It’s been a busy week for me so far, with seemingly not much time in the evenings, but I managed to fit in two runs on consecutive days. Three miles yesterday and three today. All on my treadmill, and all in relative comfort. I’ve now …
Read MoreNot-so-great north run
I was up north at the weekend, which meant two things: rain and hills (I’m sure my friends would offer a third – gravy!) Rain I don’t mind, but I was advised to avoid hills for the moment as they could give my knee problems. …
Read MoreDangerous 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. The rationale was that a) …
Read MoreThe 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 thirty minutes’ walking on the …
Read MoreBeijing 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. I have vague memories of …
Read MoreEpisode 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 an inflamed tendon. Guess what? …
Read MoreSobering 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 Red Bull. So why am …
Read MoreHate 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 around today. Listen to radio …
Read MoreSpeed, 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 I’ve seen watching this event …
Read MoreInvincibility
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 problem, I did have an …
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