Swimming tip – Nose clip time

Nose Clip

Don’t worry, I’m not trying to get the most value for money out of my Speedo nose clip by wearing it in the office. I assure you that it was only worn for the purposes of the photo. Why am I wearing it? Read on to find out more.

Coming soon to Bike Run Swim

Firstly a quick apology for the lack of updates in the last week. I have been updating the twitter feed regularly, but due to working away from home I haven’t had the time to write any new blog entries. I’m on my way back today though and you can expect to see the following in [...]

Team GB Medallion – Have you got yours? James Cracknell

Today the James Cracknell medallion has been released. Click on the link below to see the full press release.

Real Relay Stage 267 – Carrbridge Anticipation

Cairngorms from the Dava 2

Last night I drove up to norther Scotland. I’m working up here for a couple of weeks and thought that I would grab a couple of extra stages of the Real Relay. Anyone that follows my blog will know about it by now, but if you are a first time reader you can find out more [...]

Swimming technique – bilateral breathing

I’ve read a couple of times that you should breathe every three strokes while swimming a front crawl, and today I decided to give it a try. It is called bilateral breathing if you want to sound intelligent/smug while chatting with your non-swimming mates. The main reason for learning how to do this is that it evens [...]

Ironman for Charity Update 17th June

Western beacon to go, then it's downhill to breakfast!

It’s been a funny week. I didn’t do much exercise after my mock triathlon on Wednesday and only managed to get out for a swim on Friday morning. We are still doing up our new house, so my upper body is getting a much better workout than normal stripping wallpaper and sorting the walls out. [...]

Team GB Medallions – Denise Lewis available this week

Denise Lewis medallion

Did you manage to get your Team GB medallion this week? So far I have 6 out of 6 and I’m looking forward to the rest of the set of 12. If you click the link you can see the full press release from Wednesday.

Team GB Olympic Cycling Selection Press Conference

Team GB Olympic Cycling Selection Press Conference:

How to look uncool while running

Before and after hair

Any of you that exercise know that there aren’t too many occasions that you actually look “cool,” or whatever the current term is, while you are exercising. In fact, if you do look cool, calm, composed and/or collected then it probably means that you aren’t trying hard enough anyway. Any athlete will normally follow several [...]

Ironman for Charity – Update 13th June

Run_for_Muscles_Logo

It has been a couple of weeks since I launched my Just Giving page for my “Ironman for Charity” campaign and things have been going really well. I’ve had my first couple of very generous sponsors and I will shortly have my Muscular Dystrophy Campaign running vests, so I will really look the part. Read [...]