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Better than expected!

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W5R2 - I had a few misgivings before I started this today because I’d missed a couple more days since R1 than I’d planned.

But it has gone very pleasantly well - my longest continual run since 199*, I think!

R3 here I come - on Monday, all being well.

One thing I worked out today - laid back jazz is more helpful running music than Sam Sweeney’s lovely new album of fiddle music, which proved a bit too speedy a pace! I would recommend his playing though for those who enjoy English folk fiddle music - but not in this context!

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Great job... I love a good fiddle, will check it out.

Enjoy run 3.

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RevRunnerGraduate in reply toUnfitNoMore

The Unfinished Violin - released today. Poignant back-story too, about his instrument, which he was introduced to by an Oxford violin maker who had acquired it in pieces in a brown envelope. It was the last instrument prepared by a maker who joined up to serve in WW1 and, like so many others, never came back. It inspired a previous album called ‘Made in the Great War’

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RevRunnerGraduate in reply toRevRunner

Sorry Geek moment there!

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate in reply toRevRunner

Strangely I never heard of him before... but have a Kerfuffle album

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RevRunnerGraduate in reply toUnfitNoMore

He was 50% of Kerfuffle of course - and ex-Bellowhead.

Have you come across Paul Sartin (Bellowhead, Faustus, Belshazzar’s Feast etc etc etc) multi-talented fiddle, oboe, singer - a real hero of mine!

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate in reply toRevRunner

Nope... usually I’m metal orientated but I do love live music of all types. Not sure why I have a Kerfuffle album, probably saw them at a pub sometime! I’ll check anything out of course... so now I’ll look him up too

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