Gulls in the sky and in my blue eyes You know it feels unfair, there’s magic everywhere Look at me standing here on my own again, up straight in the sunshine No need to run and hide, it’s a wonderful, wonderful life No need to laugh or cry, it’s a wonderful, wonderful life Up early…
The trip ahead of me was immense. Manavgat Ultra beckoned, a 41-miles run with an upwards trajectory of 9000 feet, scrambling up Mt Hatmalar up over loose brambly boulders and scree, with freezing wind and snow flurrying down from the icy cap. Then, after Manavgat, I had a further mission to run across snowbound tracks…
Adam Holland in tiggerish form at Phoenix's Excalibur event in December – a chance to practice on the route of his 20 in 20 bid this April Guinness World Records has ratified and awarded the ‘fastest time to complete 10 marathons in 10 days (male)’ to elite endurance athlete Adam ‘Tango’ Holland. Known as the…
The world’s largest diners’ club, tastecard, launches its first self-love Valentine’s pop-up restaurant. The ‘Two4One’ restaurant, on Great Eastern St, London, will feature mirrors placed on each table so solo diners can enjoy a romantic Valentine’s meal out in a bid to fall in love with their own fabulous selves. This unique restaurant gives ‘two…
Thanks to my friends from London’s Chinatown real estate guardian’s Shaftesbury, I received an amazing gift for Chinese New Year. Here’s the unboxed reveal, quite a wow, with some fantastic recipes. And here is the challenge to you all. Included in the box is an amazing recipe for Sichuan Black Fungus, which I fully intend…
A giftbag today from friends of Field Marketing and the Frank blog, Seven Dials, Covent Garden has included some wonderful news and goodies that I can share amongst my endurance, fitness, travel and wellness friends. An understated looking shampoo and conditioner travel set helps celebrate the arrival in the Shaftesbury operated Seven Dials of Australian…
Lazarus Lake is much more accessible than the mystique with which he enshrouds his Barkley Marathons. My challenge now is to find something interesting to say about this hero of pain vs gain, that hasn't been said with such competency already by others. I think I have something… working on it! Time is rushing past…
At each of my 202020 runs I will hope to track down one or two of the fine folk who toed the start line with me and find out what the race meant to them. Talant Abdyldaev When I noticed that one of the other runners on Country to the Capital with me hailed from…
I came home last night with make-up mogul Bobbi Brown’s smoothie recipe in my pocket. “Think of it as the “little black dress” of smoothies”, she says, and so I did. Bobbi’s chocolate collagen smoothie isn’t billed as complicated. It is, in fact, your go-to collagen smoothie. Ingredients: 1 cup almond mile or preferred plant-based…
Beyond the Far Side is such a surreal set of races. There are four options these days, 24hr, 12hr and 6hr time-limited 5.3 mile endurance laps, and a single lap and a bit for a fun 10K jaunt. This event is held in a corner of Wiltshire where it always rains everyday in the months…