Tag: Running
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Warm Welcome to a New Tube Runner
My friend Mike drew my attention yesterday to a website I’d not come across before: Harry’s Tube Runners. It transpires that a chap called Steven Whyley took it upon himself to run some Tube Lines to raise money for Cancer Research after following the inspiring story of young Harry Moseley. Steven was initially just going…
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What We Took While Running the Tube
A brief overview of the kit we used on our Tube running challenge, as well as the food and drink we took: What we wore Running shoes – mine were old New Balance, Laura’s were new Asics. Socks – we each always used the same pair of running socks, both from Decathlon. They retained less…
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Sharks, Hearts and Death-Bed Regrets
Below are six of the adventure and philosophical blogging highlights from April 2012. Featured this month is advice on protecting yourself from sharks when swimming across oceans (useful stuff), running with a broken heart (in the more literal rather than romantic sense) and a strangely compelling motivational video (#3). I make a similar list each…
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How I Train For My Expeditions
I enjoy physically challenging projects and that is reflected in many of my expeditions and undertakings. The truth, however, is that I rarely train specifically for any given challenge. Instead, I just keep a general level of fitness which means I’m usually ready for whatever plans I make. However, since the purpose of this website…
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Female Pioneers, Natural Explorers and Ultra-Marathon Food
Here’s your monthly half dozen dose of articles that I’ve read and enjoyed. It includes a history of female mountaineering, a debate about the foods people eat whilst running, and a bad review of a good book amongst other things. I make a similar list each month. Browse the old and best in the Six…
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Skateboarding, Mud Running, Barefoot and Swimming
Back after a brief hiatus whilst in Patagonia, here are half a dozen articles that I’ve read in the last month or so and thought that you might enjoy. I do a similar post each month and have created a new archive page for the Six of the Best series. I was pleased to notice that only…
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These Boots Are Made For Walking
The above image depicts my recently retired running shoes. I had been using them regularly since the summer of 2007. They were kindly donated by Decathlon Surrey Quays for my “real world” triathlon from London to the Isle of Wight and, after almost four years of use and abuse, they finally came to an end…
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London Flat to Essex Beach
Having read that you are never more than 70-miles from the nearest coastline in the UK, last Saturday I decided to try running from my London flat to the ocean. My route planning only extended as far as confirming that I wasn’t at the furthest point from the sea. This is how far it might…
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Running to the Ocean
It is said that in the UK you are never more than 70 miles from the sea. Consider that for a moment. That means that wherever you are reading this now*, you are at most perhaps two hours’ drive from an ocean. Or, if you own a bike, almost certainly within a day’s ride. I…