Food diary learnings

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 [...]

2017-06-23T07:40:30+01:0019 July 2011|

A marathoner’s diet

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.

2017-06-23T07:40:30+01:0018 July 2011|

Running VIP

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 [...]

2017-06-23T07:40:30+01:0015 July 2011|

Believe

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 [...]

2017-06-23T07:40:31+01:0011 July 2011|

Team America

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 [...]

2011-07-05T21:38:00+01:005 July 2011|

Marathon anxiety dreams

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 [...]

2011-07-05T10:28:00+01:005 July 2011|

Long runs start here

Sunday the schedule called for a 14-miler and so the long runs of this marathon season have begun. I don't really count anything below a half marathon as a long run - not because they're easy but because it would mean having to rename the 18 and 20-milers I'll be doing in a few weeks as [...]

2017-06-23T07:40:31+01:004 July 2011|

One for the girls

Yesterday my waxing woman told me I'm her best customer. Not because I leave her the biggest tip (although I do think it's a wise move to tip people who can weild such power over you when you're at your most vulnerable) and not, I should add, because of any resemblence to sasquatch that makes me [...]

2017-06-23T07:40:31+01:001 July 2011|

Come back winter, all is forgiven

"Train for a autumn marathon, it'll be much easier than training for a spring marathon. You'll have longer days, warmer weather, less rain. It'll be a doddle compared to the winter London froze over." What idiot said this? Oh yeah, that's right - it was me.I'm an idiot. Actually, scrap that - the person that [...]

2017-06-23T07:40:31+01:0027 June 2011|
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