The Well-Tempered Clavier

It’s surprising. Or perhaps not actually that surprising. I’ve done quite a lot of speeches - and I STILL can’t stop jigging around. I am told that I will never be a successful politician until I can learn to stand still.
This is from the launch of Simon Cowell: The Sex Factor. There are some not […]

Vaseline: essential for all chubster long-distance runners who tend to find that buttocks and various other body parts start to chafe after about 15 miles. Nipples are especially vulnerable. At first you don’t notice much, just a light tingle - and then suddenly it really kicks in. It’s even more exciting when you get back […]

The Druid Challenge: one of the more extraordinary experiences of my life which left the organisers ever so slightly disappointed; and which saw me veer from wild elation through to up-chucking two litres of vomit outside Swindon Station.
The race is an 84-miler, effectively three marathons in three days. I had some tendonitis, but not wanting to let […]

Training for the Marathon des Sables isn’t just about slogging it out at the gym. It’s also about The Fun Stuff.
 
And I can tell you they don’t get much more fun than The Druid - 86 miles on the Ridgeway.
 
Coming up this weekend, actually.
 
Three marathons in three days.
 
I’d been planning on running the race.
 
Unfortunately, […]

I am currently in training for the Marathon des Sables. The team started off with five men, but we’re now down to two-and-a-half; the man who goes by the name of Chicken McMicking is looking very flaky indeed.
 
But we do have a good team name. A great team name. It sums up not just the […]