My first triathlon is under the belt and I chose a real belter to start with. Temperatures were in the high 30′s during the run and it is a miracle that so many people even finished it. Swim, Bike Run, done. Allow me to throw in a random idea here. Has anyone ever thought that [...]

I detest gardening, and just because I’m me and for no other reason, I appear to have picked the worst piece of ground to embark on my first attempt at growing something outside. Bearing in mind that my garden is huge, this is quite a feat in itself. Result so far. I have become a [...]

For a while now I have been trying to work out how to improve my athletic performance. I was concerned that my training didn’t appear to be giving me the huge performance return I was expecting on the time I have invested.  As usual I had it all wrong, but just how wrong was a [...]