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A Soft Approach to the London Marathon

October 11, 2011
A Soft Approach to the London Marathon

I’m taking a softly softly approach to this years attempt at the London marathon. No early heroics or ambitious time targets. I need to make it to the start line this year and that means, at the very least, that I have to still be capable of running when the proper marathon program starts at [...]

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The Stick and Other Methods of Torture

August 21, 2011
The Stick and Other Methods of Torture

I’ve been using The Stick ever since I suffered with a painful muscular injury to my hamstrings. It has a very simple design – a slightly flexible plastic stick around which a set of plastic spindles can independently rotate. It is these spindles that work on your muscles to ease out knots and release tension. [...]

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Tabio Running Sock Review and Giveaway

June 19, 2011
Tabio Running Sock Review and Giveaway

I was encouraged out on today’s run by the arrival of some new socks for me to trial and review. I’ve been sent a fascinating collection of running specific sports socks from the Japanese manufacturer Tabio. Today I tried out the Tabio Racing Run Toe Sock but I also have the lovely lobster styled Tabi [...]

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Lobsters and Cats

June 5, 2011
Lobsters and Cats

Having just returned from 6 hours wandering around the Westfield centre we weren’t terribly eager to go out again and foolishly felt a treadmill mile showdown might be the perfect low energy Juneathon offering. I was sent some really interesting Tabio sports socks to try out today but unfortunately they were about 4 sizes too [...]

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Living with a Lab Rat

April 9, 2011
Living with a Lab Rat

I have so many wrist and arm gadgets that I am holding out for an implantable chip so I can discard some of the clunky adornments. A chip for blood glucose levels, body temp, steps walked, calories input, distance travelled. It will be ANT enabled and my body can spill it’s beans when ever I [...]

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KiFit Body Monitor – The Update

February 27, 2011
KiFit Body Monitor - The Update

I’ve been wearing KiFit body monitor for 3 weeks now and have just downloaded the stats for analysis. I love this bit. I have masses of data points for each day and feel compelled to create myself a database to store it all in. I can look back on each day determine my calorie intake, [...]

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Ki Fit Body Monitoring Gadget

February 7, 2011
Ki Fit Body Monitoring Gadget

I’ve been watching back to back episodes of the Biggest Loser for quite some time now and in the later series the Bodybugg became an integral feature on the flabby arms of the contestants. I’m not sure why the new gadget took so long to register with me but within three days of me acknowledging [...]

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Trail Runner and RaceBunny – A Perfect Complement for the GPS & Mac Enabled Runner

November 30, 2010
Trail Runner and RaceBunny - A Perfect Complement for the GPS & Mac Enabled Runner

I think I’ve arrived late to the party but I’ve just stumbled upon a brilliant piece of software that can actually give Sporttracks a run for it’s money. TrailRunner is a superb piece of kit that acts as a standard GPS enabled training log but with added mapping and routing wizardry. I haven’t had enough [...]

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The Muddy Demise of a Wondrous Shoe

November 18, 2010
The Muddy Demise of a Wondrous Shoe

My new shoes arrived just in time for the weekend and as luck would have it the forecast was horrendous – perfect for a trail running showdown. I’ve been looking around for some minimal trail shoes and as the New Balance Minimus doesn’t seem to be available in the UK yet, the clear choice was [...]

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Latest Release Marathon Books

November 14, 2010
Latest Release Marathon Books

I’ve been sent a couple of marathon books to look over. One is aimed at the beginner runner with a marathon on the horizon and the other is aimed at a very specific niche – those that have completed the London marathon between the years 2001-2010. The first is a large format magazine from magbooks.com [...]

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