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The FAIL list.

Inspired (?) by a post by an ultra-distance runner and a conversation I had, the idea is that for all the achievements that can be made, there's a wake of achievements that never happened or fails.  For every 15 minutes of fame, there's going to be 15 weeks of mediocracy and 15 hours of failure.   Some are total failures, some are missing targets.   And normally, they're never discussed or addressed. If you are attempting and failing, you are learning.   So here is either a list of fails, or a list of learnings from over the years to show that you shouldn't be ashamed of traying and breaking. Cycling 2013 London100 Sportive - hit the deck hard and pissed blood for a couple of weeks with damaged kidneys, damaged an arm after watch strap bust and put the fastening into my skin, broke various bits of bike kit. 2014ish, riding through the Peak District in bad weather and damaged lungs.  Ridden back to home, coughed up blood for a few days. 2022, 600km...

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