http://claire429.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ en Vox Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:35:12 -0800 Copyright 2010 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://claire429.vox.com/library/post/hills-thrills-and-spills.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Baggy) http://claire429.vox.com/library/post/hills-thrills-and-spills.html?_c=feed-rss http://claire429.vox.com/library/post/hills-thrills-and-spills.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:35:12 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://claire429.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398c9e44200050123ddd18946860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00e398c9e44200050123ddd18946860b-50si" alt="Jack and blue sledge- Humbledon Hill" /></a> <a href="http://claire429.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398c9e44200050123f190402b860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00e398c9e44200050123f190402b860f-50si" alt="On summit with red sledge" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> New Year's Eve and the snow is falling, though we are getting blase about such wintry conditions. Jack and I set out to Humbledon Hill with our sledges, checking out every hill en route to the prize descent of Humbledon Hill. I have a brand new... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c9e44200050123ddd18a1d860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://claire429.vox.com/library/post/happy-christmas.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Baggy) http://claire429.vox.com/library/post/happy-christmas.html?_c=feed-rss http://claire429.vox.com/library/post/happy-christmas.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:29:18 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://claire429.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398c9e442000501240b88846b860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00e398c9e442000501240b88846b860e-50si" alt="Christmas training in the snow" /></a> <a href="http://claire429.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398c9e442000501240b88849b860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00e398c9e442000501240b88849b860e-50si" alt="Pam the hat" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Thanks to Chrys and Kenny for organising a great Christmas training session on Tuesday night. Chrys had managed to find somewhere not too icy and very safe to do sprint reps; the hidden molehills proved entertaining, espec... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c9e442000501240b888646860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://claire429.vox.com/library/post/cool-running-1.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Baggy) http://claire429.vox.com/library/post/cool-running-1.html?_c=feed-rss http://claire429.vox.com/library/post/cool-running-1.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:30:49 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://claire429.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398c9e44200050123ddcb2739860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00e398c9e44200050123ddcb2739860b-50si" alt="Snowy sunrise" /></a> <a href="http://claire429.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398c9e44200050123ddf3c69d860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00e398c9e44200050123ddf3c69d860d-50si" alt="Two Early Morning Groups Meet" /></a> <a href="http://claire429.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398c9e44200050123dde016cd860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00e398c9e44200050123dde016cd860c-50si" alt="Gains Law Dec 09" /></a> <a href="http://claire429.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398c9e442000501240b86789d860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00e398c9e442000501240b86789d860e-50si" alt="Sunrise" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Nat, Dolly and I meet at 7am, its dark and frosty. We steadily pick our way between patches of ice through the silent streets of Wooler and up into the hills. No sign of vehicles at the Duck Ponds, we decide that the Bracken Bab... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c9e442000501240b8678ee860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://claire429.vox.com/library/post/havent-the-foggiest.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Baggy) http://claire429.vox.com/library/post/havent-the-foggiest.html?_c=feed-rss http://claire429.vox.com/library/post/havent-the-foggiest.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:04:50 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://claire429.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398c9e44200050123ddddebf9860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00e398c9e44200050123ddddebf9860c-50si" alt="Saturday Morning Run" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Sounds like its been pretty busy in the hills this weekend, all sorts of strange folk running in the mist on Saturday and a record breaking attendance at the Simonside Fell Race on Sunday. Sympathy and cake needed for Sarah who slipped on icy gr... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c9e442000501240b844e14860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://claire429.vox.com/library/post/sign-of-the-times.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Baggy) http://claire429.vox.com/library/post/sign-of-the-times.html?_c=feed-rss http://claire429.vox.com/library/post/sign-of-the-times.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:59:40 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://claire429.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398c9e44200050123ddf0dab3860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00e398c9e44200050123ddf0dab3860d-50si" alt="Elsdonburn Shank" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Wednesday morning dawns and I'm sure I'm getting a cold, but I'm not at work and its a frosty, clear December morning so I have to run. I start at Kilham, hard to believe this was once a bustling community of 200 with a smithy, bakery, and joine... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c9e442000501240b83904f860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://claire429.vox.com/library/post/busy-weekend-for-some.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Baggy) http://claire429.vox.com/library/post/busy-weekend-for-some.html?_c=feed-rss http://claire429.vox.com/library/post/busy-weekend-for-some.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:08:29 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://claire429.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398c9e442000501240b7f353f860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00e398c9e442000501240b7f353f860e-50si" alt="Sunrise Humbledon Hill" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Well done to Glen for organising a one-off race up Humbledon Hill on Saturday. A select group of runners; some local some from further a field braved the chill day to tackle the ascent of the hill. Good to see a few junior runners too. I was sorr... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c9e44200050123ddc3e67f860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://claire429.vox.com/library/post/first-frost-lazy-wind-and-a-hankerchief.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Baggy) http://claire429.vox.com/library/post/first-frost-lazy-wind-and-a-hankerchief.html?_c=feed-rss http://claire429.vox.com/library/post/first-frost-lazy-wind-and-a-hankerchief.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:30:16 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://claire429.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398c9e44200050123ddba3446860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00e398c9e44200050123ddba3446860b-50si" alt="Stones and sunburst" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> A fine morning dawned, cold, but sunny, ideal for running. I got dropped off at West Newton with the intention of following where my feet lead me, eventually returning to Wooler. An easy jog to begin along the track past The Straw, where the dogs... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c9e44200050123dde2d469860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://claire429.vox.com/library/post/hard-men-hop---a-pain-in-the-trossachs.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Baggy) http://claire429.vox.com/library/post/hard-men-hop---a-pain-in-the-trossachs.html?_c=feed-rss http://claire429.vox.com/library/post/hard-men-hop---a-pain-in-the-trossachs.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:17:07 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://claire429.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398c9e442000501240b7338b2860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00e398c9e442000501240b7338b2860e-50si" alt="Trossachs scenery" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Just returned from a delightful if damp week in the Trossachs. I waited patiently for a clear day for a long run in the hills, finally deciding just to go for it despite low cloud. I got dropped off at Ledard Farm by Loch Ard whilst the boys cont... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c9e44200050123f176a76a860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://claire429.vox.com/library/post/up-hill-and-down-dale.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Baggy) http://claire429.vox.com/library/post/up-hill-and-down-dale.html?_c=feed-rss http://claire429.vox.com/library/post/up-hill-and-down-dale.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 18 Aug 2009 06:19:37 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://claire429.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398c9e4420005011016448600860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00e398c9e4420005011016448600860b-50si" alt="Pen-y-ghent" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> No one told me there were midges in Yorkshire, I was under the false impression that they stopped at Hadrians Wall. We set up camp at Keld on the upper reaches of Swaledale. The damp grass, muggy weather and sweet northern flesh proved irresistib... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c9e442000501101863c69d860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://claire429.vox.com/library/post/mountain-biking-for-beginners.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Baggy) http://claire429.vox.com/library/post/mountain-biking-for-beginners.html?_c=feed-rss http://claire429.vox.com/library/post/mountain-biking-for-beginners.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 25 Jul 2009 09:15:29 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://claire429.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398c9e4420005011016b63b49860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00e398c9e4420005011016b63b49860d-50si" alt="Memorial, College Valley " /></a> <a href="http://claire429.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398c9e44200050110167b7bb4860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00e398c9e44200050110167b7bb4860c-50si" alt="Woolhope Crag" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> It was about time I got on my mountain bike again, so to break myself in gently I cycled from Wooler to Hethpool and along the College Valley. Not exactly off-road, but a delight to be peddling on peaceful lanes past hedgerows bright with scarlet... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c9e442000501101855e423860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p>