/* Please refer to readme.html for full Instructions Text[...]=[title,text] Style[...]=[TitleColor,TextColor,TitleBgColor,TextBgColor,TitleBgImag,TextBgImag,TitleTextAlign,TextTextAlign, TitleFontFace, TextFontFace, TipPosition, StickyStyle, TitleFontSize, TextFontSize, Width, Height, BorderSize, PadTextArea, CoordinateX , CoordinateY, TransitionNumber, TransitionDuration, TransparencyLevel ,ShadowType, ShadowColor] */ var FiltersEnabled = 1 // if your not going to use transitions or filters in any of the tips set this to 0 Text[0]=["3k Track- 9:33.94","10th August 2005
Watford Harriers Open Meeting, 3k B Race, Watford "] Text[1]=["5k Road- 17:02","11th September 2004
Hollywood Beach Firefighters 5k, Miami, Florida
3rd place Florida State Championship"] Text[2]=["10k Road- 34:20","29th August 2004
Battle of Sedgemoore 10k, Langport
6th place overall"] Text[3]=["10 Mile Road- 56:43","25th March 2005
Maidenhead Easter 10
8th place overall, 2nd Berkshire Senior Male"] Text[4]=["Half Marathon- 1:13:48","4th October 2004
De Kust Half Marathon, Belgium
6th place overall"] Text[5]=["Marathon- 3:04:00","17th August 2002
Helsinki City Marathon
107th place overall"] Text[6]=["Bath Road Time Trial","A flat section of road leading up to my house, timed from the last set of traffic lights to the last drain cover. Typically takes about 40 seconds. PB is 38 seconds though! I aim to be below 35 seconds by the end of the year through improved sprinting technique"] Text[7]=["Benson Bun Run splits","3:20, 3:23, 3:29, 3:41, 3:22, 3:31, 3:12, 3:22, 3:33, 3:39"] Text[8]=["Maidenhead Easter 10 splits","5:25, 5:33, 5:31, 5:45, 5:45, 5:33, 5:45, 5:52, 5:55, 5:37"] Text[9]=["Bracknell Half Marathon splits","5:25, 5:35, 5:28, 5:29, 5:34, 5:48, 5:50, 5:47, 6:08, 5:34, 5:49, 5:54, 6:00, 31:30"] Text[10]=["5k Track- 16:25","21st May 2005
Southern Men's League, Divison 1, Down Grange, Basingstoke"] Text[11]=["5 Mile Track- 26:51.5+","30th April 2005
10k Track Final, BUSA T&F Championships, Scotstoun Athletic Centre, Glasgow"] Text[12]=["10k Track- 33:25.9","30th April 2005
10k Track Final, BUSA T&F Championships, Scotstoun Athletic Centre, Glasgow
18th place overall "] Text[13]=["BUSA 10k T&F 2005 splits","Mile- 5:12.75,
3k- 9:52.9,
5k- 16:33.5,
8k- 26:43.6,
10k- 33:25.9"] Text[14]=["Cornish Bob's Training Blog","Training blog of my Cornwall born club mate & training partner. More of a middle distance lad than myself."] Text[15]=["E Blogger","Fantastic free Blog management, with gratis hosting if required"] Text[16]=["Reading Roadrunners","Reading's premier road running club, known locally as the 'green vests'. Results, fixtures, training sessions & club newsletters. "] Text[17]=["Staffordshire University Athletic Club","The athletic club of Staffordshire University. The institution has quite an illustrious history, but has recently suffered a drop in quality (due to the withdrawl of staff support & bursary funding for athletes). This site tells the club history; its lack of maintainance may be telling of is future..."] Text[18]=["Falmouth Roadrunners","My training partners first athletic club of his mythical homeland, Kenrow."] Text[19]=["UK Athletics","Governing body for UK athletics (track and field): events, results, features, profiles and live chats."] Text[20]=["On Running","Information for every runner: athletics headlines, practical running advice, race entry forms and the View From Kit Shop"] Text[22]=["Hampshire Cross Country League","Hampshire Athletic Association - administering athletics in Hampshire, the Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands. This includes the Hampshire Cross Country League, the best league in the South of England AFD and B&MH being prime participants. "] Text[23]=["Reading Half Marathon","Largest half-marathon in the Berkshire area, albeit with significant organisational difficulties. Inevitably a quality field on a fast, flat course"] Text[24]=["Bracknell Half Marathon","Berkshire County Half Marathon Championship race. Hard and hilly course."] Text[25]=["Wargrave 10k & 5k Race Series","Well organised local races, sometimes hotly contested. The 10k is the County 10k Road Championship."] Text[26]=["Yately 10k Series","Excellently organised mid-week Summer race series. Undulating