Week note — week commencing Monday 20 April 2026
What is this?
Every week I look back at the previous seven days and forwards to the next. Running and health, culture, home improvements, work and adjacent things. Read none, some or all – sharing in case it helps someone else out there.
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Midweek trip to Cambridge for some sightseeing, the football, and a morning jog; The Prodigy in Leeds; Dean Owens two minutes from the house; 4-0 win v Swindon from the sofa; 54.41km of running across seven days; gardening.
Health and running
54.41km across the week. Ran every day.
- Monday 7.66km
- Tuesday 5.3km
- Wednesday 6.04km – lovely morning jog round Cambridge
- Thursday 8.22km
- Friday 8.65km
- Saturday 10.53km, with the local park run slid in
- Sunday 8.01km, seeing someone do a remote London marathon along the canal
April after three weeks: 132.12km.
Year to date: 501.16km – comfortably between the 1,600km and 1,800km targets if this pace continues.
❤️ Loved seeing lots of chums doing the London marathon. ❤️
Culture and out-and-about
Tuesday to Cambridge for the Grimsby game. Mooch around in the afternoon in lovely weather (Parker's Piece, the birthplace of footie's rules; the Mathematical bridge is great!), popped into King's College for a wander around the amazing chapel, before heading to the Abbey Stadium for the evening kick-off. One of the Town games of the season. Nice to be stood next to Jase on the terrace. Wednesday morning's jog round Cambridge before getting the train home was lovely. Some pics over on Instagram.
Wednesday evening: First Direct Arena in Leeds. Carl Cox first with two hours of dance floor fillers, then The Prodigy, who were good.
Friday: Dean Owens & The Sinners at Caroline Street Social Club, two minutes from the house. Very good.
Saturday: Grimsby v Swindon, 4-0, watched it from the comfort of the sofa as the weekend was too busy, meant I could have a pre-match beer at Cultures beforehand. Playoffs confirmed.
Sunday: day trip to Coventry to take Nate back to uni. It's the most time I sept with him the last month while he's been back. Listened to the Leeds Cup game and Gorillaz tunes all the way back.
Reading: picked up Jason Lutes' Berlin again, got half an hour in.
TV/films: Finished Marvel's Wonder Man, great fun. Behind on watching 52 films in 52 weeks.
House, home, maintenance
Wall guy came round for the front wall repointing. All looking nice now. Another improvement ticked off. Dude was so nice too.
Lots of gardening in evenings and over the weekend. Not much DIY, but that'll pick up this week again.
Someone came to look at the windows to get them painted – getting costs sorted.
Work
Lots of Jira punishment. Strong thoughts off this week on what I think is good product practice versus what others do and the line between understanding and flying in. But for another day. Or just hold it in my mental pain cave.
Interesting internet
- How the heck does Shazam work?
- Your team norms probably suck
- Officials hugely underestimated impact of AI datacentres on UK carbon emissions
Next week
Running: planning roughly 45km.
Health: ECG on Monday.
Back to the doorframe stripping.
Garden: keep the seedlings going, get some more planters made.
Lou Sanders at Howard Assembly Room in Leeds on Wednesday.
Starting the bank holiday weekend with Saturday over in the Wirral to visit Port Sunlight and Lady Lever Art Gallery before Grimsby away at Tranmere.
No legging it around the country this week.