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Competition Giveaway – Mind and the Ultimate Running Playlist

August 11, 2011
Competition Giveaway - Mind and the Ultimate Running Playlist

You don’t have to be on prescription medication to appreciate the benefits of running on your mental health. Whatever the reasons for starting out with the sport, I doubt that many runners would deny taking a run to clear the head from time to time and release the daily stresses. The mental health charity Mind, [...]

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A Day for Heroes

April 21, 2010
A Day for Heroes

Last year Phil Packer took 14 days to drag himself around the London marathon route. That’s a slow time but coming only 13 months after being paralysed while on active duty in Basra it’s an immense achievement and the best way to respond to the pronouncement “you’ll never walk again”. While I’m tucked away under [...]

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London to Brighton 2009

June 22, 2009
London to Brighton 2009

Call that a bike ride….? At one point I thought we were actually going to be walking all the way to Brighton. Experienced L2B’ers had warned me to start the event early but I’m too lazy to get up for a 6am start. I may have had a leisurely 8:30am kick off but I very [...]

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