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Caffeine, Covid & Comradeship
Introduction January and February of this year saw some of the most challenging times of my life – my busiest period at work, a heavily pregnant wife, and both of us catching Covid. I shared […]
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Road to Rotherham – end of the road
It says it all in the Instagram post really. Unfortunately I won’t be competing during 2022. It was a hard decision – I’d trained hard for this and was ready to get on the platform […]
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Road to Rotherham – end of week 7
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Chris Simpson (@chris.simpson.pl) Another week has passed and it was another with a sore heel. Things could be worse, I could be not training, but time […]
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Road to Rotherham – end of week 6
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Chris Simpson (@chris.simpson.pl) It was a cold and miserable one this week – both in terms of the weather and my training. The heel issue returned […]
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Road to Rotherham – end of week 5
Week 5 was a tough one. In the first session of the week I had significant pain in my heel, tried switching to bench but I’d benched the day before so didn’t get very far. […]
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Road to Rotherham – end of week 4
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Chris Simpson (@chris.simpson.pl) Last week was a good one, bench in particular is coming along well. I feel like progress is being made – and I’m […]
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Road to Rotherham – end of week 3
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Chris Simpson (@chris.simpson.pl) ‘Discipline is doing what needs to be done, when it needs to be done, even when you don’t want to’ – Anonymous This […]
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Road to Rotherham – end of week 2
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Chris Simpson (@chris.simpson.pl) Ecclesiastes 4:9 and 10 reads: Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labour:If either of them falls […]
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Road to Rotherham – week 1
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Chris Simpson (@chris.simpson.pl) So there it is, my first proper prep has begun. I say proper because it’s the first time I’ve done anything other than […]
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End of week 9 – reflections
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Chris Simpson (@chris.simpson.pl) Well with the end of week 9 came the end of my first training programme working with a coach. And what a rollercoaster […]