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Meme from ythrykythyr: raiding Wikipedia for three events, two births and a death on your birthday. On January 18:

1) Henry Morgan captures Panama in a feat of piratical brilliance and brutality (arr!)
2) The siege of Leningrad is broken by Soviet forces.
3) Monica Lewinsky's dodgy laundry gets Republicans in a tizz in the States.

1) Thomas Sopwith, inventor of the Sopwith Camel, is born.
2) Kevin Costner flops from his mother's womb. I feel like I should apologise.

1) Rudyard Kipling, maythegodsblesshimandkeephimsafe.

Bloody Gmaps Pedometer!

Ran the long loop and I swear it's recording as half a mile shorter than I think it is. That makes the run 4.5 miles and my pace time 9:50/mile, which is slow and worse, as slow as last year. I can see where that extra twenty minutes came from, now. Bugger. Observations:

1) It's about at the end of that that I need a boost - water and a gel.
2) A bit stiff at the start, do a couple of hundred yards of warmup stuff first.
3) That went nicely on a very empty stomach - nothing for 4h.