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Roy Dickinson @rjohndickinson.bsky.social · 12h

Thank you, Patrick!

Roy Dickinson @rjohndickinson.bsky.social · 15h

Still 1,5kg heavier than I should be, but I can probably shift 1kg perfectly healthily by race day.

So: just a matter of keeping injury-free and germ-free for the next couple of weeks and enjoying the taper!

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Roy Dickinson @rjohndickinson.bsky.social · 15h

Monday 10k recovery.
Wednesday was fairly gentle: 13k with 25 minutes at race pace in the middle.
Friday tougher: 15k with 5 x 1k intervals at maximum speed (3’45”/k) in the middle
Today: 18k with 45 minutes at race pace in the middle.

Feeling quite fit; old injuries not reasserting themselves.

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Roy Dickinson @rjohndickinson.bsky.social · 15h

Two weeks to go to the #Lisbon half marathon!
This last week was peak load week, and wasn’t the toughest that coach Kris has ever given me, but on the other hand tough enough to make me yearn for the taper to begin. 55k overall and a 2k swim.

Lisbon half marathon website showing a countdown of 13 hours 14 minutes and 22 seconds.

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Roy Dickinson @rjohndickinson.bsky.social · 1d

Because they were hoping for Trump obviously
« Far left » 😆
Only if you’re far right. Which you’re not, obviously.

Roy Dickinson @rjohndickinson.bsky.social · 2d

I have never encountered a plate that would not be improved by the addition of some lardons.

Roy Dickinson @rjohndickinson.bsky.social · 3d

Apparently Greens have no sexual fantasies. So, yes. Spot on.

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Roy Dickinson @rjohndickinson.bsky.social · 6d

Oh, dearest AI: please never change. This is unimprovable, especially the censorship of “gay bar” into “restaurant”. And why has an article become “a speech”?

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Roy Dickinson @rjohndickinson.bsky.social · 7d

Same….
And an autumnal Sunday afternoon is the perfect moment for it.

Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 11d

Just seeing this on the page turns some people* into a blubbering mess.

*Me. It’s me.

The violin solo from the third of Richard Strauss’s Four Last Songs, Beim Schlafengehn.

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Roy Dickinson @rjohndickinson.bsky.social · 7d

Next week is peak load, which always sounds a bit rude, and then we taper….

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Roy Dickinson @rjohndickinson.bsky.social · 7d

This week I had a 10k gentle run on Monday; a 75 minute session with 5x 800m intervals at maximum speed in the middle on Wednesday; threshold trading on Friday and an 80 minute run today of which 30 minutes in the middle at race pace (4’15”-4’20”).

And the hated Saturday swim. 🤣

a black and white dog is swimming in a pool with an orange ball in its mouth

ALT: a black and white dog is swimming in a pool with an orange ball in its mouth

media.tenor.com

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Roy Dickinson @rjohndickinson.bsky.social · 7d

So, in #running news, after a summer of seemingly constant injury, I’ve managed 7 weeks of fairly serious training and have my next race in my sights. Just three weeks to the Lisbon half marathon!

I am not as fit as I was in the spring when I did a PB in Zürich but I’m looking for a good run.

Screenshot from the Lisbon Half Marathon website showing a counter at 20 days, 18 hours and 25 minutes

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Roy Dickinson @rjohndickinson.bsky.social · 8d

I can never hear the ending of that Gorecki Totus Tuus (just on BBC Radio 3) without also hearing the introductory bars of Bernstein’s Maria from West Side Story.

It improves the Gorecki enormously once you hear it, and you will never be able to unhear it now 😆🎶

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Roy Dickinson @rjohndickinson.bsky.social · 11d

Thirty years ago to the day… I became a probationary EU civil servant and began a professional life mainly here in Brussels, but also 4 years in Kosovo, 4 years in Palestine and a year in Athens, which has been a remarkable journey and a fantastic opportunity to work for the people of Europe 🇪🇺

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Jay Zedbee @jayzedbee.bsky.social · 13d

Honestly why dont we just start lying at this point

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Roy Dickinson @rjohndickinson.bsky.social · 13d

The post is currently vacant, though

Roy Dickinson @rjohndickinson.bsky.social · 13d

Any thoughts @explaintrade.com @samleecole.bsky.social ?

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Roy Dickinson @rjohndickinson.bsky.social · 15d

#IAmAFabian

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Roy Dickinson @rjohndickinson.bsky.social · 15d

“@ThatAlexWoman” is the username to which the only possible response is “@WhichAlexWoman?” (If question marks were allowed in usernames….)

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René van Hell @renevanhell.bsky.social · 19d

@BMW has news how it will NOT end its contribution to air pollution : ‘ICE and combustion will never disappear. Never,” said Jochen Goller, member of the board of management of BMW AG for customer, brands and sales,’ www.autocarindia.com/industry/bmw...

BMW to consolidate future model line-up on just three platforms | Autocar India

BMW to have 3 platforms for future cars with one being the EV only Neue Klasse, one for petrol and diesel models aimed at markets like India and the Middle East, and one multi-energy platform. Tap for...

www.autocarindia.com

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Roy Dickinson @rjohndickinson.bsky.social · 22d

Surely someone can quietly go in an amend that to ”pizza”?

Roy Dickinson @rjohndickinson.bsky.social · 22d

I think ”potentially quite useful innovation in certain use cases but with many questions to be resolved” is the right area to land in.

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Edward Barrow @ejoftheweb.bsky.social · 22d

Or, 'why would we need telephones thing when we have plenty of messenger boys'.

But... cars of any sort ruin cities. In rural areas? Driverless cars have real potential for our ageing rural populations. But most of them will be dead before the tech is ready.

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Roy Dickinson @rjohndickinson.bsky.social · 22d

Yes, but we need all that ingenuity and investment to go into things that are relevant in a European context, not ones that were designed to solve American problems.
I want the hover boots that were distinctly promised me in the late 60s and we need ironing machines.

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The EBRD @ebrd.bsky.social · 25d

“We’ve strengthened our Environmental and Social policy with risk-based tools & clearer expectations.”
Our Martin McKee explains the 2024 updates, from supply chain guidance and disclosure standards to new provisions on biodiversity and human rights.

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