Operation get legs working again

There's a photo on my phone of my toes. I took it last night with the intention of adding it to this post. But I can't do that to you guys. My toes look horrendous enough from up here where my face is, turns out that the resulting picture taken from just a few inches away [...]

2017-06-23T07:40:23+01:0014 September 2011|

Things I know about cramp

Until today, there were three things I knew about running-induced calf cramp. These are, in no particular order:1) It feels like your leg is about to explode, possibly with an alien life-form bursting through the skin to attack you. On a couple of occasions I've willed this alien to hurry up and put me out [...]

2017-06-23T07:40:33+01:0028 March 2011|

The skinny on my legs

My legs have been through the wars a bit in the past few days. One Saturday night I was bitten no less that 18 times between my ankle and my knees, not only that but the bites swelled up. So it probably wasn't a great idea to run 4 miles on Sunday. In fact it [...]

2009-08-26T12:47:00+01:0026 August 2009|

Whose legs are these?

There's something going on with my bottom half. Having been taunted with the jibe 'sparrow legs' for my of my school life, I've come to accept that my legs have an uncanny resemblance to two matchsticks and that I'll never find a nice pair of knee-high boots that don't look like I'm wearing wellies.For the [...]

2009-06-01T11:44:00+01:001 June 2009|
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