Christmas Day 2009Well blow me down with a snow storm, Christmas is only bloomin well less than a week away! That's exciting/stressful/irrelevant depending on your feeling and faith. There's a lot of traditional things that my family does at Christmas like going for a curry on Christmas Eve. It's closer to the type of food that [...]
How do you deal with winter as a runner? Well there's a few options. You could man-up and pretend it isn't happening. You must have seen those crazy dudes (and they usually are dudes) that run in shorts and a vest all year round. They're mostly found at races called things like 'New Year's Icebreaker'. [...]
I felt like I was at a children's party today playing the game where you have to see how many items of clothing you can put on in one minute. But in fact I was just going out for a run in the snow. Here's what I wore:socksleg warmersrunning tightsjogging bottomslong sleeve wicking topt-shirthoodiecapglovesanother pair [...]
With temperatures in the minus figures not a lot of running is going on in my world. If you have slightly more motivation than me right now and are keen not to let 'the big freeze' stop you in your tracks, here's a few tips to help you on your way. All tried and tested [...]
Last night something magical happened. At 5 o'clock I got changed into my running kit, which was slightly smelly after its third day in service without being washed (but that's a debate for another post - to wash or not to wash kit). I headed out of my office and ran towards the River Thames [...]
Jack frost has srrived in London. Presumably he didn't use public transport to get here because that is letting us down for the time being. Wednesday and Thursday I ran down the Thames at lunchtime expecting to see people in Victorian dress scating across its frozen surface. It was pretty cold.What surprised me more than [...]