that’s more like it

Today’s long run was everything last week was supposed to be. It was under-control at all times, fast-ish, fluent, enjoyable and above all: cool.
I scooted up the Mullum Mullum creek and back before tootling over to Mooroolbark, just for the hell of it. Taking a circuitous route, it ended up being 25km in 1 hour [...]

crap, crap, crap and david beckham

It may surprise you to learn, dear reader, that my running isn’t entirely comprised of world records, near world records and personal bests. In fact, I have been known to run - gasp - slowly.
Last night, for example, was an absolute dog of a run. Yes, it was hot and yes I hadn’t exactly prepared [...]

the big three oh oh oh

I hit the orange “publish post” button at 7:00pm last night while lying about my house like a lizard on a rock. I believe I may have been moaning, I certainly groaned at least once.
As is often the case, the darkest hour was right before the dawn, if you take my meaning. 5 minutes later [...]

new picture

I don’t know if you were one of the readers of my blog a few weeks ago when I discussed buying a pair of Skins. My reasoning at the time was that “it’ll make me look damn sexy.”
Now, I know that’s one of the more ridiculous assertions in living memory, too stupid even for the [...]

whimsy, eroticism and the long run

A friend of a friend, by way of damning with faint praise, recently told me my blog and the sister blog It makes me mad, are written in a “whimsical” style.
That might be case, but I can’t take the credit entirely. When you read as much PG Wodehouse as I do, whimsy is nigh-on inescapable. [...]

beige

A very quick post today, as I’m not only wasting time during work hours, but wasting time during a terribly informative seminar…..
I talked, flippantly, on Friday of a “slight stiffness” in the hip. Truth be told, it was a fair bit more than “slight stiffness”. Actually there was a fair bit of standing on the [...]

bikes in Tassie

I’m back in civilisation now, and back to the old routine. After a couple of weeks off it’s a little depressing to be doing the normal ironing and stuff.
Tassie was beautiful, as expected. We spent most of the time in and around Hobart. It feels like an exceptionally laid-back country town, with a veneer of [...]

too much running

I’ve been casting around for things to write about, now that I’ve sworn off all things public-transport. This blog has always been basically about running, hence the title, but I’m aware not everyone is as fascinated by LSD and fartlek as I. Therefore I try to add a little other stuff just to sweeten the [...]