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Taking notes and txt

Sylvester Stein — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:17:37 +0000

Dear Obstreperous Readers,
OK, OK, apologies for being off duty for the last couple of weeks - so, I was having a good time!

Early versions of "txt"

Sylvester Stein — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:41:59 +0000

I’m just sending you bloggies this explanatory memorandum so that you can understand me if I experience a throwback now and then and suddenly skew off into making use of enigmatic words.

DANGER - DEEP WATER

Sylvester Stein — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:24:02 +0000

Yogaaaah!

Gluteus troubles

Sylvester Stein — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 05:12:16 +0100

I had a wonderful training run yesterday. It was when I discovered that the treatment I’d had from an Osteopath last week had worked - and worked amazingly well. Instead of taking 9 secs for the 40m as in the last few months I got the time down to 7.9. That equates to roughly 2 seconds over 100m.

Excuse the delay

Sylvester Stein — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 02:00:31 +0100

Excuses! Excuses! No, reasons let’s say, not excuses, reasons for losing the plot these last few weeks. And my apologies for it.

Reason 1: Holiday time, most of my dear old readers have been on holiday, I even met some while I was away!

A Very Special Service for the Over 35s

Sylvester Stein — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:41:33 +0100

Here’s the best way to find fitness, health, speed, staying power and personal confidence for those who’ve arrived at man’s estate (women’s included, as ever). Is there else anything you’d want? Of course there is, it’s something so important it could never be left out, yes, bloody good sex. (Should that be effing good sex?) All guaranteed!

A Smoker's Autoblography

Sylvester Stein — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 16:30:24 +0100

Here’s me before my first race, after which I quit for good.

And here's STAGE THREE of How Running is the easiest and best Cure for Smoking - the Money to be Made.

(See previous blogs for the earlier Stages)

HOW RUNNING KILLS OFF SMOKING - STAGE TWO

Sylvester Stein — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:47:26 +0100

New readers start here, to mug up on the essence of Stage One, which was covered in my last Blog. There's only one surefire way of quitting – become a runner.

How Running Saves Money

Sylvester Stein — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:01:19 +0100

I can see that a number of sceptical people are wondering when I’m finally going to come out with a campaign of some sort.

Distance Running in the Safari

Sylvester Stein — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:36:48 +0100

My dear old Bloggies

The Autoblography, now on Channel 4

Sylvester Stein — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 17:26:04 +0100

Well, a persons Blog can be many things, a straightforward diary, a message to the world, a serial story, a confession... Anybody got any suggestions for other services it can handle? Let me know, by registering lower down and commenting there.

In my case it's a bit instructional, with loadsa sugary bits around the useful pill, which ranges from advice to elite sportspeople and ordinary club members with some aspiration and ambition in them. Even the merest beginner or simple seeker after fitness or weight-loss can get ideas from it.

Cannon Fires Back

Sylvester Stein — Thu, 31 May 2007 10:37:00 +0100

Well, I’m rather surprised at myself. I said in my last blog that this time I’d be reporting the feedback posted after my recent mention of Geoffrey Cannon - and amazingly, I’m actually doing it now…

The younger generation knocks at the door

Sylvester Stein — Wed, 30 May 2007 12:20:28 +0100

The Higher Thinking, in its relationships to Animal Communications

Sylvester Stein — Thu, 24 May 2007 17:40:21 +0100

Mr Z we take as our model to be studied; for he boasts a vocabulary almost on a level with those of some of the lesser philosophers.

Every Dog must have his Day

Sylvester Stein — Tue, 22 May 2007 11:42:08 +0100

I’ve promised three times so far to write a blog about a dog - and now the time has come. The advantage to you harassed bloggies who will read this is that it’s not as intensive as usual; call it a recovery period from training if you like, part of every athlete’s discipline. Nor must we forget that veteran athletes would do well to keep a dog, for as I’ve said it gets them out for an extra aerobic session a day.

The life and times of Mr Zimby

How running helps you quit smoking

Sylvester Stein — Fri, 18 May 2007 13:45:33 +0100

Although I’m on the Council of Ash, I never try to nag people into quitting, it rarely works. Instead, if someone doesn’t look horribly overweight, I just tell them to take up running – forget about trying to give up the habit, just join a cross-country or road-running club.

Parkour for beginners

Sylvester Stein — Thu, 17 May 2007 12:04:41 +0100

Parkour, does that mean anything to you, in the sporting context? Or what about Urban Free Running? Or traceurs?

Nice one! – getting fit from your Sunday roast

Sylvester Stein — Thu, 10 May 2007 10:23:58 +0100

A roast chicken dinner will show you exactly what sort of athlete you are. Who knows, you may have ended up in the wrong end of the wrong sport, leaving you with much less chance of glory, or even of making the team.

Cordon Bleu, Lesson 1:

The bird is there on your big blue platter. Whet your carving knife and slice a goodly section off the breast. Under the skin the meat is a clean, clear, white. Next dissect the drumstick, our late chick’s leg-bone. That’s of course the brown meat, which many prefer.

The Oldest Blogger in the World

Sylvester Stein — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:22:28 +0100

People say I’m the oldest blogger in the world, in spite of there being a lady aged 117 on the web, but can you count her officially, she just speaks her thoughts to a carer who types it in? Good luck to her anyway.

What people are more amazed at, however, is that I was born on Christmas Day, what an achievement they think, never mind that as well as being a novelist, a playwright, a publisher... I’m also British sprint champion for my age. I beat everyone over 80 this year at the National Championships at Lee Valley.

I think, therefore I blog

Sylvester Stein — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:18:41 +0100

For a start this is only for people who don’t hate dogs, sport, blogs, exercise, Africans, nostalgia, therapists, books, athletes, the Over 80s, the Arizona desert and (unlike W C Fields) – kids.

Because those are the things I’ll be writing about. I’ll probably begin with the story of the desperate hours of me and my dog after training one day.

See you again soon then, dear bloggies.