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Comment posted on Brandon’s Marathon Podcast: Episode 62 by Simon Lewis

Just listened to the podcast. Good as always. I thought the Kona IM was excellent. I was so pleased that Chrissie Wellington (go UK go) won again and broke the 17 year course record. Its so good for us riders and triathletes in the UK to have excellent athletes like Wellington, Wiggins and Cavendish to watch.

All the best,
Simon

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• Day 25: Recovery
  Well done for continuing your daily running. What a great challenge. Keep it up.

  Have you ever heard of Ron Hill. He is a Bristish runner, winner of the Boston Marathon in 1970, 2nd person to break 2:10 and all round good guy (I met him and he was so nice, giving me so much time to talk to him).

  This is all impressive but what I find amazing is his streak. He has a running streak where he hasn’t missed a day running since December 1964. He is now 72 and still continues to run at least 1 mile each day. He had a car crash in 93 where he ran with a broken sternum. That is dedication.

• Brandon’s Marathon Podcast: Episode 70
  Celsuius and Fahrenheit, feet and meters, pounds and KGs. Its a nightmare in the UK. We a stuck between the old world of feet and inches and modern Europe who are completly decimal. When our money changed in decimal in the 60s, we should have changed completely but no, we had to stick in the past.

  We tried to allign ourselves with Euorpe recently and change to metric weight but loads of people (mostly old) complained that they couldn’t order cheese at the deli in grams. So we are stuck using both. My daughters are taught to measure in centimeters but asked their height in feet and inches. Madness.

  Rant over.

• What Does 2010 Have In Store For You?
  2010 is a big year you for me. I hope to qualify as a primary school teacher and start work in a job I actually love (its only taken 17 years). This is my main focus.

  However, my April mararhon and my first ever ironman in Augsut are going to fill up what little spare time I have.

  Its going to be a crazy 12 months but if all goes to plan, I will achieve so much.

  Good luck to you in 2010. It is set to be life changing for you.

• Brandon’s Marathon Podcast: Episode 70
  Great podcast.

  I agree with you about the Christmas period. I use the extra time to do a little more running than usual. I love running on Christmas day. I try and fit in a half marathon after the kids have opened up their presents. It chills me out and makes Christmas dinner taste even better.

  I ran marathon number 7 on Saturday. I did the Gower Cross Country Marathon in Wales. I wasn’t as prepared as I would have wanted but I had done several good long runs so my endurance was ok if my speed was poor. It was serious terrain with lots of hills and uneven paths as well as a couple of sandy beaches. It had rained for four days so it was very very muddy. Because it had been raining so much they had to change the route to 28 miles instead of 26.2. An ultra!!!

  It wasn’t raining we when set off but it was raining by mile 15. After that is was so tough. Just plodding along, mile after mile. It was very slippy even in my XC shoes. My knee started to really hurt with 4 miles to go and the last bit took ages. 5 hrs 53 minutes of running in total, 28 miles and 3900 feet of ascent. I was pleased with my performance. It was slow but you can’t compare it to a regular marathon. I was 113th out of 169 which shows I wasn’t half bad. I beat some very fit looking individuals.

  My other big news is that I have enterted the UK Ironman which will take place on 1st August 2010. Scary.

• Brandon’s Marathon Podcast: Episode 67
  Thanks for a good podcast.

  To answer your question, no, I haven’t done a tri yet. I plan to do one in the new year as I’m getting a lot of the gear (set suit, goggles etc.) for Christmas presents. I look forward to the email.

  I had a fun 10K on Sunday. It was my first run with my brother and his first ever race. He’d never run that far before so did very well to keep the pace up. We have always been competitive and running is the first sport where I’m better. However, he still tried his luck in the last 200 meters and suddenly sprinted off. I was ready and didn’t give an inch.

  The picture of us as we approach the line is hilarious. I’m grinning and he’s got such an expression of effort. Brilliant. You can see the picture on my blog.

  Thanks,
  Simon

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