Submitted by clairy on Sun, 2007-10-07 16:52
I broke my own rule. I just couldn't bear to wait 2 weeks to find out what happened at the Chinese Grand Prix. And stupid American telly doesn't tell you :-s
Poor Lewis. Still, looks like the last race will be an awesome showdown! Hopefully my jetlag will align with the race timetable!!!
Submitted by clairy on Sun, 2007-10-07 16:44
Okay Mum, you have to move here. Seriously. If you can bear the fact that there are about a million golfers then a house in Pebble Beach's 17 Mile Drive is the place for you. It's faaaaaaaaaabulous!!!! We even saw an Evo there (we were too busy photographing the waves crashing over the rocks to capture it though).
Submitted by clairy on Sun, 2007-10-07 07:09
Step 1. Take one lovely car.
Step 2. Put Dire Straits on the iPod.
Step 3. Cruise south on the freeway for a couple of hours.
Step 4. Arrive at the Jabberwock Inn in Monteray Bay. (http://www.jabberwockinn.com/the-borogove.htm)
WOW.
This hotel ROCKS. Big time. For starters, it's in one of the most gorgeous places in the entire world. Secondly, it's all based on the books of Lewis Carroll (duh). And last, but not least, it is owned 2 of the nicest people on the planet.
Submitted by clairy on Sun, 2007-10-07 06:53
Cos it can be flipping painful, that's why!!!
Finally found the hire car desk. Now, Grumpy spent WEEKS researching cars. Of course, he couldn't choose one without me, so he made a website with details from several different hire companies (so I wouldn't know which one he was using). After another few nights of research we chose the Ford Edge. Reasons? Roomy but not overly huge, AWD (so good for most kinds of road) and classed as a FUN car. Ooh, and it could take the iPod too :D
Submitted by clairy on Sun, 2007-10-07 06:35
Okay, I admit it. Even being able to sleep anywhere doesn't make you immune to the horrors of jetlag. (Yes Mum, I should have listened to you!).
I thought I had prepared well, not sleeping at all after 9am on Thursday. At 5.30am we loaded the luggage into the car and drove to Egham, at 6.30am the taxi picked us up and at about 7.15am I found out we were headed for SAN FRANCISCO!!!!!
Submitted by clairy on Fri, 2007-10-05 01:36
Had a nightmare day today, preparing for the holiday with a very heavy cold :(. Tried to tell one of my credit card companies that I was going to be away, but they needed to know where I was going. They suggested that I wait for Grumpy to come home so that he could tell them.
This routine works for 2 companies (and both of the reps thought that Grumpy was lovely for organising the holiday - me still none the wiser thanks to being locked in the ensuite while Grumpy filled them in in the kitchen.
Submitted by Graham on Mon, 2007-10-01 04:00
I really was not looking forward to this event. Having done it last year I knew how much the hills take out of you so I was dreading the long climbs towards the end. I'd done much more training this year so I just kept trying to tell myself this year was going to be different. I could do it this year. And none of that being ill afterwards!
We got out to the start nice and early and met up with the two brothers willing to take on the challenge again this year - Richard and Matthew (David was away in Las Vegas for someone's wedding or something). Richard was starting up near the front somewhere due to his decent performance last year, I was starting near the back somewhere due to being a plodder and Matthew had somehow blagged a mid field starting spot.
Submitted by Graham on Thu, 2007-08-02 17:18
This Sunday was the Great Wales Run. The course was 10k around the Cardiff bay area and was mostly flat apart from a 50 metre climb over about half a kilometre. Somehow I managed to average under 6 minutes a kilometre and finished the course in a personal Best of 56 minutes 44 seconds, finishing in 1300th place out of around 3000 people. I've shaved almost 4 minutes off my previous 10k time from 2 weeks ago.
Back to training for the great north run again now.
Submitted by Graham on Sat, 2007-07-28 03:00
Managed 9 miles in 1 hour 22 minutes down and back up the Taff trail. That's the furthest I've run this year and was a great time for me.
Submitted by Graham on Sun, 2007-07-15 16:03
Ran the Capital run today in Hyde Park. Felt pretty good. Ran with my brother Matthew most of the way round but he seemed to find a bit of extra energy after the 9k mark and legged it! Finished in 1 hour 13 by my watch. Doubt the official timing will be any less. Will have to push a bit in Cardiff in two weeks to get the time under 1 hour.
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