it ain’t pretty, but…

I could never be bothered shaving on the morning of a race. There doesn’t seem any point making myself presentable. I mean, look at this, from Monday’s run…

No amount of shaving’s going to make that look good! The photographers at SC races normally make a point of looking elsewhere when I approach. I applaud their [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

fatherhood is bad for athletes

You know you’re running a little short of ideas when you start writing blogs about MX magazine, but I’ve never been one to be proud.
Last night they ran a double-page spread on Lleyton Hewitt, suggesting his little girl Mia is responsible for his recent form slump. To which the obvious response is “who cares?” After [...]