poor me

I was going to write some sort of review or response to the Wayne Carey interview on Denton last night, but I’m not sure there’s any point. If you’re interested, you probably saw it yourself and can make up your own mind. If you didn’t watch it, there’s a chance you gave it a miss [...]

apologies

No running today, as yet, and precious little time for blogging either. How can I work when I keep getting these emails saying “Topic - Run for the kids 2008 has been updated” every 20 seconds. Yes, yes, I know if I stopped answering them, they wouldn’t come. But, take that to it’s logical conclusion [...]

ran for the kids

Well “the kids” have been run for yet again, I wonder if they realise all this is happening on their behalf?
Race report
I woke this morning, as expected, with several red hot pokers jabbing into my lower back, courtesy of a Saturday spent gardening. Bloody gardening. Also, what seemed to be the beginnings of a cold. [...]

gardening, running, kids, earth hour

I’ve pretty much ruined my chances of a fast Run for the kids time by spending today doing the “g” word (gardening). Our front lawn, never the most impressive lawns at the best of times, has been at death’s door for the past two summers. We decided to put it out of its misery, so [...]

up before the dawn again

It’s getting to become a bit of a habit - this rising in pitch-blackness thing. I both love and loathe it. The loathe bit’s obvious: sleep is the most precious pleasure known to man, to be savoured and protected at all costs.
On the other hand, when you actually make it out the door, there’s [...]

bull-dust

This is one of the few cases in my lifetime of a clear and obvious miscarriage of justice. Not just the one either, it’s a clear and persistent abuse of justice over a period of 5 years.
I’m talking of course about the David Hicks case, about which there has been much holding of heads in [...]

I ran for the kids

So it’s all done and dusted, the kids have been run for, and they are now richer to the tune of 500,000 smackers. Actually, it’s the hospital that’s richer. Either way, everyone’s happy.
Race reportThe race felt harder, but the time was better than last year, if that makes any sense. I seemed to struggle a [...]

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 [...]