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Muddy Saturdays never disappoint!

Boys grow up (to the extent that they ever do) convinced that muddy legs and grazed knees exude an air of – dare I say heroic- adventures: They then marry to have it explained to them that it’s just muck! 😃 (To be fair, I did stink!) The run itself was a muddy Saturday classic:…

My new approach to running and training (Pt 1)

I have mentioned in a few posts now how my whole running approach has changed after the Manchester Marathon in April and a few of you have asked to hear more about it. I’m not sure I have anything earth-shatteringly new to reveal that will change the sport of running forever, it’s more a case…

Summer running

Wow, I can’t believe it’s already been a month and a half since my last blog post! A number of distractions have kept me away from my keyboard all this time, but I’m pleased to report that I have at least filled the days with lots and lots of happy running! As previously advertised, I’ve…

Long Live the Long Days!

With Manchester Marathon out of the way, and after the requisite period of recovery, binge eating and taking frequent naps on my laurels, I’m back in training. I’ve no race lined up, but the past year has certainly been a long slog, spent primarily in recovery mode: recovering from last Springs’ reverses, letting myself go (certainly as far…

A friend in red…

A remarkable thing happened to me on my run tonight: I was out for a short, slow recovery run and was heading out of the village, when I heard birdsong from the hedge next to the footpath. I looked as I ran, and there he was, a little robin sitting on the top of the hedge…

Asics FuzeX review

Right, so I recently promised to give you my impressions of the new Asics FuzeX, which the good people at Asics Europe were kind enough to send me to review. It only takes opening the box to appreciate that they are a lovely looking shoe, but what are they like to run in? My official…

The return of a Nemesis

I had the day off on Friday, in anticipation of a celebratory weekend away for my wife’s birthday. How better to enjoy a day off at the end of a hard week then, but to go for a nice 36k (~22.5m) run around the Leicestershire countryside! The day had started out quite foggy, to the…

Asics FuzeX review on its way

Look at what the lovely people at Asics UK sent me to review: a brand new pair of fuzeX running shoes! I’ve clocked 22km in them, and have started scribbling my thoughts old school, pen to paper. I’m out again tonight and hope to have a review for you by end of next week. Watch…

My role as a Laboratory Mouse (part 2)

(For the first part of my experience as a laboratory mouse, see this post, which ends at the point where I had received my fitness report from the Anglia Ruskin University Sport and Exercise Sciences Research Group and I was digesting it) The report contained all the promised information, and enough in terms context for me to understand…

Muddy Saturdays

The idea behind the institution that is now Muddy Saturdays was born in a pub, like so many of the best and worst ideas. Demi and I had called in our local for a nightcap after a night out, when we bumped into a group of our neighbours and hung about a bit. The…