KADS Archive Newsletters: The Blister
Back in the days before the KADS Chit Chat Facebook group, Strava and WebScorer, KADS had the 'The Blister' newsletter. This profiled members and shared information about races, recipes and books. They're a fascinating insight into KADS of that era, many of whom still run for the club. Click on the thumbnails below to read a PDF version of each newsletter.
Before we head back into the distant past though, we've created a brand new Blister celebration KADS' 40th anniversary. Click on this download link to access it:
Before we head back into the distant past though, we've created a brand new Blister celebration KADS' 40th anniversary. Click on this download link to access it:
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Dec 2009
This is the first edition of The Blister. The contents include:
- A profile of Ray Johnson, a prolific veteran marathoner and member of the Everpresent Group.
- A history of the Goose Fair Gallop
- A festive recipe for Cranberry Mince Pies
- A piece about cross training on the Concept II Erg
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Feb 2010
This was the second edition of The Blister. The contents include:
- A profile of Helen Woods aged 30 with a marathon PB of 3:21 (and she's got significantly faster since!)
- Walking routes around Hodsocks Priory in North Notts
- An Alf Tupper comic strip
- A review of the 'La Transbaie' race across the Somme Bay in France which KADS attended several times (there's also a Black Toe newsletter about this race)
- A KADS Quiz and answers to those in the previous newsletter
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Mar 2010
This was the second edition of The Blister. The contents include:
- A profile of Rob Gooch aged 47 and men's captain at the time.
- A report from the World Indoor Rowing Championship.
- Scores on the 'kilomarathon' from KADS participants.
- An Alf Tupper comic strip.
- A KADS quiz and answers to the previous quiz.
- A discussion about running and walking backwards.
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May 2010
This was the fourth edition of The Blister. The contents include:
- A profile of KADS founder member Rob Bailey and chairman at the time.
- Reviews of the Keswick Half Marathon.
- An overview of the Spartathlon ultra marathon in Greece.
- An article about 'runner's knee'.
- A London Marathon race report by Colin Goodwin.
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Jul 2010
The contents of this edition include:
- A profile of June Foulke.
- A review of ' The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner'.
- June Foulke's memories of playing football in the World Cup for England.
- A triathlon race report from Paul Turville.
- An article about Bruce Tulloh's approach to 'time efficient' training.
- An article about the Flying Finn, Paavo Nurmi.
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Sep 2010
The contents of this edition include:
- A profile of Steve Beck, the KADS web manager at the time.
- A review of 'round the world' running book 'Just a Little Run Around the World'.
- A review of running film 'Prefontaine'. The review lists some classic quotes from Steve Prefontaine, like: "Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it."
- A review of that year's summer BDL (now the Derby Runner League).
- A discussion on 3-days-a-week training.
- A kit review of FiveFingers and various types of sock.
- A race report from the club's second 'pub run'.
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Nov 2010
The contents of this edition include:
- A profile of Pete Moyes.
- An overview of the RunBritain handicap score.
- A piece about Helen Woods' wedding with the quote "hope that married life doesn't get in the way of Helen's running". Since then she's qualified to represent England, so nothing to fear it seems!
- A review of the 2010 Goose Fair Gallop.
- A book review of "What I talk about when talk about running".
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Dec 2010
The contents of this edition include:
- A profile of John Mitchell, the club treasurer at the time.
- A review of the film "The Jericho Mile".
- A look at Kenyan running holidays in Iten, the "Home of Champions".
- Tony Walker's chicken curry recipe.
- A review of the 2010/11 BDL cross country up to that point.
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Jan 2011
The contents of this edition include:
- A profile of founder member Paul Turville.
- A list of the 2011 committee.
- A profile of KADS chairman Paul Thompson.
- An overview of the previous AGM.
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Jan 2011
The contents of this edition include:
- A profile of David James, routemaster and handicap manager at the time.
- A book review of Barefoot Runner.
- Tony's chocolate orange cake recipe.
- A story about Dr Andrew Murray running from Scotland to the Sahara in less than three months.
- A review of the 2010/11 BDL cross country league.
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Mar 2011
The contents of this edition include:
- A profile of Sue McLoughlin who was the club treasurer at the time.
- An article about running while listening to music.
- A Toad in the Hole recipe by Tony Walker.
- An update on the 2011/12 BDL cross country league.
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May 2011
The contents of this edition include:
- A profile of Chris Chandler, who was on the Goose Fair Gallop organising committee at the time.
- An article about a 28 stone (178Kg) Sumo wrestler completing a marathon.
- An article about "Marathon Man" Stefaan Engels running a marathon a day for a year.
- An article about the 1896 Summer Olympics where the marathon was won in 2:58:50.
- An article about three legendary marathoners who had passed away.
