Tag Archives: running

How Not To Ease Back In To Running

So less than 4 weeks after knackering my ankle on a Welsh mountainside the opportunity came about to run the Bristol Half Marathon. WellChild, a charity I’ve worked with lots in the past, recently offered me a couple of places … Continue reading

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Like A Duck To Water…

…or should that read “schmuck”? Having been unable to run since the unfortunate events of the Fan Dance Challenge I’ve been slowly going out of my mind. It got so bad I found myself growling at the sun on gorgeous … Continue reading

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Gore-tex Fan Dance Challenge – The Kit

Part of the prize for being included in the team taking on the Gore-tex and Berghaus sponsored Fan Dance Challenge was some free kit. I like outdoors kit, I have several boxes full of it in the wardrobe. I love free outdoors … Continue reading

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And so it begins…

Well, not quite. It began in February 2010, when an overweight and unfit ex rugby playing, smoking, drinking bloke who was physically incapable of running for a bus decided to do something about it. What followed was a slow but … Continue reading

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