An article that I wrote for Field Marketing magazine, supported by Eurotunnel Event review content including photos and interview with the celebrity athletes, a tour of the event, stands, shops and promotions, and the participating in the running… and listening to Rick Astley!
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…
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 I was a little delayed with this meal, but here is my Chinese New Year gift from Chinatown in London put to good use. Key exotics ingredients, Black Fungus and Chayote. Verdict: The crunchy fungus was a nicer texture than thought, but the recipe needed spicing up. The Chayote, billed as somewhere between a…
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…
A romantic round up doesn’t sound altogether romantic does it? Just reading my headline back I find myself thinking it might just make a good Valentine’s slogan piece for Monsanto’s popular weedkiller Roundup. If that prospect sounds like a lurch beyond offbeat then that might be down to my own mental process. My Valentine’s Day…