If you're new to running, or thinking about stepping it up a gear to take on a few races, there's a few things that your nearest and dearest need to know - for your sake and theirs.You're going to be a bit of a boreAchieving new distances, times and tackling hills you once thought was [...]
I may be a gazillion miles away today, but I'm thinking of London. In six months time on 27 July 2012, the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games will be held. It feels like only yesterday I was (sort of) running the Olympic marathon myself. Did you know that there's certain elements that [...]
It has just taken 1.5 hours for me to eat a bowl of muesli. Those of you that have had the pleasure of dining with me will know that I usually inhale my food. To paraphrase Ros Geller, I grew up in a big family "if you didn't eat fast you didn't eat".After more than [...]
I'm not sure if it was my pale, freckley skin, my red frizzy hair or the fact that I was running, but I turned a few heads while out on my first run in Cambodia. After a long bus journey and a day rattling about in the back of a tuktuk, I was ready to [...]
I look for youYou make no soundMy wrist feels heavyYou are not there
What are the best parks in London for running in? It was a question I was asked a while ago and I've given it a lot of consideration. Richmond Park was my playground for a couple of years, but recently living in the center of the city Regent's Park and Hyde Park have been getting a lot [...]
Marathon training, the great voyage of discovery that will acquaint you better with yourself, break down the boundaries of what you thought was possible and show you that if you practice and want it badly enough, you can in fact hold a wee for six hours. If you're training for your first marathon, congratulations because [...]
Reflecting on how I managed to achieve a huge one out of five of my goals for 2012 has made planning this year's running targets a little problematic. I don't want to set the bar too low or too high. So with that in mind, here's what 2012 may have in store for me...A sub-4 [...]
In 1770 Captain Cook first set foot in Quensland at the town of 1770. I know! What a coincidence. He'd run out of food and water and came ashore looking for something to eat and drink. He found both and had a hearty meal of 'bustard', a large bird after which he named the area [...]