Continue reading
Posted Jan 9, 2022 at Tom Roper's Running Training
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2021 in running
Posted Jan 1, 2022 at Tom Roper's Running Training
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The week in running: back to the Twittens
Posted Nov 14, 2021 at Tom Roper's Running Training
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Video, videre, vidi, visum
I have ventured into the world of the YouTube influencer. I am unlikely to make my fortune, as the number of people interested in the finer points of biomedical database searching is finite, but I was asked by Health Education... Continue reading
Posted Nov 10, 2021 at Tom Roper's Weblog
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Life in the old dog yet
Posted Nov 8, 2021 at Tom Roper's Running Training
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Roaming in the gloaming
There’s something special about the first late afternoon run after the clocks go back. I went out into fierce winds blowing foam over the Seaford Head golf course, and down to the seafront. It reminds me of the winter Sunday... Continue reading
Posted Oct 31, 2021 at Tom Roper's Running Training
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It's been quiet, Carruthers, too damned quiet
I haven't written anything here for a ridiculously long time, but today I completed the Couch to 5k programme, and this is worthy of comment. I have turned to this to recover from injury several times in recent years; this... Continue reading
Posted Oct 17, 2021 at Tom Roper's Running Training
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I’ve never read Don Quixote. Now might be the time to put that right. There’s some compensations in the current state though, for example the goats of Llandudno would still be on the `Great Orme https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/mar/31/llandudno-goats-herd-running-riot-coronavirus-lockdown
For the sake of argument
There was an argument about keeping libraries open. Kids who didn’t have computers at home could do their schoolwork. People could use the computers to look for jobs or apply for unemployment. This led to arguments about putting library workers at risk. And whether you could apply for unempl...
Shane Godbolt, 1943-2019
Posted Jan 29, 2020 at Tom Roper's Weblog
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Annual running totals: distance and elevation, 2005 to 2019
Posted Dec 31, 2019 at Tom Roper's Running Training
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2019 in running: worse things happen at sea
Posted Dec 31, 2019 at Tom Roper's Running Training
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Progress: weeks 5, 6 and 7, including a Cambridge run
Week 7 concluded this week, with a run in Lewes, through the Priory as members of Southover Bonfire Society prepared their fire site, then up Juggs Road. It was a beautiful sunny day after yesterday’s storms. When I’m doing greater... Continue reading
Posted Nov 3, 2019 at Tom Roper's Running Training
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Out of action
Posted Sep 3, 2019 at Tom Roper's Running Training
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The Twiathlon, 2019
Posted Jun 3, 2019 at Tom Roper's Running Training
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Seaford Half Marathon: the original, beware imitations
Posted May 26, 2019 at Tom Roper's Running Training
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Mid-Sussex Marathon Weekend
Posted May 6, 2019 at Tom Roper's Running Training
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Text Mining and Machine Learning in Systematic Reviews
Posted Apr 25, 2019 at Tom Roper's Weblog
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A set-back
Posted Apr 15, 2019 at Tom Roper's Running Training
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And what of the running?
'All this is marshalling is all very well, but what about the running?’ That is the question on the lips of every reader of this blog. And I must say that things have not gone entirely to plan. On New... Continue reading
Posted Apr 8, 2019 at Tom Roper's Running Training
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Marshalling the Moyleman: 2019: gentlemen have told me they find it extremely invigorating
Posted Apr 4, 2019 at Tom Roper's Running Training
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The running year: 2018
Posted Dec 31, 2018 at Tom Roper's Running Training
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Beachy Head: first marathon for five years, first Beachy for ten
Posted Oct 30, 2018 at Tom Roper's Running Training
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