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Tag Archives: Spartathlon
Lizzy Hawker, Mrs H and a good start to the year
Way back in August, when Sir Bradley Wiggins was plain old ‘Wiggo’, I put a post out about looking for someone to write a running book for me. There was a flurry of interest – mostly along the lines ‘what … Continue reading
Posted in Food, JOGLE
Tagged alex hemminglsey, all blacks, Aurum Press, bradley wiggins, lizzy hawker, new zealand, pregnant, richie mccaw, runner, running like a girl, sir bradley wiggins, Spartathlon, the killiing, utmb
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January pains
Ah, pain. I missed you. It’s a subject close to the heart of every ultra-distance running. Like the Eskimos and their 180 different words for snow, runners categorise pain in multiple ways, and are familiar with all of them. Last … Continue reading
Posted in New Year, Uncategorized
Tagged country to capital ultra, ikea, ikea kitchen, nietzsche, schopenhauer, Spartathlon, Wendover
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Official publication of the paperback of Why We Run
For the first year of my son’s life I hardly ran at all. Amid the chaos of the early months of fatherhood, the furthest I ran was the double London Marathon from Big Ben to the start and back, and … Continue reading
First steps to the Spartathlon
The first of the month seems like as good a date as any to start a new training regime, but the first of October this year was packed with neat coincides. In the blazing heat, well 27 degrees but everyone … Continue reading
Double London Marathon – Job done
For those of you who didn’t notice, yesterday was the Virgin London Marathon, which meant that there was over 37,000 people tramping through the city, and even more standing at the barricades cheering the runners along. What a day! The … Continue reading
Why We Run: A Story of Obsession finally goes to press
It is nearly 18 months since I came back from the Spartathlon, a story that is recounted in the penultimate chapter of Why We Run, which is published in April. And yet the book only went to press last week. … Continue reading
You’re never too old to run a marathon
Ten days ago ‘The Emperor’, Haile Gebrselassie, the best male marathon runner of our generation, honoured a 10-year old promise to Brendan Foster, the founder of the Bupa Great North Run, by coming to compete. In near perfect conditions – … Continue reading
Time to race again
It has been ten months since I last raced. When I came back from the Spartathlon it took me about three months to recover, the blisters taking an age to heal. Great flanks of black, dead skin fell off my … Continue reading
Listen to this
Even I get bored with my own company sometimes. Most of the 120 miles I ran every week last year in preparation for the Spartathlon took place along the banks of the river Thames. Through the winter, while it was … Continue reading
Posted in Audiobooks
Tagged Audiobooks, Cycling, John Le Carre, Long-distance running, Richard Burton, Robert Harris, Spartathlon
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