So, how was last year? 52 weeks ago I wrote a New Year’s Aspirations post setting out some things I would like to do in 2011. How did I get on?

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Apotropaic (adj): A Greek word meaning protective, often applied to talismans against the Evil Eye.

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The best weather of the year so far – and can we go swimming? Not in either of the local lidos, which closed in mid-September. As did most of the others around the country.

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10K: A measurement of distance; 10,000 metres; a popular running contest.

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Endurance (n): The quality of putting up with a difficult or painful situation for a long period of time.

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Promotion: The successful culmination of a football club's season, allowing it to compete in a higher league and a more challenging competition.

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Half-marathon: A 13.1-mile foot race.

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Void (n): An unfilled space or gap.

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Corner (Association football): Markings defining the area in which the ball must be placed for corner kicks.

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A thought-provoking experience on Wednesday when, for work purposes, I am required to attend a motorsports event. Without going into too much detail, it’s not a race, but a sponsors’ event, even though it does involve taking cars out on track. However, even though there’s no racing happening, everyone present has so much invested in the occasion that it’s almost painful.

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What I’m reading online today – if you like what you see, add me to your Delicious network…

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It is a truism that every political career must necessarily end in failure. But is the same true of sport, or are its practitioners better-equipped to bow out gracefully, to know when the end has come and when refusal to accept that means nothing but humiliation and defeat?

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Botheration’s Quote of the Week cuts through smug anti-intellectualism to a stark nugget of truth about the condition of English cricket…

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