600km in Speedcross
This post was originally written in February 2014, and called “A Season in Speedcross” – it was intended to be a review of the Salomon Speedcross 3 trail running shoes for...
Tagged: review
Review: Olympic Lifting for Beginners (5 week course)
Towards the end of last year I was invited by Sally Moss, founder of Strength Ambassadors and pioneer of the original Ladies Who Lift classes in London, to take part in...
I can’t believe it’s not cream. Oh wait – yes I can.
The one thing I missed in my vegsperiment was having cream in my coffee. I normally have double (single if I am watching my weight ;) ) and trying to find...
Boot camping in Clapham
Whilst I was googling for the entirely unrelated topic of “trail running near Crawley”, one of the top results was for the Breakfast Running Bootcamp in Clapham. Obviously not what I...
Going Back 2 The Trenches
Two weekends ago on Sunday 23rd June, I took part in my second mud/obstacle run, the 10km Back 2 The Trenches in Redhill, Surrey. I won’t bother to review the run...
Belated report on the Bar Jam
The Bar Jam, part of the Breakin’ Convention, the UK’s biggest break dancing festival, took place in London a few weeks ago. Organised by the Bar-barians, it saw all the biggest...
Guest post: Mudstacle blog
Three members of Team Mudstacle: Chris, me and Jat You’ve probably heard me mention the 20km mud/obstacle/adventure run I’ve somewhat foolishly signed up for (and if you haven’t then brace yourselves...
My experiences with minimalist running shoes
A friend in Japan and I chat about running a bit, and he posted on his Facebook asking for peoples experiences of minimalist shoes. I started typing out a reply but...
Guest Post: Bar-barian seminar, London, March ’13
Last weekend was the first set of Bar-barian seminars to be held in London. Because it fell in the middle of my six week pull/push/dip free period (in order to try...
2012: My year in review
This year has seen some pretty dramatic changes for me with regards to my training, and whilst I would normally avoid these tedious “Year in Review” posts I feel like I...
