An odd week, started with the usual longer run commute on monday. Due to work commitments and my boss leaving after 24 years’ service I opted to play crazy golf (wednesday) and go to the pub (friday) instead of any running. I also attended a tech meetup hosted by my company...

Full of cold so and a tight calf, so took monday as a rest day. I worked a half-day on Tuesday so managed a 4.9 lunch time run - without the backpack so felt lighter and faster, then did 1.2 mile (direct) commute home. Wednesday evening was the usual longer commute with a b...

Started the week strongly with a decent 7.1 mile easy run, having been able to finish work a little earlier than usual. Wednesday was an easy run commute taking a slight detour, as usual, the most direct route is around 1.4 miles. I do try and get a bit more in and take a sc...

Week two saw a slight decrease in mileage to 21.6 miles, due to a busy sunday with family, I moved the long run to Saturday and ran to and then volunteered at my local parkrun in the morning then straight into 7.5 miles long run. In Hindsight this was a mistake as i’d been u...

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Started with a New Years Day double parkrun, my local Cheltenham parkrun was not running an official one, so I did it on my own around 08:00am, then off to Gloucester City for 10:30. followed by an easy run commute Wednesday and 5.4 miles Thursday which include 3.1 miles on ...

Prep Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins Total Time: 50 mins This Potato Leek Soup. It’s unbelievably creamy, comforting and filling! It’s the perfect choice for those chilly days, too. This recipe is for the veganized version and it does not disappoint. Course...

Michy Batshuayi is the third player to reach double figures for goals for Chelsea FC in all competitions this season after Alvaro Morata and Eden Hazard (12 each)

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With 7 goals and 3 assists, Marcos Alonso is the 39th Premier League player to register at least 10 goal involvements in all competitions this season, and the first defender to do so, after scoring Chelsea’s third goal in 3-0 win over Newcastle

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Chelsea became the first English top-flight side to field more than one player born in the 21st century in a single domestic match (Ethan Ampadu and Callum Hudson-Odoi) in 3-0 win over Newcastle

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Willian made his 50th consecutive Premier League appearance, the longest current run among all outfield players in the league in victory over Brighton.

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The 2-0 lead within 6 minutes against Brighton is the second fastest for Chelsea in a Premier League away match, after the 6-3 win over Everton on 30th Aug 2014 when they were 2-0 up after 3 minutes.

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Eden Hazard’s first strike against Brighton was his 100th league goal of his career (36 for Lille, 64 for Chelsea).

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No side in Premier League history has more wins against newly promoted sides than Chelsea, who now have 45 after beating Brighton 4-0

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Chelsea have extended unbeaten run at Stamford Bridge to 13 matches in all competitions after avoiding defeat to Leicester.

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Chelsea have drawn three consecutive games 0-0 in all competitions for the first time in the club’s history after drawing against Norwich, Arsenal, and Leicester.

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Alvaro Morata missed 3 clear-cut goalscoring chances in the two two draw at the Emirates - no player has missed more in a Premier League match this season

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Eden Hazard (63 goals, 37 assists) has been directly involved in 100 goals in 192 Premier League appearances after scoring penalty in two two draw with Arsenal.

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Five of Pedro’s last seven Premier League goals have come from outside the box after netting against Stoke

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21 of Chelsea’s 37 Premier League goals this season have been scored by Spanish players, more than any other side in Europe’s big 5 leagues, after Pedro scored Chelsea’s third in 5-0 victory over Stoke

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Over the course of our last three matches our opponents – Everton, Brighton and Stoke – have recorded a total of two shots on target.

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The Brazilian has now been directly involved in six goals in his past four Premier League games against Stoke (four goals, two assists).

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Chelsea had 21 shots on goal compared to Stoke’s one solitary attempt in 5-0 victory.

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Alvaro Morata scored his 10th goal in English football in Chelsea’s 2-1 victory over Bournemouth in the League Cup tie.

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There were just 75 seconds between Bournemouth’s equaliser, and Morata restoring Chelsea’s lead, with the only two shots on target in the second half in Chelsea’s 2-1 victory in the League Cup.

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Agile teams are largely unaware of the benefits of not advancing an activity. I recently asked a team I was coaching to imagine the slowest possible way they could fix a high-priority defect. While the initial response was one of bewilderment, what emerged was actually a ...

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DevOps is all about continuous delivery and shipping code as fast as possible. You want to move fast and not break things. By tracking these DevOps metrics, you can evaluate just how fast you can move before you start breaking things. Deployment frequency Change volume...