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October 2012

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Not Enough Hours…

Thank the nine Gods that today is my rest day. Having very nearly passed out at freestyle wrestling last night, I fear I may be working too hard and eating too little. Frankly, there just aren't enough hours in the day... Then again, you try looking this guy in the face and telling him "I'm too t...

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Adventure as Motivation

[caption id="attachment_1323" align="alignleft" width="225"] In California, 2008[/caption] Like most things, exercise requires purpose. Sometimes, that purpose is generally looking and feeling good, other times it is a more direct goal like running a marathon or performing better at a certain sport...

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Thursday: Strength and Power

I'm nearly there!. This is installment three of four in my "I kinda try to train along these lines" guide for anybody interested in how I train. If anybody out there is actually interested, I will eat my own hat. As a man who owns no hats, I'll also have to go out and purchase a hat. This I fear...

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Tuesday: Manliness Training

Behold. Now cometh day two of "Sometimes I train like this..." - my attempt to summarise roughly how I like to train on a good week. It is subject to change and outright lies. Today I shall explain the joy of Tuesday, or Tiwesdæg in Old English. This means Tyr's Day, which is lovely. (Tyr bein...

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Monday: Strength and Stability

OK, so here goes my plan to explain how I train on each day of the week. I know, I know - it's boring as hell. But here goes...Monday, or Mōnandæg as it is in Old English. It means Day of the Moon, essentially. That's pretty cool, eh? Now, as everybody knows, the Guild have ten times their no...

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A Week of Training

Having a distinct lack of anything interesting going on in my life at the moment, I have decided to write a little bit about my fairly new training routine. Why? I have no idea. The idea is to explain what I do on each day of the week and why. Somebody, somewhere might be interested... I will ...

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Photos from Birmingham Super Spartan Race 2012

After all my ranting and raving about the disorganisation of Spartan Race, it turns out their photos had been uploaded all along. They simply didn't tell us. They also labelled them somewhat confusingly. Anyway, here are some of them: [gallery columns="4" type="square" ids="4905,4906,4908,4909,49...

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