If you had told me three years ago that I would run a marathon, enjoy it, plan to run another even quicker, join a running club and run at least four times a week I’d think you were the worst fortune teller ever and demand my money back. Strange as it may have sounded to [...]
I have a confession to make. In preparation for last night’s Biggest Loser I ate only apples and nuts. They were, however, both covered in chocolate, as it was Valentine’s Day so Richard has said I can continue in my role of blogger for the Black and Blue teams.Let’s get to it then. So, Richard [...]
Form or function - what matters most when it comes to running kit? For me it's function but that's mainly because I'll look a mess no matter what I'm wearing after 15 miles of running through mud, but asl long as I'm warm and have no blisters I won't complain. But if you told me [...]
If you’re an iPhone user, you probably have three main concerns that occupy your mind: having your phone stolen, dropping your phone and your phone running out of battery. Depending on where you live, strapping your iPhone to your arm in a highly-visible-to-thieves fashion as you head out for a run may not be the [...]
I can barely contain my excitement about next week’s show long enough to discuss last night’s, but here goes. From the off we were teased with new footage in the opening titles. As well as contestants that we’ve loved and lost (remember Big G? I wonder if he’s still Big G or maybe now he’s [...]
This weekend I've been reading a lot about Stefaan Engels. If you haven't heard of him, I'm sure he'll be in every running-related magazine soon as he's just run 365 marathons over 365 consecutive days. That's 9,569 miles - or around twice the length of Africa. Imagine being on the tip of South Africa and [...]
Have you ever caught the reflection of yourself running in a shop window and thought that you look like you have all your joints the wrong way round? I have. In my mind I glide along the ground effortlessly like a Tarahumara, but when I see a reflection of myself I'm reminded that this isn't [...]
Bum on seat, cup of tea in hand an off we went for week four. Angie promised us in the opening few minutes that 'this is where the game begins'. Whose game - competition between the contestants, rivalry between Richard and Angie or manipulative tricks of the production crew - she was referring to we [...]
Congratulations to everyone who took part in Janathon 2011 - the inaugral Janathon event. My stats aren't as bad as I'd feared. I ran and blogged 21 out of 31 days. I did my core exercises most of the other days and am well on my way to developing a two-pack. A two-pack of what [...]
I often see the same people on my morning commute and they stand out to me for various reasons. There's tall engineer man who reads journal articles, there's Sudoku woman who taps away on her Blackberry for 20 minutes every morning and there's sad Salomon woman. I don't mean that she's sad, she looks as [...]