The last 12 months have reminded us all that the world is small enough to transfer viruses around it at a record speed yet large enough to provide infinite variety local to home. You just need to swap the telescope for the microscope. My love of travel is, for now, packed away in its suitcase.…
Ask on any relevant forum about your chances of training for and completing an ultramarathon and you’ll be told a few things very quickly: Control your pace. Walk the hills. Its more a mental challenge than a physical one This advice is broadly true as a ruleset for the majority of beginners. The top two…
The first I knew of Ronnie Staton was when I tried to buy a late place in the 100-mile event he runs under the organiser moniker Hobo Pace, The Robin Hood 100 (September 2019). Entering was a last-minute decision and the ticket sales website had pulled up the drawbridge to entry, a few hours early.…
So, Lockdown 2 is over, and the Tiers are now flowing. November Lockdown meant turning to virtual challenges again, but by my own rules I could not simply repeat tests and trials I had already undertaken in Lockdown 1. But I found two medal challenges that met the criteria and tested me in new ways.…
Run 202020, Race 16. The Atlantic Coast Challenge 40 Miler was a challenge and not a race so of course there was no winner. So the first place finisher was Daniel Jones, a local local, and an ultra runner who has plenty of experience of the South West Coastal Path. After the not race, Frank…
A grade 2 calf strain (aka a calf tear) is a serious setback in any athlete. Fortunately, it is also a well known one that responds well to what they call conservative treatment. That means surgery intervention and advanced science treatments such as stem cell are not high on the agenda however keen you are…
My 'lovestation 'for the Lockdown Frolic In Karen Maitland’s novel, The Company of Liars, a deceitful band of hawkers, storytellers, artists performers, rune-readers, healers and magicians make their way from village to village as an incomprehensible pestilence causes townsfolk to lock themselves away in fear and survival becomes the common denominator to all. The central…
On Monday, Frank Wainwright met the ROKiT team and some of the glitterati of motorsport at the classic London pub, The Nag’s Head, Covent Garden Got to be honest with you, until Monday I didn’t have a fantasy business conglomerate. But I have one now. I mean they just put together an event where I’ve…
So yesterday evening went rather well. Kindly invited by Pukka, I went to the Lord’s Tavern hoping to catch a word or two with Mastermind quiz champion Shaun Wallace, play along with the quiz, drink the accompanying Marston’s Pedigree and chat about marketing with Pukka’s Rachel Cranston. All of which I did (If you are…
So, the first two months of the year have passed and with it my first four races. How’s it going? How is the book progressing? January Run202020 started with a bang under the fireworks at Zurich Neujahr’s Marathon which was certainly an exciting start. The fireworks overhead and a rock music adrenaline fuelled blast into…