Ross Goodman

Category: Hobbies

  • What A Week !

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    It has been a very busy/eventfull week this week!
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  • Running Edinburgh Marathon For CHAS

    On 7th September 2008 my daughter Emma Berry Goodman passed away from Motor Neurone Disease.

    Last year I ran a half marathon and cycled across Scotland to raise funds for MND Scotland.

    This year (before my 40th birthday) I will complete the Edinburgh Marathon on 23rd May 2010. I have also managed to elist the help of my two best friends Angus Denham and Paul Crawford.

    The childrens hospice, Rachel House in Kinross was a favourite outing for Emma and she really looked forward to her time there. The staff and volunteers there go out of there way to bring a smile to everyone’s faces!

    If you would like to show your support for the fantastic work done by CHAS please consider adding your donation on this page : http://www.justgiving.com/26Miles4CHAS

    You can see some of the photos that I have taken at Rachel House in Kinross here.

  • Fundraising – MND Scotland

    Great Scottish Run – Half Marathon 13.1 miles – 6th September
    Pedal For Scotland – Glasgow To Edinburgh Cycle 50 miles – 13th September

    Background

    On the 7th September my 17 year old daughter; Emma Berry Goodman died of Motor Neurone Disease.
    Previously I had promised her that I would run a marathon before I was 40. I have just under a year to ensure that I do that.
    The only experience I have of running was doing a 10k for MND in 2008 so the half marathon is the next logical progression.
    Never one to do things by half I have also signed up for a 50mile cycle ride as a “cool down” event after the run.
    If you have never heard of Motor Neurone Disease have a look at their website http://www.mndscotland.org.uk/ I would pay particular attention to the video. The film has been given a cert 15 classification. It is a graphic portrait of how many people diagnosed and living with this illness can feel.
    In addition to making a donation here, it would be fantastic if you could either join me on either or both events or if you could come along on the day and cheer me on!

    Thanks

    Ross Goodman

  • July – Keep Fit – Update

    Just to show that I have been doing “some” prep work for my up and coming fund-raising events:

    Running

    Runs : 4
    Distance : 8.81 miles
    Time : 01:40
    Avg Speed : 5.3 mph

    Cycling

    Cycles : 4
    Distance : 15.82 miles
    Time : 02:32
    Avg Speed : 6.2 mph

    Summary

    Must Try Harder.
    Concerned by the verl low average speed of the cycling !
    August WILL be better!

  • Gardening Update

    Where The Rainbow Starts
    Creative Commons License photo credit: Kuzeytac (OUT, till 20.08.09-see profile)
    I’ve been neglecting my garden recently, the grass is being cut but that’s just about it.
    Everything is growing but not as well as I wanted.
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  • The Great Gardening Project

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    Whilst nowhere near as ambitious as J.D. and Kris’ project here I have decided to do some work in the garden this year. I’m a few weeks behind writing up my progress so I’ll try and summarise after the break.

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  • 2009 – Goal #1 – Completed !

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    Rather than setting resolutions I set myself goals this year.
    The first one of these was:
    “Jog For One Mile – No Stopping – No Pain”
    Tonight I managed just that.
    Next goal, complete the MND Scotland 10K Fun Run.
    I completed this last year but there was more walking than jogging, this year WILL be different.

  • New Year – New Fitness Regime

    No New Years Resolutions, just a revisiting of the fitness regime I started last year.
    It’s late so just a quick update.
    I have started week 1 of both One Hundred PushUps and Two Hundred SitUps.
    I have also had my first jog in over four months. I went back to my patented “lamp-post method”: jog for one lamp-post, walk for one. I managed to complete a mile in 20 minutes. I have suddenly remembered how much I love being out in the middle of the night. Watching a fox hunt in the field beside the road before I start.
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  • A Year In Retrospect

    Just a quick summary of my on-line presence this year.

    Twitter

    I have invested a lot of content to Twitter this year.
    This is primarily due to the convenience of the platform racking up almost 1200 updates in the year here.

    Flickr / Photography

    I can’t find a way to get stats for the year so here are my top five photos:
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    Car Crash Rescue 1
    Lightning 5
    Kelvingrove Heads 1
    Car Crash Rescue 2

    Web Site / Blog

    By far the most popular post on the site was the photos page here.
    Second most popular page is the “About Me” page here.
    As for the blog entries themselves they rank at:
    1 – Business Objects XI 3.0 New Features – Conditional Prompts
    2 – Crystal Xcelsius – Filtered Rows From A Filter Component
    3 – Modelling Change In Your Dimensions
    4 – Business Objects XI 3.0 New Features – Change Data Tracking
    5 – Dimensional Modelling – Facts
    As you can see here the site only really started getting traffic last January so that gives me 17300 page views.
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    Personal Stuff

    Obviously the biggest news of the year was the passing of my daughter Emma.
    Celebrating the Life of Emma Berry Goodman
    And the year ends on another low point with the passing of another member of my extended family.
    George Miller – Footballer | 1939 – 2008

  • My Latest Toy

    I treated myself to a new toy for my camera.

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    Cactus Wireless Triggers

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