The Village Velodrome Appreciation Society

A blog about jitensha and jogging

Sunday, May 31, 2009

Not running much yet

My health and my knee have been up and down since two weeks before the marathon. I'm only managing irregular 20-minute runs, but I did do an ekiden last weekend. Five km in 19.35. Terrible time, but it felt good to compete again.

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Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Running again

Well, some six weeks after injuring myself in the Tokyo Marathon it seems my right knee is willing to let me run again. I've done two runs in three days and haven't had to walk. It's still too early to know if I'm OK again, but it seems I'll be able to get back to good mileage again soon. Need to get fit for September - I think I can just make it.

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Tuesday, May 05, 2009

Lance a bit pants on Twitter

Lance Armstrong has blocked Cycling Weekly on Twitter because they questioned whether it was right that he participated in a small race not (in theory) open to top pros called the Tour of Gila.

I guess that also means his "black book" of people he won't talk to has been reopened, and Cycling Weekly is back on the list (he took them off the list to give them this interview, which won the interviewer an award http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/Lance_Armstrong_exclusive_interview_article_273248.html).

So, the LIVESTRONG anti-cancer message is now no longer received by the UK’s best-selling cycling publication. Who wins?

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