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Book Review – The Road to Sparta by Dean Karnazes

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My first encounter with Dean Karnazes came in the early summer of 2014. I was about to embark […]

December 28, 2016 Book reviews, Books, Greece, Running, Spartathlon, Sport

First Night Nerves

It was inevitable there would be a few nerves. After two and a half years of hard work, […]

November 8, 2016 Culture, Dublin, Film, Greece, Running, Spartathlon, Sport, Trinity College

Oh my, Sherif

Not many people will know the name Sherif Othman. Maybe a few geeky pub-quizzers but for the most […]

February 17, 2016 London 2012, Sport

Farewell to the King of the Sporting Lens

It is almost two weeks now since the photographer Mike King collapsed at his mother’s house and died at the […]

September 19, 2015 Culture, Rugby union, 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

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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

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