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The latest musings, news and views from sports journalist Michael Bailey
The London Marathon? I’d almost forgotten!
You may remember back in the autumn, I said I was running the 2016 London Marathon. We had a quiz night, cake sale, and it was grand… At the same time, my gorgeous wife was six months pregnant – and this is a pertinent point, given the expressions I used to get when telling people […]
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Michael Bailey: It wasn’t the eliminations that were a shambles in Melbourne
No one does controversy quite like Formula One. Perhaps it’s why so many of us love it. But there’s no way this journalist would file the qualifying shambles in Melbourne as anything positive – and not because they tried the new elimination format. Quite the opposite.. Sure, the end of Q3 was a damp […]
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Quiz Teams – Assemble! Big Norwich date for Alzheimer’s Research closes in…
Good day all! So the big David Powles Quiz Night – in aid of Alzheimer’s Research – is rapidly approaching and we’re got a fair few teams on board already… If you’re wondering what this is all about, then have a look HERE – that should provide all the context and details you need. […]
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Norwich – Let’s get quizzical for Alzheimer’s Research!
Behold, before the month of November is out, Quizmaster Extraordinaire Mr David Powles Esquire off of the newspapers and stuff, will be hosting another of his memorable quiz nights! Expect questions on anything he can get his head around… Date: Friday, November 27 – 7pm Place: Number 12, Farmers Avenue, Norwich (NR1 3JX) I have […]
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Bull shin-splints… Norwich hangs in the balance!
Admittedly I only made it clear I was running the 2016 London Marathon a week or so ago – but for once, I’d actually already started training. What’s more, it was going really well. It was… Maybe too well. After a fairly mile-heavy week, the pain on the inside of my left shin was becoming hard […]
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A London Marathon effort for Alzheimer’s Research…
Back in February 2015, my friend Luke Blake was preparing to begin his 250-mile, 18-month challenge with the Silverstone Half Marathon. I wanted to offer him moral support – so with barely four weeks of training, from nothing, we took on the Formula One track together. I was three minutes and 13 seconds off my […]
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Welcome! I’ll get wordy, you get shirty…
Hello and welcome to my blog. I’ve had this site for a while now and tend to change my mind on how best to use it – so hopefully, in its latest guise, I’ll get it right. The plan at the moment is to write a few work insights – be it from jobbing as a […]
