The recent decision by Stoke Gifford Parish Council to charge parkrun for use of Little Stoke park has attracted considerable coverage and discussion in the UK and across the world. I must declare a bias here: as Head of …
2009
- Retaining the crown and going bananas - 23/10/09
- Ithaca - 9/10/09
- Countdown to Kona! - 7/10/09
- Timberman, TYR Turds and Twister - 28/8/09
- Quelle Challenge Roth: Wursts, Wetting And A World Record - 22/7/09
- World's Biggest Workout! - 24/6/09
- Somewhere over the rainbow: Kansas 70.3 - 19/6/09
- On Top of the World! - 21/5/09
- Learning the lessons - 19/5/09
- Summitting the Big E - 24/4/09
- Ironman Australia: mud, marriage and a flasher - 10/4/09
- GOTRIBAL! - 14/3/09
- My New Ride! - 6/3/09
- Lanzarote and Club La Santa: Starship, green shell suits and not a canary in sight - 23/1/09
2008
- Push Biking Argentinean Style - 21/12/08
- Mahalo and Congratulations! - 24/11/08
- Charity Auction! - 12/11/08
- A Bit of Babbitt Banter - 27/10/08
- A path to new adventures! - 27/10/08
- World Ironman Championships: never, ever give up! - 21/10/08
- Mahalo - 10/10/08
- Loving the lava - 7/10/08
- Jiving in Jeju - 25/9/08
- On Top of the World - 5/9/08
- Timberman and Polishing a TYR Turd - 23/8/08
- Alpe Masochism: in memory of my Nanna - 3/8/08
- Frankfurter: sehr gut! - 10/7/08
- Envision - 26/6/08
- Congratulations to the Comeback Queen! - 25/6/08
- Jane’s Appeal - 14/6/08
- Passion pants - 7/6/08
- Welly Wonka and Juggling Balls - 19/5/08
- Good days and bad days! - 27/4/08
- My Smile Says It All - 13/4/08
- I’M OFF TO A LAND DOWN UNDER - 28/3/08
- Toilet Talk - 15/3/08
- Philippino Perks - 9/3/08
- Looking backwards and forwards - 5/3/08
2007
- Phillipino Pleasures- (round 2) and pommy pain - 23/11/07
- Hawaii Highs: the IM World Championships 2007 - 5/11/07
- Iron Man Dream Come True - 28/8/07
- Worlds & Wheels - 17/7/07
- Ironman Inspiration and Swiss Success - 25/6/07
- Blenheim Blog - 6/6/07
- SUBIC BAY ITU POINTS RACE, 5 MAY - 10/5/07
- Phillipino Inspiration - 10/5/07
- Taking the plunge - 24/4/07
2016
parkrun: running free
April 15, 2016
Juggling balls
February 10, 2015
The need to balance tri training with your career, family, house upkeep, and other obligations is common the triathlon world over: not least because of the time and energy intensive nature of the sport. As a pro I had the …
Turning the Rwandan Wheels of Development
December 8, 2014
Sport means so many things to different people. A challenge, the opportunity to push yourself further, to beat your own time, to beat the times of others, to keep fit, to stay healthy, to make friends, to travel, to wear …
“What’s your next challenge?”
October 24, 2014
I’ve just got back from the World Champs in Kona. It was fantastic to watch the athletes battle it out, to achieve dreams, to celebrate success and to mentally re-live my own races on the island.
I also felt content …
4321 Challenge: a recap
May 7, 2014
After months and months of preparation, ups/downs, broken bones, healed bones, rebroken bones, blood, sweat and a fair few tears it’s so incredibly satisfying to being able to say that we actually completed the 4321 Challenge! For those who don’t …
Eating Disorders in Triathlon: a 220 article
March 11, 2014
For those who haven’t seen this 220 magazine article from 2013 is well worth a read.
Food for thought
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A Response to Parliamentary Commission on Physical Activity
February 25, 2014
Response to DfE guidance on behaviour and discipline in schools
February 5, 2014
This is written in response to the Department for Education’s recent guidelines on behaviour and discipline in schools, in which it states that ‘extra physical activity such as running around a playing field’ could be used as a disciplinary measure. …
Breakfast Pancake Bonanza
January 24, 2014
I’m not known as being a good cook (salad is my speciality), nor am I vegan/vegetarian, a raw person or intolerant of anything (except perhaps intolerance) I just like to mess around with flavours and ingredients. Sometimes successfully, but usually …
New Year’s musings: body confidence
January 7, 2014
Happy new year to you all! Hope you celebrated in style and are looking forward to an amazing 2014, full of challenges, goals, fun and laughter.
In response to some requests on Twitter, I thought i would republish my ‘A …