Recovery Week

Last week I did nothing physical. Occasional walking. Some rising from seats and settling back into them. A little light breathing and..

April 5, 2017

Toasting Monkeys

A long run today. Seventeen miles. When I started out it was cold, and I dressed for Winter. Halfway through the sun came out and it was..

March 5, 2017

On Saturday 7th January I was officially declared the fastest man alive. No, I’m misremembering. On Saturday 7th January I officially..

January 9, 2017

Hello 2017! Thank you for coming to rescue us! 2016 was a monster, so you need to…wait. Why are you smirking? And chuckling? Are your..

January 1, 2017

Let me explain 2016…. No, there is too much. Let me sum up… You know, I don’t even know how to do that. Not even a Princess Bride..

December 30, 2016

Psst. You. Yes, you. Want to run away together? You and me. Let’s run away from it all. Together. And by ‘it all’, I mean 2016. This..

November 30, 2016

There’s no messing with The Wall. You either finish it, or it finishes you. Sixty-nine miles is a long way, and plenty of time for that..

June 21, 2016

I’m at an exhausted looking hotel in Carlisle, which is a much more twisty and interesting sort of city than I thought it would be. I..

June 17, 2016

This is what pain looks like. This is torture in its purest physical form. This is a foam roller, and it hates you. I realise it..

May 16, 2016

On days like this I could do with my own personal (cheap) cheerleading squad. I would like them to be quite burly cheerleaders, so that..

May 8, 2016