August 2009
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In the swim
It’ll be a bit quiet on the blogging front for the next fortnight, as I’m heading off on holiday. As you might expect though, I won’t be lazing on a beach somewhere. I’m going on a Swimtrek holiday, where you swim from island to island, hike to the next departure point and then plop back […]
Beetroot juice…the latest sports drink
Forget training. The latest way to boost your aerobic fitness is to drink beetlejuice (oops, beetroot juice). At least, that’s the finding of a new study, conducted at Exeter University. The researchers found that when study participants (men, aged 19-38) drank 500ml of organic beetroot juice for six days, they performed better in a battery […]
Sid’s diet update
Nice to see Sid getting so many votes of confidence for his cute looks! (See Sidney’s on a diet, July 3rd.) But I haven’t relented on his healthy eating plan and he looks (and feels, I reckon) all the better for it. He’s now lost 1.2kg, roughly 10 per cent of his body weight, and […]