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so.. the current "to do list" general service (gone a bit overdue courtesy of lockdown etc) passenger window regulator new rear springs may throw new shocks in too while down that end. other than that, everything is hunky dory. havnt had the glow plug light flash at me in months, so i dunno if that was just a random incident that has self healed ...

@olduns may have some tips and tricks for the wrapping is this going to suffer niw you have the mighty suzuki to clean up?

meanwhile.... thats a good looking Scirocco, they are way better looking than a golf...

wed 29th July i did 29m 13s with only 1 2min walking bit. fri 31st July down to 28m 27s again with only 1 2min walk bit both nights were alright, the walk was up the toughest bit of the climb near home.

yuo, just ignore the few posers that irritate, and continue on a happy trail compared to facebook and other car forums this place is the mary poppins institute of happiness and joy... but yeah, theres always going to be a few that get under your skin

due to the poxy journey i had to do the other day, i couldnt pull in to get 160,936.... aka 100000miles.... sickened.

im due a run tonight, but im also nice and clean and tidy in mu suit right now after the christening.... im honestly torn !!

the only thing i miss from my insignia is the cruise control being on the steering wheel, with speed adjustment by rolling a wheel switch. instant response instead of the push buttons and wait on the "standard vag" indicator stalk type on my mk2 octy. thanks for the above, be a couple of yrs before i can contemplate a mk4 tbh, but still nice to know some of the likely annoyances and minor issues.

thought of y'all might find this interesting. maybe @XLBaconDoubleCheese 's brother? iirc??? might be enamoured:D

sat 25th i forgot to screenshot it... mon 27th i managed to runn the full way to the turning point in 13m35s. ie lap one,lap 2 is a double tap short split time to mark the turning point. i then kept running for lap 3... nearly 20mins continuous running.. another personal best.

nice one Colin, You or a mod can move my running Diary. also i think Gaz statted a roadside about prostate cancer? bring thst one in too

any evidence of the wear cutting across the tyre though, rather than around it? its the only reason i can think of that would cause the tyres to over heat but not the brakes. even if it was the bearings, the heat would go into the brakes..

how is the tyre wear on the rears? if they are out of alignment, they could be excess toe out, caused by...something back there? bushes or just badly done tracking, and its causing the tyres to drag a bit?

okay, now i fully understand!!

i dont get this reference, but thats okay. good luck with the busy day!!!

@J.R. i have done the full route without walking 3 times now, I'll catch up on myself over the next couple of posts ☺

Tues 21st - Run 2. i timed things better, using the lap split to time my run vs walk sections properly so that the walks were definitely going to get shorter.. i knocked about 2mins off the time from Sunday. Thurs 23rd - Error correction. i realised when i remeasured the route on google using my laptop rather than phone that my route only 2.4km one way! i was about 200m short of 5k. Many swear words were uttered, but i spotted a way to add on the missing bit, by going around a building instead of in front it on each leg. i did it in the same time as Tues. excellent.

😇 **** happens man. i once bought 3 different sets of arb bushes for a cordoba before managing to get the right ones.

Sunday 19th July 2020, 20:15hrs "Right, im going for a run, ill be back... soon?" i left the house, walked to the end of the estate, and started a stopwatch on my phone, spotify on some angry grunge in my headphones. walked another couple of hundred yards then kicked into a jog. kept it going as long as i could - about 6mins.. then reverted to walking... then back running, bit more walking. i had no set distance, i had a location i was aiming for. i had no set times, it was just get there, and get home. i got to my turning point, and lap timed it on the stop watch as about 17mins - irrelevant and meaningless, i just didnt want to end up taking way way longer on the way back. i was pretty knackered, but had no choice... i got home in about 35mins. it meant nothing, i was heaving, and only proud i made it home. later that night i roughly mapped it on my phone as being about 1.5miles to the turning point. i had accidently picked almost a perfect 5k route. i now had a distance, a route, and a target to beat - its never allowed take longer than the last time, at least until im able to run the whole thing... every second night since ive been on the same route, at around the same time of day.. stay tuned for more.

stypid question, did you check the new discs are the same diameter as the old ones?

@J.R. chip in any time i encourage sharing experience inspiration to shift my arse..... so, over the last couple of months, i started using spotify. i then went looking for a meditation podcast to help with the sleeping. found one, "mindful in minutes" m. and while i know Kelly's accent may be a bit... american.. it works, i am sleeping better. i accidentally then listened to "The Blindboy Podcast" he is one half of "The Rubberbandits" who did a lot of stuff on youtube a few yrs ago. but i found the couple of podcasts of his i listened to (expecting slightly madcap stories etc) to be very articulate etc. i went back to the start of his pod casts, and have been listening to them since - about 3 weeks at this stage. he talks a lot about mental health and stuff, and how he finds running really helps with his creativity and generally well being. he also said something i had never really heard - "running is f%&@ing horrible, for about the 1st 6 weeks until your body starts to get good at it" i dont really know what about that made me make a decision, but i decided that i was going to try this running ****e and i had a target - get past the first 6 weeks and see what happens, get to running a 5k. so, on Sunday 19th July at about 830, i left the house with an idea, and a bottle of water....

ok, so this i hope may act as encouragement for others who, like me up to a couple of weeks ago, manage to psyche themselves out of tying their laces and going for a run. But also as a way for me to track progress made. so, a quick bio.... im nearly 37, weigh about 68-70kg, im 5' 6(.5)" tall. i have always hated running with a total and complete passion. in school i would get cramps after a half lap of a track, and feel like being sick after 2. but, at 16/17 i still couldnt run, i weighed about 55-58kg and according to the funky scales in the gym i had 6% body fat. i would happily stomp my way up a mountain at at a half jog and not be out of breathe at the top, or throw me in a swimming pool id go non stop for 7km until i need a pee. then... college happened. then workin full time happened. all the gyming, martial arts training and swimming fell away. i never got fat, though i gained weight ( not much mind) eventually about 8 yrs ago i went back to the gym. i never really made mych progress, there no target that i could say i want to hit which meant i struggled. i then went HIIT circuit training, in a small group class, in a gym thats in the upstairs of a pub - rough and a bit industrial i love it, with guy who is a complete headcase of fitness. the group made the difference, i stuck it out and pushed myself in every session, could only manage 1 night a week, but it made a difference i gained muscle mass, and fitness over 3 yrs that i never managed on my own. roll on to 2019.. work was ridiculous in terms of nights - i wasnt sleeping or eating properly, i was exhausted to the point of being unwell by christmas. i had to stop training, and over christmas gave up caffeine due to withdrawals and sensitivity having developed. i was also convinced (anyone who gives up caffeine may understand the panic/paranoia) that i had a heart issue as i felt so crap. git the all clear end of Jan, just before spud jr arrived. then my wife was unwell (still is) then lock down. and now we are here. im gone awfully unfit, still not sleeping and not exercising.... a new post will explain my change shortly, have to get sorted for bed now.

who you telling... this time 5 yrs ago, i had a 6 month old. i now have a 5 5yr old, and ANOTHER 6month old!

good shout that man!

for just a moment, id forgotten this was moved out of Freedom section, and when i saw Shy's name on the notification i thought he had finally, actually followed through on what said he said to @john999boy a frw weeks/months ago joining freedom if he hit "x" number of likes/posts. but no. . tis a shame