Monthly Archives: August 2008
Dangerous Liege, sons
The Liverpool players knew they had been lucky to survive the Champions League qualifier against Standard Liege last night. Once again they put me through torture in Europe! Part of me wasn’t too bothered if we’d gone out, strangely enough. … Continue reading
The Comeback Kid
He’s back…hopefully for good!!! Every day from Friday, I’ve been getting up and doing my inner quad exercises for twenty minutes. It’s actually quite painful and drags on and on, but it seems to be working. Yesterday, I did about … Continue reading
Beijing 2008: A personal viewpoint
So the great spectacle that was the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games is over. China enthralled and delighted us during two and a half weeks of incredible action shown to billions across the world. I have always loved the Olympics. … Continue reading
Episode XLV: A New Hope
On Thursday, I went to another sports physio recommended to me by my friend. Yet again, on the day I went, my knee decided to feel much better, but I went along expecting him to confirm the doctor’s diagnosis of … Continue reading
Sobering thoughts
I’m going teetotal until after the marathon!!! That’s two and a half months of no drinking. Not a drop will pass my lips until after I’ve run the 26.2 miles in November. Farewell Foster’s. Bye bye Budweiser. Auf Wiedersehen vodka … Continue reading
Hate Britain?
“Great Britain. Not really much great about it these days, is there?” Hands up if you’ve heard a comment like that in recent times. In fact, I think it’s worse: I’d argue that there’s a lot of hatred being fired … Continue reading
Speed, strength, super Scots, and showboating
Let me take you through my day so far… Alarm wakes me up at 10am. I’m tired and it’s Saturday, but I have to get up for the men’s coxless four. You’ll know from my previous post how much history … Continue reading
Invincibility
I went to the doctor’s this morning after getting a surprising 9:10 appointment. He examined my knee by prodding and poking around, and after finding that I had very little pain with this, announced although I didn’t have a serious … Continue reading
Seeking help but staying upbeat
As my knee was feeling much better, I decided I’d try another run tonight. Buoyed by the arrival of my funky new knee support, I was hoping for a pain-free run on the flat, at a slow pace, in the … Continue reading
Blazing a trail
It’s official: Michael Phelps is the Olympian with the most gold medals (11). Not bad by the ripe old age of 23!! I wonder how many he can go on and get? I think he’ll get his other three later … Continue reading