course but a high class field is assured."] Text[27]=["Runnersworld UK Forums","A website for runners of every ability, from Runner's World, the UK's biggest running magazine. Packed with practical and informative pages. Largest UK based forum with sections for runners of all abilities, although it does tend to cater more to the social runner."] Text[28]=["Runnersworld US Forums","US cousin the UK Rodale press publication. Provides daily running news, running tips for beginners and advanced, injury prevention, and equipment reviews. Also has race listings for throughout the US."] Text[29]=["University Athletics UK","Online resource for university athlerics in the UK, including news, photos, results & a dedicated forum (albeit one occasionally swamped by trolls)."] Text[30]=["Start Fitness","Start Fitness, established in 1999 is now one of the UK's leading mail order Running Specialists. Based in Newcastle it is a company run by runners for runners of all levels and abilities. Often exceptional value, and certainly an excellent place to begin searching for new gear."] Text[31]=["Wiggle","Amazing deals on a Superb range of kit and gear for Cycling, Running, Swimming, Fitness, Sailing and Snow sports with free P+P and 0% Finance."] Text[32]=["Fit2Run, Abingdon, Oxfordshire","Local puveyor of sporting goods. Exceptional range of quality stock, including hard to source brands, such as Sugoi, Peal Izumi and Massai Bare Foot Technology."] Text[33]=["Sub-4 Sports, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire","Staffordshire, UK based foot biomechanics and running shoes specialists. Other products include sports bras and energy drinks. Ran by Clifton Bradley, expert podiatrist, ex-Great Britain runner & still a holder of one of the World's 100 fastest miles!"] Text[34]=["ArticHeat Cooling Systems","Arctic Heat Products contain a special, non-toxic, completely biodegradable viscose gel that absorbs water. Importantly, this gel retains it's temperature fpr long periods. They are a great benefit for improving athletic performance, increasing productivity in the workplace, assisting in the quality of life of people with medical conditions affected by heat and reducing the dangers of heat stress."] Text[35]=["Marayong Park Emu Oil","Details about emu oil, how it is produced and how it is used. Also information about the farm and where to purchase the product. To my experience, it is cheaper to import a litre of this stuff than to buy it in the UK, regardless of shipping costs. God bless the exchange rate!"] Text[36]=["UK Running Track Directory","Contains details on every permanent running track in the UK, including telephone numbers, maps and opening times."] Text[37]=["Fit2Run","Endorsed by Sonia O sullivan (what isn't?), contains links to information on national races, including the regional 'Great' runs."] Text[38]=["Graham Russell Photography","Graham Russell photography, specialising in photography and digital photography. Associated with ProSportPhotos"] Text[39]=["Life On The Run, Stan Eldon","The home page of the only member of Reading AC to lift the national cross country title, and local sports pundit, Stan Eldon. Also find details here of his rather fabulous book."] Text[40]=["Realrunner.com","'Everything you have always wanted to know about the running scene', apparantly..."] Text[41]=["British University Sports Association","Official site presents information about members, committees, rules and regulations of the BUSA organisation. Includes weekly newsletter, event calendar, results and handbook."] Text[42]=["Sweatshop","Stockists of pretty much all the major shoes & clothing brands. Rarely exceptionally good value, but almost always have your size in stock. Worth a look if you cant find what you want on offer elsewhere."] Text[43]=["Running Times","Home page of the US publication, Running Times. In my opinion it is a vastly superior read to RunnersWord. Its articles are more informative & its shoe reviews are second to none, Fortunately for us, 99% of the published material is also available online!"] Text[44]=["UK Athletes Forum","New forum dedicated to Track & Field athletes in the UK. Mostly directed to University age individuals but all are welcome."] Text[45]=["ProSport Photos","Sports