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Finished, but not ‘finished’ finished

On the excitement or humdrum caused by finishing, but not ‘finishing’ finishing, the novel.

What if…

Anxious all-sorts are sometimes best left in their heart-shaped box.

The Grand Notional of Liff

Ivan ponders the odds of God existing, butterflies fighting with monkeys and the number of stripes that must exist for a pair of stripey tights to be worthy of the name.

Perspiration

Today I proved a point to myself. I achieved something. I achieved it due to sheer persistence, perspiration and a little perversity. I achieved it through anger, pain, frustration and a little love. And compression socks.
I have only ever run two back to back 100 mile months. I had wanted to do more of this [...]