Having accidentally won South England's strongest natural man (under 80kg) back in April, I found myself in the national finals, against all the champions and qualifiers from across the land. This was to be my first ever two-day competition and my hardest to date. So you might think I'd prepare myse...
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08:21, Trojan Fitness, Bristol The dial on the scale slid upwards, heartlessly, to settle with a mocking little bounce at exactly 80.6kg. “That...” I summarised insightfully, “Is not under 80kg”. That was a problem because, one month after running my first marathon (on a frozen lake...
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Yes, you read that correctly. A marathon. On ice. Why? Because I'd never done a marathon before and would probably never do one again, so I might as well make it memorable: by doing it on frozen lake in Norway, as part of the World Ice Running Championships. Thus, the Oarsman! We drove from O...
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For those who don't know, a Spartan Sprint, Super and Beast race all within a single year. Or, if you are a Guildsman: a single weekend. After all, how hard can it be? Preparation Being a man of The Guild, I believe the best preparation is no preparation. That way I am always equally prepa...
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This time next weekend I will run my first, second and third Spartan Race since 2015. It's in Windsor and is the very last Spartan Race of the season and only the second ever trifecta weekend in the UK. It's going to be epic and I’ll be writing up a full review of my suffering for Obstacle Race Ma...
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This weekend was Ghost Squad's third outing to Mudnificent 7, the OCR Expo. It always holds a special place in our hearts because it was the first race we ever attended outside of Tough Guy, where the sound of five hours of pounding war drums made the OCR community realise there was something not qu...
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This weekend Ghost Squad returned to the summer version of Tough Guy, Nettle Warrior, to do what we do best... ...whatever that is! [gallery type="rectangular" ids="8000,8002,8052,8051,8050,8039,8038,8037,8036,8035,8034,8033,8032,8031,8030,8029,8028"]...
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This Sunday marked exactly one year to the day since I started strength training with a purpose. That sounds odd, I know. Surely the purpose of strength training is always strength? Well yes, but Guildspeople don't really train uni-directionally or for specific purposes. We cultivate an ambient l...
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Having completed five tough weeks of strongman training, it was finally time to test my progress at England’s Strongest Man Under 80kg Novice competition. A few weeks before, I learned that my Ghost Squad amigo, Hakon Fram Stokka, was flying from Norway to Edinburgh to do a 50+ km Spartan Ultra...
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I've just shoved a calendar-style thing on my Facebook page, so you can see where I'm going to be, what I'm going to be doing, and when! Now it's easier than ever to come say hi at Gay Bum gigs, Ghost Squad race hauntings, comic conventions and wrestling shows! Hopefully that means I won't keep ...
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This weekend, Daz and I had a swell outing in Cheltenham for True Believers 2017, where we were absolutely stoked to have our beautiful book - A Rum Run Awry - for sale, along with tons of Daz's latest prints and pieces of artwork. [gallery type="rectangular" columns="2" size="large" ids="7729,77...
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--- I have backdated this post to the weekend of Tough Guy - 29th of January 2017. In reality, I didn't start writing it until about April and then ignored it until July. --- There was a fallout after Tough Guy. Hell, there was a fallout BEFORE Tough Guy when Mr. Mouse hinted that it might not a...
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Friends! Murorga Sim Bowa has once again been crowned EWA British Champion! [gallery type="rectangular" ids="7597,7594,7596,7595"] After triumphing in a 10-man battle royal to win a shot at the championship, he took his chance immediately and sprang into the ring after the main event, to pin ...
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After 10 weeks away from Lucha Britannia, El Nordico Fuego returned to clash horns against moustache against Jerry Bakewell. After the initial haka contest (because why not?), Jerry used his size, experience and eye-poking abilities to get the best of Nordico in the opening stages of the match. ...
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Little did we know, when we picked ourselves up off the floor of a barn on the last day of July 2016, that we were about to witness the final Tough Guy Nettle Warrior of all time. Luckily, Ghost Squad go about every event as if it is the last event on Earth - and we tore it up as best we possibly...
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You're god damn right. Three years after our Leefest debut, we RETURNED at Leefest 2016: The Neverland! And this time, we HEADLINED! Well. Technically. I mean...we played last. That's the same thing, right? After Circa Waves had finished playing the main stage, we did a second 'stripped back'...
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"Because wrestling in York Hall is a once in a lifetime experience!" I protest, trying to explain why I am planning to perform at the Greatest Spectacle of Lucha Libre, then immediately flee 90 mins across London and out to Reading to play a guest show for Metal 2 The Masses. "How many times have...
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SOMEHOW - despite my intro music hitting at 20:15 at York Hall in Bethnal Green - I made it to Reading in time to play Gay Bum's guest slot at the final of Bloodstock's Metal 2 The Masses. I didn't have time to get changed. I didn't even have time to catch my breath. I did, however, have ti...
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Tonight, we had the huge pleasure of being the closing act of the PUMP 999 Photography Exhibit, to celebrate 999 days of PUMP! Al Veryard, the ludicrously talented power behind PUMP Photography, has taken some - if not all - of the best photos of Gay Bum over the last five years. He is also th...
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Last night was Gay Bum's first time playing in Reading, and we did so at the Face Bar. 'tis an excellent venue! Great people, wonderful sound, and cheap Polish beer for sale at the off license around the corner. The only problem with cheap Polish beer is that if you drink all of it (followed b...
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