ultra-violence

These two guys on the right are boxers. One of them’s Hatton and the other is Mayweather. I’m not sure which is which.
I gather they have a big fight coming up, probably in Vegas, probably for some sort of belt. There’s something on the Guardian.com about it.
It’s a bizarre sport, boxing. Grown men (mostly) spend [...]

Not running all over the place

A brief note just to extend my sympathies to Em over at Running over the place. She’s run into a slight snag, running-wise. To be precise, a couple of stress fractures.
I don’t imagine it’s much fun, especially for such a dedicated runner, with so much to look forward to this AV season. I’m sure you’ll [...]

mental vigour

***Newsflash****
Grant HackettMy blogging fingers have been itching, reading about Grant Hackett’s hissy fit.The jist of it, and correct me if I’m wrong, is he expected to win the 400 and 800 metres, despite not training as well as he usually does, because, well, he’s Grant Hackett “weetbix man” (or is it nutrigrain?). So now he’s [...]

leaving people behind

A double-barrelled post today, running and some thoughts of David Hicks.
RunningThe main feature of the weekend passed was a jaunt along the Koonung trail from Springvale to Bulleen road and back. According to Em’s footpod/GPS/magic-whiz-bang thing it was 24.5k, which sounds allright to me.
The first half was quite relaxed and chatty; the return leg less [...]