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twelve inches in a foot

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I wrote this in march 2020! I have changed a lot since then, I think for the better? The world however has also changed a lot and not for the better in my opinion, I will leave most of this write up as it stands for publishing, with minimal updates! but; will make some notes at the bottom, Imperial to metric                 11/3/20 was a big day for me! A day I left the past behind and leapt into the future? Sounds a big deal? Well it must be I’ve been putting it of for at least 25 years! On this day I switched my mindset from miles to kilometres, in order to do this I had to change my Garmin watch from imperial to metric, from now on there will be no, one mile beep on my watch it will be one kilometre beeps, my distances for all activities will from then on be recorded in meters, which is much easier in the long run(intended pun)! I had been stuck in the past        ...

elevenarest

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Everesting?           what is everesting? pick a hill any hill Everesting is an activity in which cyclists or runners ascend and descend a given hill multiple times, in order to have cumulatively climbed 8,848 metres (29,029 ft) (the elevation of mount Everest) The first event described as "Everesting" was done by George Mallory, the grandson of George Mallory, who died on Everest in 1924. By strange coincidence I just recently finished reading a fascinating account of those early attempts on Everest, called into the silence by wade Davis – I can’t recommend it highly enough an excellent read, The younger Mallory ascended Mount Donna Buang in 1994, having ridden eight "laps" of the 1,069-metre hill. The format and rules were then cemented by Andy van Bergen, inspired by the story of Mallory's effort, In the first official group effort, van Bergen organized 65 riders, 40 of whom finished the Everesting attempt, the Australian cy...

ten-tacling

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Tentacling Prologue - I am picking this blog back up now in February 2023, I had started writing this in march 2020, when the world was about to change forever, not just for me, but; for everyone 2020 was a shit year all plans thrown out the window, my year was better than most peoples, I was at that time an essential worker, so; I still had a social life, (work) my cape wrath journey and life have taken a dramatic turn in these nearly three years since the start of this blog, my life is nothing at all like it was then, and neither is the world, my life has changed for the better - some would disagree with that! But the world has changed for the worst and going to get much worse rapidly sadly, this was supposed to be a fun numbered daily blog about running and my running journey, posting for 90 days pre CWUltra, 2020 was a fail let’s see if I can make it work for 2023 now? what is tentacling? According to the dictionary a tentacle is a slender, flexible limb or appendage...