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London 2012: it’s all crazy paving and death

June 5th, 2007

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I’m no artist, and design is not my thing (this site is testament to that), but in the craze over the 2012 olympics logo (which looks like our old patio on speed), people might overlook the fact that the London 2012 landing page is even worse. It’s a complete horror featuring an eye-bleeding swatch of […]


58 minutes and 31 seconds

October 10th, 2006

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Will and Simon pre-run, on Flickr.
Is officially how long it takes a Simon to run 10 kilometres in Hyde Park on a Sunday morning. It was tremendously hard going - I found it difficult to deal with the adrenaline ups and downs caused by the volume of people inflicting lime green and bright orange abuse […]


Educating my muscles

September 30th, 2006

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Three months ago I decided to put myself through 10,000m of bewilderment by signing up to Nike Run London in Hyde Park. Funny how time flies: the run is next Sunday. My weekly training regime has mostly consisted of:

2 runs per week around the leafy parks of Ealing, becoming progressively more lengthy
2 hour-long sessions of […]


Keep on running…

July 19th, 2006

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In a slightly rash move, I’ve just signed up to take part in the Nike 10K on October 8th. I’m on Team North (because we all know that North is best) and I’ll be in the second wave. Now I just have to get fit enough to actually run it…


Thirty-seven degrees celsius

July 18th, 2006

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Is what they’ve forecast for Wednesday. I am concerned. I don’t think I’ve ever experienced temperatures hotter than inside my own grumpsome, turbulent body. What will happen, I wonder? Will the tiny air-con units give up the ghost and cause mass hysteria? Will I involuntarily climb into the fridge? Will I pop?
It’s a worry. Especially […]


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