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An archive. These posts were written between 2019 and 2020 on my old blog, There is no finish line. They’ve been carried over here unchanged.

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  • Feb 2020

    Never give up: South Devon 55k 2020

    I set out with a rough plan knowing that getting to the start was all I needed to do, from there I could move forward bit by bit. I had my first experience of hitting the...

  • Nov 2019

    Confront the unknown: swim to Alcatraz

    This morning I got up early, put on my wet suit, called an Uber and went out to confront the unknown….in the cold. I met a woman called Sylvia who took me out on her boat...

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