life, weeknotes

Quarter Notes 3 2019

Summer is a memory, the leaves are falling and it’s time for quarter notes number 3 of the year.  So what have I been up to? First up in this quarter was Henley Regatta.  I went on both the Friday and the Sunday this year, catching up with a friend from New Zealand and various […]

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adventure

Operation Fitter Rachel: Sept

Yes, another month with improved motivation.  Not perfect, but getting there. The numbers 23 activities.  (+3, some great quality sessions) 37 hrs (- 11. back to more normal parameters in events, no 12 hour walk in there, up 10 on Jul) 101 miles.  (-27, again not skewed by a 35m event, so therefore in line […]

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Operation Fitter Rachel: August

August was better than July, definitely in motivation.  Felt I was back on the plan and starting to see results of training coming through. The numbers 20 activities (-2 but all quality, not just to and from gym/work) 46 hours activity (+19 hours (although slightly exaggerated due to one event) 128 miles (+57) Not every […]

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Operation Fitter Rachel: July

July was basically a disaster when it came to training. And I think that is obvious as I’m only now just writing about it. Travel, illness, trainer being on holiday, all conspired to drive away any mojo and determination I had.. And that’s just not good enough. Thankfully August is turning out better, but that’s […]

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life, weeknotes

Quarter Notes 2 2019

Isn’t this year going quickly?  That’s what it feels like – I quite like the theory that years go quicker as you grow older, because they become a smaller fraction of your life.  So, what have I been up to?  Honestly, not a lot.  training, working. But not much else. First up was https://blog.bibrik.com/archives/2019/04/race_report_-_manchester_marathon_2019.htmlManchester Marathon. […]

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Operation Fitter Rachel – Month 2
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Operation Fitter Rachel – Month 2

Definitely not the best of months.  A number of routine changes through me off my plan..something I need to work through, as I can’t have that happening again. The Numbers 30 recorded activities (+1).  9 walks, 14 runs, 6 strength sessions 27 hours of activity (-1) 63 miles (-7) The month started well, with a […]

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adventure

Operation Fitter Rachel – the road to Aconcagua

My first report on OFR.  I started off calling this Operation Fit Rachel…until it was pointed out as I’d just ran a marathon I wasn’t exactly unfit, so Fitter it is.  But it’s all relative. I may have had the stamina and the mental stubbornness to plod around 26.2 miles, but I was still getting […]

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adventure, running

Race Report – London Marathon 2019

After a few years failing at the public ballot and instead marshalling on the course, this year I got into the London Marathon through the marshalls ballot – a number of places are offered to the groups that volunteer.  As the decisions were not known until January, it’s not for everyone, but as I was […]

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Race Report – Manchester Marathon 2019
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Race Report – Manchester Marathon 2019

Last May, when it was getting close to my London to Brighton ultra, I was planning my 2019 run and decided to put a marathon in the programme. I’d failed to start Birmingham the year before – too much going on, not enough headspace for training – so needed to have another in the plan.  […]

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QuarterNotes 1 2019
life, weeknotes

QuarterNotes 1 2019

Weeknotes, monthnotes, annual reviews. I’ve tried them all, depending on how bloggy I feel.  With its restoration, it’s time to try another favour of diary, so it’s time for QuarterNotes! But! But! What have I actually done this quarter?  Not as much as I could have, I think. As has been my usual, I spent […]

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adventure, travel

Trip Report – Lessons from Kilimanjaro

In February 2019, I took the trip to Tanzania to attempt to trek up Kilimanjaro.  One of the largest freestanding volcanoes in the world (as it says on the sign) and definitely the highest mountain in the continent of Africa, at 5895m, the trip would take me higher than my Everest Base Camp trek. This […]

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adventure, travel

Trip Report – Climbing Kilimanjaro: Part 2

In February 2019, I took the trip to Tanzania to attempt to trek up Kilimanjaro.  One of the largest freestanding volcanoes in the world (as it says on the sign) and definitely the highest mountain in the continent of Africa, at 5895m, the trip would take me higher than my Everest Base Camp trek. This […]

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Trip Report – Climbing Kilmanjaro: Part 1
adventure, travel

Trip Report – Climbing Kilmanjaro: Part 1

In February 2019, I took the trip to Tanzania to attempt to trek up Kilimanjaro.  One of the largest freestanding volcanoes in the world (as it says on the sign) and definitely the highest mountain in the continent of Africa, at 5895m, the trip would take me higher than my Everest Base Camp trek. This […]

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life, weeknotes

2018 Review

I’ve not blogged for nearly a year..how many noticed?  Very few I say, but this is still for me rather than others.  I did eventually fix both my sites, no idea why things worked this time instead of when I have previously tried things…but work it did. So what did I do in 2018?  Change […]

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conference

The Story 2018: Jarvis Cocker

Jarvis Cocker WARNING: liveblogged – left in first person This is about the Extraordinary Artists are storytellers, they tell us different versions of the story about what it means to be a human being. Lots of people want to be an artist, but everyone of you is an artist, but perhaps you have not realised […]

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The Story 2018: Zoe Whitley

Zoe Whitley (Tate Modern) She wants to talk about the “never meet your heroes” statement…because she’s never met hers. It’s about expectations. When you meet people that are larger than your life, you don’t want to meet any who may show something that does not meet that, that shows their imperfections. She wants to talk […]

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The Story 2018: Camilla Wright

WARNING: Liveblogged. Edited for clarity Camilla Wright is the founder of Popbitch You think you know what the story of our time…but often what you see is what one paper wants you see, or an advertiser wants, or a couple of people made up. So what we see becomes narrow. Popbitch can be broader. Founded […]

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The Story 2018: Elijah

WARNING: Liveblogged, only minor edits Elijah (and on twitter) talked about his history with Grime music and culture from London pirate radio in early 2000s. Jamaican parents, born in Hackney, lived there all life. Got involved in music in late teens, eg in Notting hill carnival 1994. The sound developed, reggae, jungle, garage through to […]

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The Story 2018: Mandy Rose

WARNING: Liveblogged. Only minor edits/amends About 25 years ago, she found herself watching a tape that had arrived in the post. There were shots of mirrors around the house. Then colonel Gordon Henshaw started talking..about how mentally you don’t feel older, the mirrors show you the reality of time He would have been the last […]

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The Story 2018: Tanya Byrne

Note: this was liveblogged at The Story 2018. Minor amends and edits only Will be talking about ‘Who am i’ It should be a simple as ‘I’m Tanya‘. But is there anyone in the room who hasn’t asked further. To explore that, will be telling the story of how she was born Wed 22nd Dec, […]

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