July 2009
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The Swiss Alpine Marathon
An epic summer of physical challenges continued last weekend with the Swiss Alpine marathon - the highest marathon in Europe. I prepared well - lots of continuous hill reps, strength training and long runs - had a 2-week taper and carbo-loaded for 3 days beforehand. I was 100 % ready. Oh dear. It was the […]
Night rider
Imagine running a marathon when you’ve been out all night clubbing the night before, and you begin to get an idea of the slightly surreal and undeniably arduous experience that is the Dunwich Dynamo. It’s a 116-mile bike ride from East London to Dunwich, on the Suffolk Coast, which begins at dusk and continues through the […]
Sidney’s on a diet
Imagine the humiliation… one of the UK’s leading fitness experts has a fat dog! It’s official - the vet told me he needed to ‘slim down’ on his last visit. Since then, I’ve had him on the Burns food diet (all organic and additive free), cut out all the treats (well, most of them) and […]
Older and wiser?
There can’t be that many great things about turning 40, but moving into a new age group category in triathlon terms has been one of them. I took my first win at the Milton Keynes Sprint last Sunday, and even better, got a personal best time of 1.20.21. Clubmates Lorraine and Philippa came 2nd and […]