pete doherty

I’m getting forgetful in my old age. Yesterday’s post on “scary-things” missed the big one: Pete Doherty.
Pete (I believe I can call him that, we’d be on first-name terms if we ever met) is the 21st century equivalent of the boogie man. Tell your naughty children if they don’t play nicely they’ll turn into this:
That’ll [...]

best of 2007

It’s that time of year when, apart from enduring work christmas parties, good bloggers start to compile their “best of” lists.
Everyone loves a best of list. Well, I do anyway. So I’m going to have at least two. Today:
Best runs of 2007I should say from the outset, this list only refers to Melbourne races and [...]

political oracle

I really should change the name of this blog to “JRuns - the oracle of Australian politics“. No sooner do I hint at a stunning comeback on the part of John W. Howard and co, then out he comes with the mother, father and sainted aunt of all tax cuts.
It’s not subtle, it’s not clever, [...]

run fugly

I’m not normally a fan of marketing people, and I have a natural tendency to dislike Nike, but whoever it was who invented the term “run yourself ugly” was some sort of minor genius.
Proof:There are worse out there, but blogger, quite sensibly, refused to touch them with a barge pole.
There is video too of me [...]

reflections

For a brief moment this last Sunday morning, marathon runners assumed our rightful place in the hierarchy of things. At least in Melbourne, or to be precise around the MCG and 40 kilometres of bayside roads, we were kings: the idols of small children and objects of awe and stunned respect for one and all.
In [...]

on a high - sub 3 hour marathon

24 hours after the event, the stiffness, aches and pains are beginning to subside. I can look back on a Melbourne Marathon that was, I think, the best race I’ve ever done.
Race reportIt was just a perfect morning - cool, with a little sun, and what wind there was was cool and refreshing. I managed [...]

famous last words

For those of you who haven’t been hanging on this blog’s every utterance (shame, shame) and who are also not up on events in the Melbourne running scene, this Sunday is the Melbourne Marathon.
That means, between now and next I write there will be, not only a couple of days, but at least 42.195k.
Scary uh?
Yes [...]

finally

If you happened to have been in the vicinity of the Mulgrave office of Australian Air Express, sometime around 6:30 last night, you would have seen a well-dressed, handsome, athletic-looking young man standing at the counter.
If you looked a little to the left, you would have seen me.
I was there having the following, rather rewarding, [...]