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  • I suspect that by the time you see this post you'll have completed your run- if not, then best of luck! Lots of great advice already here- eat your normal breakfast, don't change anything on race day, don't start out too fast, hydrate, and enjoy the experience. For what it's worth, I've run various distances, from 5k to…
  • I studied English Literature at school and, as with other posters, we had a mix of authors. At A- Level (16- 18 yrs) the bias was very much towards "English" rather than American writers- lots of Shakespeare, George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Alexander Pope. However, before that, we'd covered a few…
  • Hi angng: I lived a year in Syria while at university which was a real culture shock for me as the society was much more closed back then and communications back home were more or less reliant on the postal service! In terms of UK and world news, I more or less lost 1995! However, while the regime was/ is not particularly…
  • Not quite answering the question as the only time I left the US for another country was to return the UK after a week working in Houston. However, having left the UK a while back and spent years living in the Middle East, Africa and South East Asia I've a few points that might make a difference to your quality of life…
  • British but currently living in Jakarta, Indonesia
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