http://owls-count.net I am me Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:23:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This past weekend I travelled down to near Brighton for the SE Sprint and Relay Championships. We stayed at Blacklands Farm Campsite, which had basic toilet and shower facilities and a large camping field. The weather over the weekend was reasonable, except on Sunday morning there was a thunderstorm that ... http://owls-count.net/blog/other/fun/a-weekend-in-sussex Following on from the SE Sprint Championships was the South East Relay Championships, taking place in Stanmer Park and the University of Sussex. I was running in a non-competitive, due to being out of region, handicap team with my parents. Dad had first leg and set out well on the middle ... http://owls-count.net/blog/orienteering/se-relay-championships At the weekend I travelled down to Sussex for the South East Sprint and Relay Championships. For the past two weeks I have been training heavily and I was not sure how my legs would feel trying to run fast. SE Sprint - Race 1 I started well. For the first four ... http://owls-count.net/blog/orienteering/se-sprint-championships A couple of weeks ago I travelled to Chicago for Terminus. The Narrate Conferences team put on a terrific event - combining an extensive academic program with wizard rock, Quidditch, and fan exploration. I was out to meet with friends and also was one of the volunteers - registration and information ... http://owls-count.net/blog/other/fun/chicago WordPress 2.6.1 has been released. Upgrade went smoothly and everything seems fine - if you do notice a problem with the site then let me know. I got back from nine days in Chicago on Wednesday. While there there was an impressive thunderstorm. I'll post more about my Chicago trip at ... http://owls-count.net/blog/computer/wordpress-261-and-chicago Yesterday I took part in the 'Down Tow Up Flow' Thames Towpath Half Marathon 2008 - a run along the Thames tow path from Windsor to Marlow. During last week I kept checking the weather forecast and it kept point to a hot day. Yep, the forecasters were right - it ... http://owls-count.net/blog/running/down-tow-up-flow-thames-towpath-half-marathon-2008 WordPress 2.6 has been released. I have upgraded this blog - a rather quick and easy process. Also, I have moved server recently. Hopefully everything is up and working correctly. If not let me know. The move was fairly painless - just a little while spent working out where all the ... http://owls-count.net/blog/computer/new-server-and-wordpress-26 This past weekend I went to the inaugural North Hampshire Time Trial - a 5k race around the Basingstoke War Memorial Park. I travelled down on the morning by train and walked across to the park. It would have made more sense to use the journey to the park ... http://owls-count.net/blog/running/north-hampshire-time-trial Even though I arrived in plenty of time I failed to warm up properly. The mass start ensured a fast early pace, even if I took most the way to the first control to get my map under control in the strong winds. The first few controls were about maintaining ... http://owls-count.net/blog/orienteering/stockport-city-race As I was heading up to Stockport for the weekend, for the orienteering and to visit family, I decided I would also get up in time to run this 5k race. Originally I had planned to travel up on Friday, but plans changed and I ended up driving up on ... http://owls-count.net/blog/running/bramhall-park-time-trial