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Author Archives: Robin Harvie
On Not Becoming a Sports Writer
When I was about six or seven, I became obsessed with finding out what my father did when he ‘went to work’. My memory is fixed in a windowless corridor of him walking out the front door in his charcoal … Continue reading
Bury My Heart on a Norfolk Beach
I had imagined plenty of endings to the Norfolk Ultra a couple of weeks ago, but standing on a roadside puking my guts out in front of a guy who had rowed across both the Atlantic and the Indian Ocean was not … Continue reading
Posted in spartathlon, Uncategorized
Tagged camping, Emile, norfolk ultra, robert ferguson, sebald, soren kierkegaard, Sparta, Spartathlon, ultra-marathon running, ultra-running, w. g. sebald
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In the Blood
At the end of one March afternoon in 1994, when I was 16 years old, our history teacher arrived later to the last lesson of the day, closed the door behind him and announced: ‘Harvie, you have a message from … Continue reading
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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Not the New York Marathon
When, at the start of autumn, your boss tells you to go to New York on a shopping trip to acquire some new books, it’s inevitable that you pack a pair of trainers. The New York Marathon is one of … Continue reading
Abandon All Hope: Think More Clearly
Everyone needs a race like this once in a while. I had signed up to the Dusk ’til Dawn 50-miler months ago, getting the last spot in the list of 100 places, and knew fully what to expect. 50 miles, … Continue reading
Would anyone like to write a running book for me?
It’s almost a year since I arrived at Aurum Press to look after the sports’ list, and last week I acquired my seventh and eighth book. One on the secret swimming spots in London and the other about the crazy … Continue reading
Speed of Light
You can’t really come to Edinburgh and not bring your trainers. Well, that’s not quite true. The first time I visited, in 1997, I ended up, for the first and last time, in a strip club. ‘Titillating and demeaning at … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh Book Festival
Tagged angus farquhar, Arthur's seat, david nicholls, Edinburgh book festival, failure, nva, one day, speed of light
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John O’Groats to Lands End World Record Attempt
Like most of the best ideas, this was dreamt up in the pub. I’ve known Hugh Williams-Preece since the end of last year when he called me out of the blue and suggested a pint in the Red Lion pub … Continue reading
Posted in JOGLE
Tagged andi rivett, Andrew Murray, arctic circle, atacarma, centurion, cycle race across britain, fifty marathon in fifty days, hugh williams-preece, james cracknell, jogle, lands end to john o'groats, Mike Stroud, prof greg whyte, Ranulph Fiennes, red lion piccadilly, red lion pub, Rory Coleman, scotland to sahara, thames path 100, thames path ultra, ultra marathon calendar, Winter 100, winter ultra, world record running
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WHY WE RUN 