The folks over at Run Dem Crew, who I've yet to make it out with on a Tuesday night yet (I will soon, promise), posted this creative task that they've set their 'youngsters'. It invites you to write your own running manifesto by finishing a few sentences. Here's mine:Running is…a privilege.Running is not…a chore.I run…away from [...]
For most runners, hitting the treadmill very definitely falls into the category of 'Plan C'. When it comes to running, we'd all much rather the picture we have in our heads of running along an amazing stretch of coastline, along a mountain trail or through the countryside: that is Plan A. But as we live [...]
Eight weeks ago my campaign for a sub-4 marathon began in Greece. It was a boozy week that included a bit of running - but I did hit my mileage targets despite it being hotter than the sun even at 7pm when I was heading out for my sessions.Two months later the mileage has picked [...]
I love junk TV. It's been too long since I watched Gillian Mckeith making some morbidly obese person cry or Dr Christian introducing two people with polar opposite eating disorders to each other and making them swap diets. My favourite part of these types of show is when some minimum wage researcher is dispatched to [...]
Last week I took a photo of everything I ate and drank (except water). Here' the results...Here's what I learnt from this experiment. Or you can view the food in all its hi-res glory here on Flickr.
It was only a matter of time before my VIP status within the running community was recognised and rewarded. The reward for being a running VIP it seems is free drinks and food - I'm all kinds of down with that. Who isn't? If you'd like to become a fabulous running VIP like me, here's [...]
This is a text conversations between me and my buddy Mr NiceGuy who is also doing the Robin Hood Marathon in September. It's his first marathon:
Eddie Izzard and Matt Fitzgerald share a philosophy: you have to believe you can do something before you can do it. Last night I watched 'Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story' again just to hear Eddie tell me the following: You’ve got to believe you can be a standup before you can be a standup. You [...]
Blogger stats tells me that more that around half my readers are in the US. Hello to both of you. And also a belated happy 4th July. Tonight, in honour of your nation severing its ties with our motherland, I drank some beer. Yes, it was a day late, but check it out. Now I [...]
I've never had trouble sleeping. I've put in some valuable training over the years to perfect my ability to sleep soundly for a good eight hours most nights. Of course, this hasn't always been easy, but I've persevered and now I'm pretty good at it - in fact I'd say I'm in the elite category [...]