specialized arm of Graham Russell photography, local photographer extraordinaire. "] Text[46]=["North Staffordshire Cross Country League","League in which I captained the mens team to 4th position in the first divison in the 2004 season. Generally a pretty poor league, with absolutely terrible courses. "] Text[47]=["Run The Planet- Running Quotes","A range of running related quotes from those ingenious folks at Run The Planet."] Text[48]=["10k Truth- Running Quotes","Scores of quality quotations for those into the top bipedal locomotive sport... "] Text[49]=["Complete Running Daily Quote","Insightful quotes from ordinary runners like you & me, except they are Yanks..."] Text[50]=["Run-Down: Running Quotes","The top 'Google ranked' running quotes reference. Suprisingly not actually the pick of the bunch. "] Text[51]=["Sean Llyod, A Runner's Blog","A transatlantic counter-part and a great source of inspiration to me when I was creating this blog. Happy 2nd aniversery dude!"] Text[52]=["Run The Planet","“From Antarctica to Zimbabwe, Run The Planet offers 3717 descriptions of where to run and walk in 2900 cities around the world presenting running information told by the locals. Run The Planet is for you to use when you are away from home and looking for a great place to run. Come join the community that has been growing worldwide since September 7, 1996. Your run starts here. ”
Apparantly...
No seriously, this is an indisposable resource for those wishing to maintain their training whilst on vacation or business trips."] Text[53]=["Ken Chamberlain's Topographical Analysis Site","An invaluable resource to runners seeking to optimize their performance in local races. Here you will find spreadsheets that calculate how fast you should be running on various parts of local races, based on the inclines in each section. Well done for finally getting this online chap!"] Text[54]=["DyeStat Forums","A useful resource for sizing & sourcing of spikes (for those of you considering mail-order), and reviews on various athletics gear. Bear in mind it's largely Yanks who contribute to the forum."] Text[55]=["DyeStat Custom Spikes Group","A source of inspiration, if you're considering customizing your spikes, presuming that's your thang..."] Text[56]=["Basingstoke & Mid Hants Athletic Club","Basingstoke's Athletic Club, operates from Down Grange Athletic Track. Top class coaching, top class athletes (including 'the notorious' Phil Tulba)."] Text[57]=["Globe of Blogs","International Blog registry that allows you to search for and register blogs by topic, author and region. You can find me here (whoo-hoo!)"] Text[58]=["Caversham Osteopathy","Private osteopathy practice run by Rick Wetherall, former world ranked squash player. As such he's excellent at diagnosing and treating a wide variety of sports injuries, and certainly the most proficient at deep sports massage in the local area, to my experience."] Text[59]=["BUPA Medical Care","Sponsors of the nationally celebrated Great Run series and have provided me with a couple of short notice 'ops' and scans in the past, so probably worth a mention."] Text[60]=["Werrington Blogger","The training blog of Peterborough based, Werrington Jogger, Paul Halford, a runner who is a similar standard to myself. Still in its formative stages, it will no doubt make entralling reading over the coming months. Give it a pop as his writing style is much nicer than mine (but then again, who's isn't?) thus it should be more enjoyable!"] Text[61]=["Foot-Traffic","Bolton based running store with reasonable deals, although the prices are not the main draw. Their customer service is second to none, having sourced me hard to get goods when no-one else could. Paul deserves a raise..."] Style[0]=["#F5FFF5","#336600","#336600","F5FFF5","","http://www.runnersblog.co.uk/bk_g.gif","","","","","left","sticky","","",200,"",1,5,10,0,19,0.7,0,"complex","#A3AEB9"] Style[1]=["#F5FFF5","#336600","#336600","F5FFF5","","http://www.runnersblog.co.uk/bk_g.gif","","","","","left","sticky","","",200,"",1,5,-20,40,19,0.7,0,"complex","#A3AEB9"] Style[2]=["#F5FFF5","#336600","#336600","F5FFF5","","http://www.runnersblog.co.uk/bk_g.gif","","","","","left","","","",200,"",1,5,-250,0,19,0.7,0,"complex","#A3AEB9"] applyCssFilter()