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Category Archive: Sport

Book Review – Running and Stuff by James Adams

It was a busy weekend of sport; the end of the Premier League season, England winning a Test […]

May 26, 2015 Book reviews, Books, Greece, Running, Spartathlon, Sport

Blood, sweat, boil and beers

Done. Dusted. Another half-marathon in the warmth of a May morning in north-east London. No records, no glory. […]

May 14, 2015 Running, Sport

Running for Digger, Fighting Cancer

Oops. Spent Sunday morning watching the London Marathon. Fantastic event. Elite runners pushing at the boundaries of world […]

April 28, 2015 Running, Sport

Notes from the Mountaintop

It has taken 114 years but now I feel, at last, I can look my grandfather in the […]

February 14, 2015 Sport

Long Day’s Journey into Night (and back into day again)

It was around 11 o’clock on Saturday morning when Dean Karnazes (right) slipped past the ruins of the temple […]

October 6, 2014 Culture, Film, Greece, Running, Spartathlon, Sport

The Rough and Rocky Road to Sparta

O O Read More

This is going to be interesting. Very interesting.  A test of mind and body. Sleep deprivation, hunger, inevitable […]

September 23, 2014 Culture, Film, Greece, Running, Spartathlon, Sport

Book Review – Ultra Marathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner by Dean Karnazes

Self-help books are all the rage. Titles like How to Write a Blog (must read that one when […]

July 17, 2014 Book reviews, Books, Greek sporting legends, Running, Sport

Bastareaud comes of age at Toulon

Next Sunday, two of Europe’s rugby heavyweights go head to head in Marseille – current Heineken Cup champions […]

April 22, 2014 France, Rugby union, Sport

Sore Nipples and Trench Foot at the London Marathon

The London Marathon is one of the great city sporting events. A quality elite race, which this year […]

April 11, 2014 Running, Sport

Book Review – Calon: A Journey to the Heart of Welsh Rugby by Owen Sheers

The Green Man Festival is a wonderful occasion. It takes place every August in the gentle, rolling foothills […]

February 19, 2014 Book reviews, Books, Rugby union, Sport

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