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Month: August 2016

The power of mindset

29th August 201622nd November 2016 forgedbygeorges

100 years ago today, something very special happened, the ending of a story both staggering and harrowing. I like stories, the more moving and thought-provoking the better. This story is one of […]

 Books, Inspirational, Uncategorised  Mindset  5 Comments

How do you run 100 miles?! 5 of 6

19th August 20163rd September 2016 forgedbygeorges

Regularity and consistency I’ve talked so far in this mini-series about training, reading and diet, and in this post I wanted to talk about regularity and consistency. Eating right two […]

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‘I don’t have the time’

19th August 20169th September 2016 forgedbygeorges

One of the reasons I procrastinated about writing this blog was time. I honestly didn’t think I had the time to do it. Between working full time, run training, growing […]

 Musings  Just do it, Motivation, Time  Leave a comment

Drugs in sport

19th August 201613th October 2016 forgedbygeorges

The Olympics has just begun in earnest out in Brazil, and already there is a report of a £10,000 bribe of a Kenyan athletics official to give athletes prior warning […]

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How do you run 100 miles?! 4 of 6

19th August 201610th September 2016 forgedbygeorges

How to run further through diet choice In this post, I’m continuing my mini-series on how to run 100 miles. Now, I may have mentioned that I quite like cake. […]

 Diet, How to…, Training  2 Comments

‘What if I hadn’t carried on?’

19th August 20163rd September 2016 forgedbygeorges

My blog is really a collection of stories, each post its own small paragraph or chapter, detailing the inspirational things that have happened to me along life’s path, or some […]

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How do you run 100 miles?! 3 of 6

19th August 201622nd November 2016 forgedbygeorges

As I was growing up, I had very little confidence in myself. Wracked by acne, and skinny with it, I was always hiding at the back of a crowd, and […]

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How do you run 100 miles? 2 of 6

19th August 201610th September 2016 forgedbygeorges

I started this short series of posts with the question ‘How do you run 100 miles?!’ Whenever I’ve been asked it, the follow-up question is almost always ‘I mean, how […]

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South Downs Way 2015 100 mile finisher buckle

How do you run 100 miles?! 1 of 6

19th August 201623rd February 2017 forgedbygeorges

The first time I ran 100 miles, several people asked ‘How do you run 100 miles?! How do you even train for it?!’ I’ve never found a short answer which has sounded right. ‘Err, […]

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Another one for my bucket list

19th August 201619th August 2016 forgedbygeorges

I ran 7 of the 10 miles home from work last Wednesday. My bike had gone into the local bike shop for some repairs, so I ran from work to […]

 Inspirational  Races from round the world  4 Comments

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