G'day folks. As I may have mentioned once or twice, I'm running upside down with my new friend Skippy at the moment in Australia where all this cultural stereotyping is going down a treat. If you, like me, want to combine running with a spot of travelling, check out these races. They're top of my [...]
G'day folks. As I may have mentioned once or twice, I'm running upside down with my new friend Skippy at the moment in Australia where all this cultural stereotyping is going down a treat. If you, like me, want to combine running with a spot of travelling, check out these races. They're top of my [...]
Robin Hood Marathon 2011 Race Report Marathons don't accept excuses. There's no shortcuts and no miracles, you get what you deserve. That's the way I like it and that's why I walk away from Nottingham without my sub-4 time and accept my 4.17, if not happily, then graciously. Because I know, on this occasion, it wasn't on the cards [...]
Have you run a marathon? Yes? Well score one to you, score zero to Dr Frasier Crane. Frasier, like many people, wanted to run a marathon but he never got round to it. Remember the hilarity that resulted from the hospital mixing him up with another patient who then died? The newspapers and TV stations ran [...]
Not running a spring marathon this year? Make a fellow runner smile by going down to support. Take a sign with you and cheer them up. I'll never forget the sign I saw during Brighton marathon that said "Run! Zombies are chasing you!" Be encouraging or be funny. Either way don't go for the old [...]
A story in the news today caught my eye. It had the words 'marathon' and 'drinking' in it which was sure to gain a click from me. It wasn't the exciting breakthrough in the alcoholic sports beverage research I had been hoping for but another almost unnecessary study of runners. You can read the BBC's explanation of the [...]