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Rapanui Eco Clothing

July 15, 2010
Rapanui Eco Clothing

I have to buy my own t-shirts now that my race entries have slumped to next to zero per year. I first became aware of the existence of bamboo clothing when The Royal Parks Half issued their first race t-shirt. What a fantastic fabric – it’s incredibly soft and has amazing anti-pong qualities. I ordered [...]

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Views on Nike Free 3.0 as a Transition Shoe

July 13, 2010
Views on Nike Free 3.0 as a Transition Shoe

Somewhere along the line I seem to have developed a shoe fetish. I started off in life with a classic shoe phobia and made it into adulthood with a pair of red wellies and a work shoe. An interest in sport increased my repertoire but even then I managed to live in a pair of [...]

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Garmin Forerunner 310XT – The Review

July 7, 2010
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Having abandoned treadmill running in favour of the great outdoors it wasn’t long before I began to bemoan the loss of my preferred running watch the Garmin Forerunner 305. I long for pretty maps to illustrate my outdoor running routes and spur me on to explore my surroundings and for that you need GPS. Fortunately [...]

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Slumming it with the Bottom Dwellers

June 28, 2010
Slumming it with the Bottom Dwellers

Everyone hates a cyclist, even it would seem, other cyclists. I regularly pass between the various food levels in the transport chain but rarely get lower than when I drag out the push bike. Cycle commuting is a thankless task so its fortunate then that’s it such good fun. I haven’t used my bike since I [...]

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Vibram Five Fingers – The Review

June 22, 2010
Vibram Five Fingers - The Review

I’ve had the Vibram Five Fingers (VFF) for a couple of weeks now and feel I can now cast some judgement from the standpoint of an inexperienced barefoot or minimal shoe runner. Just as a quick aside, I believe that barefoot running applies to running sans shoes but also encompasses runners who choose to wear [...]

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Born to Run

June 21, 2010
Born to Run

I’ve just finished Chris McDougalls “Born to Run” and feel bereft now it’s all over. I’m in the market of writing about running and so long as I steer clear of treadmills I can usually knock up a paragraph or so on the trials and tribulations of the activity but I was awed by Chris [...]

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iPhone Sports Band

April 28, 2010
iPhone Sports Band

Since I’ve shifted to the iPhone I’ve always struggled for places to secrete it while out on my run. It has a tendency to yank my shorts down if I put it in my pocket and so I’ve resorted to wearing a huge Salomon bum bag – tres trendy! I was sent an iPhone sports [...]

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Adidas MiCoach and New Gadget Heaven

March 28, 2010
Adidas MiCoach and New Gadget Heaven

Adidas invited me and a few other bloggers (Big Runner and Running Matters) to try out their recent entrant into the sports gadget market – the miCoach pacer. On Thursday evening I arrived at the Millenium Arena in Battersea Park ready for the presentation. I began to sweat almost immediately as I spotted the running [...]

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Sporting Provenance

March 24, 2010
Sporting Provenance

I was sent a goody bag of sporting delights to try out a few weeks ago by a guy who is in the process of setting up a UK distribution for items with a valid sporting provenance. I have to say that I was impressed by quite a few of the items. Hoo Haa Ride [...]

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Swimovate Watch

December 16, 2009
Swimovate Watch

Entries for next years Great Swim series are open already. Christmas is not a great time to start contemplating squeezing into an overly snug wetsuit, the annual quality street box is already half empty and the strawberry creams are not improving my silhouette. Christmas is a time for trying out new gadgets though so it’s [...]

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