| This time last year, Bob described his visit to the last chance saloon. So what happened?
Well, not a lot to be honest. I was full of good intent, but sadly, the policies of the new Coalition Government on the public sector and their pension schemes played havoc with my social life and left precious little time for important things... Posted on: Tuesday, Aug 9, 2011 at 10:38 |
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| It has been a while since we heard from Bob Holloway, but he's back - possibly - or at the very least, in the last chance saloon...
The last chance saloon...
No trophies since 2005. One race in 2009. None so far in 2010. Detached retina operation in 2005. Cataract operation in 2007.... Posted on: Tuesday, Aug 3, 2010 at 10:00 | I’ve written some pretty downbeat blogs in recent times and I apologise now for bringing more gloom and doom into your World. Unfortunately, my World took a turn for the worst at the end of October and some three weeks on, I’m still wondering whether or not my racing career is at an... Posted on: Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 at 10:31 |
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| All was going well. By the end of June, I was up to training five hours a week, which may not sound like much to some of you, but in days of old, it was enough to get me on the podium at most races. My strategy was to increase the volume and intensity of training in July in a last ditch effort to... Posted on: Thursday, Sep 17, 2009 at 06:56 | At the end of my last blog, I said that I would report back on my first outing of the year at the Thames Turbo Sprint event on 25th May. But before I do that, I would like to tell you about a little milestone I've achieved, not totally unconnected with this race report.
I think it was the... Posted on: Wednesday, Jun 3, 2009 at 11:30 |
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| | Of all the questions I’ve been pondering recently (apart from where have I been), perhaps the... Posted on: Tue, May 19, 2009 at 07:33 Avid readers of my blog will know that in early 2007 I scribed some words extolling the virtues of... Posted on: Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 10:30 Who can ever forget those immortal words from The Life of Brian, "He's not the messiah, he's a... Posted on: Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 07:05 |
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| On 9th August, I took part in one of the slowest 10km runs I... Posted on: Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 07:30 | Now forgive me for seeming ungrateful, but isn’t triathlon all about getting up at the crack of... Posted on: Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 13:24 |
| Or to put it another way, how did I fare against ex-Crazy... Posted on: Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 07:00 | It was actually John Major that coined this phrase to try and... Posted on: Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 07:00 |
| But it sure beats doing a triathlon in the snow!
Four weeks ago myself and the other resident... Posted on: Tue, May 13, 2008 at 06:00 | One of the great things about the English language is... Posted on: Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 06:00 |
