Turbo Man's Fitness Blog: My Running Partner

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'It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.' Theodore Roosevelt 23 April 1910

Saturday 3 May 2008

My Running Partner

This is Bandit, my 18-month old lurcher. He is probably the main reason my running has improved this winter as he has become my runing partner over the last 6 months or so. By definition, a lurcher is a cross-breed and Bandit's mother was a fully-fledged racing greyhound until she broke a leg. His father was a greyhound/saluki/collie cross which is where he gets his endurance from. And he's pretty quick (unlike me) and enjoys nothing more than chasing rabbits, squirrels and anything else small and furry that moves. He is exceptionally friendly and likes nothing better after a good run than to cuddle up on the sofa.

3 comments:

Sags said...: Awesome! T Man has opened his Blog - nice one my friend. Great to break a run pb; now I am scared! Maybe we should do that run together and see if you can go sub 55 mins?; 3 May 2008 at 20:45
Turbo Man said...: Welcome to my Blog buddy!

Judging by how I felt today I reckon sub 55 is well on the cards (ona good day). Looking forward to a long ride tomorrow.; 3 May 2008 at 20:51
Kelda said...: How on earth am I supposed to get anything done, that's three blogspots to read! Sounds like you've had a good week. Just back from the New Forest Triathlon, course looked horrendous on recce but was actually great to race, but the run is chuffin' hard!; 5 May 2008 at 07:14