Tag Archives: Olympics
C’mon c’mon
Liverpool, Lanzarote, London, Edinburgh. Seeing as I’ve blatantly ignored my blog for two months now, here are a few highlights to catch up: Saturday 3rd March 2012. Anfield, Liverpool “C’mon Liverpool!” My first trip to Anfield in nearly 20 … Continue reading
Another lap round the Sun
2009 is here at last! The way I see it, 2008 will go down as the year where things that you thought were certain suddenly became uncertain. The obvious thing to mention is the Credit Crunch - remember the Chewits monster … 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
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
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
What an anchor!
It’s good to know you’ve got friends. You know how it is – you splash around in the pool, get good at it, enter the Olympics at 15, get six gold medals four years later and then try again for … Continue reading
Dedication, determination and an oar-some man
Today marks the opening of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The Olympics is always a fantastic exhibition of people at the top of their sport, and by the time the closing ceremony wraps things up on 24th August … Continue reading
Running the risk: drinks, drugs and gambling
Bloody knee. The thing is still hurting after over two weeks, restricting me to only a few pain-filled short attempts at mileage. Pain, aches, clicks – nothing serious it seems but enough of a niggle to know something’s wrong. Hopefully … Continue reading