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Match 7 - Thin Lizzy - Cowboy Song Pretty easy round for me. The Girlschool song did nothing for me, whilst the Cowboy Song was the umpteenth reminder that I need to listen to more Thin Lizzy. Match 8 - Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker Both bands have much better songs than the ones here. I...

An end of week running update: I have now fully moved, so spent the last couple of days exploring the local area for running routes. I've got quite lucky; I'm in a fancy residential area with massive amounts of cycle paths so despite being relatively close to town it's really easy to run here...

Maiden survivor is simple. We all spend weeks voting and in the end, the Beckett song always wins.

Match 1 - Dio - All The Fools Sailed Away I mean, I did nominate it! This is my favourite Dio song, which is saying a lot given that he has a ton of really good ones. With that said, Take Hold of the Flame is really good. I hadn't heard it before (my Queensryche knowledge starts and ends with...

I'm surprised too - it's definitely on Switch, as I've been considering getting it to fill the gap between now and October 20th, when the new Mario releases.

Some thoughts after a once over of each album. All very early and speculative with indications of which songs I've enjoyed to start with:

Big fan of seeing the nominators. Less of a fan of the glam slander. Looking forward to when it begins!

Both look fine to me.

I wasn't planning on going through the live releases, but Forever will almost certainly be included in some capacity!

I've finally committed to a deeper dive into the Stratovarius discography, including everything from Fourth Dimension onwards. Once I've been through them all a couple of times I'll attempt to curate a playlist of my favourites (knowing me it'll probably mainly be power ballads :p) but for now...

Stratovarius - 4000 Rainy Nights

Stratovarius - Elements

It quickly became clear that a comprehensive running playlist would be far too big, so I've instead typed up a half marathon playlist that's very similar to ones I've used in the past:

I don't have a playlist on hand because I regularly make and delete them before each run so as to mix it up. If you give me some time I can collate a Spotify playlist containing most of the songs I choose from though!

Congratulations - massive improvement on what looks like a challenging course (or perhaps I am too used to extreme flats). I will have to have a listen to the songs I do not recognise and see if there's anything I want to cannibalise. There's some overlap already - One Shot at Glory was on my...

I need to get better at attending them, to be honest - since my first (over 2 years ago) I've attended less than 20 in total. I intend on making a habit of it from now on, particularly as I'm moving to a new town for work in a few days and would like to make some new friends there. 5.75 km in...

Attended parkrun for the first time in 6 months today. Completed my 5K in exactly 26:30, which is a big improvement on my previous best since injury (27:51) and not far off the times I was doing before. Really pleased with the result. I do need to check my watch, however: it says my average...

I have now finished the program I was (loosely) following. I have got back to doing 5K in under 30 minutes, can complete 10K, and the VO2 max recorded is now up to 39 (from a low of 35). On average, I am running around 20 km/week now, though I have done a random 27km week in the middle. Next I...

I had a really good run this morning - my second 10km run since returning from injury. The progression in stats in only two weeks is really satisfying: Time: 1:08:35 -> 1:02:33 HR: 171bpm ->168bpm Cadence: 165spm -> 170spm Today's playlist was Time (ELO album), followed by a couple of Maiden...

I don't buy too many shirts but couldn't help myself when they announced the IRN BRU collaboration shirt this year.