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Sep 2011
The contents of this edition include:
- A profile of Kev Rogers, the Goose Fair Gallop co-ordinator at the time.
- An overview of the 1904 Olympics which were so poorly run they nearly ended the Olympic movement.
- A book review of Why We Run.
- A book review of Run! by Dean Karnazes.
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Nov 2011
The contents of this edition include:
- A profile of Garry Whelan.
- An article about eating dark chocolate.
- Some comedy tips for jogging.
- An article about Runner's Knee.
- An article about professional footballer and manager Paolo di Canio accidentally running a half marathon.
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Jan 2012
The contents of this edition include:
- A profile of Peter Fowles, the club secretary at the time.
- An article about Fauja Singh becoming the world's oldest marathon runner (he only started serious running aged 89).
- An article about Rob Sloan cheating by taking the bus in a marathon.
- An update on the BDL and various other races.
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Mar 2012
The contents of this edition include:
- A profile of Ian Hunter.
- An article about a lady giving birth after running and walking a marathon.
- An article about weight loss advice from Runner's World.
- 10 tongue-in-cheek reasons for running an ultra marathon.
- An article about mud/obstacle events.
- A note about Neil Kirk entering the legendary Dragon's Back race.
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Jul 2012
The contents of this edition include:
- A profile of Hazel Moyles.
- A book review for Keep on Running.
- A book review for Running with the Kenyans.
- A race report from Ian Hunter when he achieved his first sub-3 marathon at London (five years later he'd got this down to 2:45).
- A BBC article about running a marathon with no training.
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Sep 2012
The contents of this edition include:
- A profile of Jim Smith.
- An article about a study which found jogging increases life expectancy.
- A book review of Born to Run.
- Updates on various races.
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Dec 2012
The contents of this edition include:
- A spoof running profile of Saint Nicholas.
- An article about a nutritional running book called Munching Through the Miles.
- An article about the 153-mien.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartathlonle Spartathlon ultra in Greece.
- An article about the wine-at-the-aid-stations Marathon du Medoc in France.
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Nov 2014
The contents of this edition include:
- A spoof running profile of Captain Haddock.
- An article about Iranian ultra-distance runner Reza Baluchi who attempted to 'run' across stretches of ocean in a self-built pod (and sadly failed repeatedly).
- An article about a man completing a marathon on a pogo stick.
- A race report on the 2014 Goose Fair Gallop.
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Dec 2014
The contents of this edition include:
- A profile of Paul Nicholls, chairman at the time (he states his top wish list race to be the London Marathon, which he finally got to run a decade later in 2024).
- The story of Mauro Prosperi getting lost on the Marathon du Sables ultra in Morocco and very nearly dying.
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Dec 2014
The contents of this edition include:
- A profile of Dan Gooch, men's captain at the time.
- An article about Katsumi Tamakoshi setting a world record for the 100m on all fours.
- A BBC article about a small study which suggested too much strenuous training is bad for you.
- A Sunday Times article about an L-carnitine supplement.
- An article about a 250-mile, week-long run across South America, dubbed the Jungle Marathon.
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Jul 2015
The contents of this edition include:
- A profile of Dan Bailey, Michelle Tilbury and Aston Cassidy.
- A book review of Two Hours: The Quest to Run the Impossible Marathon.
- An article about 1,000 runners becoming ill after a muddy obstacle race in France.
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Oct 2015
The contents of this edition include:
- A profile of Nic Chamberlain, women's captain at the time.
- An article on the Barkley Marathons.
- A list of upcoming races.
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Nov 2015
The contents of this edition include:
- A profile of Yvette Dean.
- An article about a far-too-long Bangkok half marathon.
- A article about a Kenyan marathon cheat.
- A discussion about lactic acid.
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Dec 2015
The contents of this edition include:
- Profiles of Andrew Haskard and Rhuarhri Cordon.
- An article about a mum running 60 marathons in 60 days.
- An article about Tim Peake running a marathon in space.
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Mar 2016
The contents of this edition include:
- A profile of Steve Haskard.
- A race report from the Rhyl 10 miler.
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Apr 2016
The contents of this edition include:
- A profile of Georgina Grimshaw.
- A race report from the Shakespeare Raceway multi-distance races.
- An article about the benefits of running.
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May 2016
The contents of this edition include:
- Profiles of Tim Jayes and David Riley.
- A race report from the Madrid half and full marathons.
- A race report from the Awsworth 5k.
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Aug 2016
The contents of this edition include:
- A profile of Kerstine Herbert.
- An article by Helen Woods about running as a mum.
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Aug 2016
The contents of this edition include:
- Profiles of Melisa & Caty Saunders.
- An 'ask the physio' article from Kerstine Herbert.
- A review of the book 'The Athletic Brain'.
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