T-shirt clearout March 2024: to the rag bin!

New shirts in, old ones out. Here are some of the threadbare leavers. First up, one of a handfull of Drunken Bunny Liqueurs shirts in existence (and except for my hoodie, probably the last in Europe). Circa late 2013.

Okeh Records circa 2008.

Never much into race shirts, anyway, but the Ridgeway one was special to me. Since I’m not planning on ever running in an organized race again (beer miles excepted), I have also divested myself of the Swifts gear:

The hot sauce shirt came from a visit to the States visiting Debra and later, T, so it is a T shirt:

Never wearing anything that hints at my actual background is key so I’ve never had a t-shirt from any educational or training facility (nor that advertises a product I actually use). I bought the UTChattanooga shirt on the same trip T gave me the Sriracha one:

The Jimi shirt is gone, now, too. Jimi story involving Edie (the previous cat) in the link.

Sunday run

The primary rule this year is every run must include some new territory which the Bus Run project really helps since I’m keeping up with the runs this year on a master map. The map today is described as NLS – Barthholomew Half Inch 1897 – 1907. Ooooh.

It predates our street or, at least, its development. From nearby I made my way to the canal and went as far as the section currently — and for the last couple years — a completely blocked off segment of the tow path. There are some derelict factories along this stretch that are in danger or imminent collapse so we’ve been rerouted to the upper canal by the M5 flyover maintenance project as far as Spon Lane where it is better to go overland to rejoin the lower canal than it is to slog through the absolute bog that the upper path becomes in any damp period.

Picked up some segments of Bus routes for the Bus Run Project but I’ve been off a bit, training wise (note, no nosebleeds since Thursday during a meeting with some researchers) and wasn’t feeling too adventurous. So, I started the loop home along the tramline and at Kenrick Park noted a two minute wait till the next tram and knowing I couldn’t outrun this one to Trinity Way called the run a success at a little over 6 miles.