London2Brighton Challenge 2014: The Second Coming
I’ve done quite few of my long training walks in my hiking boots but none of them were considered successful. I decided quite a long time ago that the London2Brighton 100k Challenge would be completed in my super cushioned Hokas’ with my Inov8s’ held back for the second half when...
12 Weeks to a Sleek Body with The Fat Burn Revolution
I’ve known Julia Buckley for a few years now, through the running and blogging ether. Earlier this year I decided to join in the second phase of her Fat Burn Revolution pilot scheme. The original pilot was designed to test a program that she was planning to bring to a...
How to make a Cool Impossible Slant Board
This blog post shows you how to build your own slant board so you can follow the core strength routine featured in Eric Orton’s new book, The Cool Impossible. Eric is the coach from Born to Run, so he knows a thing or two about running efficiency and injury proofing...
Convict Conditioning 2 Review
Paul “Coach” Wade is back with a second instalment of his impressive body weight calisthenics routine, Convict Conditioning 2 – from the depths of San Quentin prison I’ve previously reviewed the original Convict Conditioning and I’m still working my way slowly through the progressions to the Big Six strength moves....
Practically a Proper Runner
Two years after starting the course at the Running School, I am finally in a position to share the results. I had my last session on Monday and while I expected to nip in, take a quick video and escape, I was actually taken through a gruelling interval session honing...
The Whole 30 Challenge
I’m nearing the end of the Julia Buckley Fat Loss program with just 2 more weeks of hard graft before I take the final measurements and review the before and after photos. Julia’s program has a very structured training plan but the nutritional aspect has been left much more fluid,...
London 2 Brighton Challenge: The Debrief
In running events I very quickly find myself in an enforced solitude, I start in the pack but within yards of the start the group have spread thin and my mind is free to wander. As a reformed antisocial loner I’m quite a fan of solitude. With mass participation walking...
New Year Planning of Ultra Proportions
I’ve never been a great fan of New Year’s eve, the social pressures generally make me quake with inadequacy. In recent years though I have discovered the joys of New Year planning, preferably to be conducted with a glass of wine and a credit card in hand. You need to...
Convict Conditioning
I’ve long held the fantasy that the only thing between me and a perfectly honed physique was a long stint in solitary confinement. I was obviously inspired by prison movies in my youth and still have images in my head of physical transformations behind bars. I’ve been tempted to buy...
A Zombies, Run! Bore
I’m afraid I have become a tragic Zombies, Run! bore. When I enthusiastically recount tales of my successful zombie evasion runs there are audible yawns from the direction of Lynn. We were in the park with friends yesterday, enjoying the unexpected good weather and an array of delightful picnic snacks....