For the last seven weeks, I have been suffering with somethingorotheritis. I picked it up in Cambodia, threw up multiple times every day for a month and have since been incapable of eating anything much without suffering with cramps, sweats and blurred vision beyond about four feet. This ailment ...
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Alas, there is always a downside to fleeing the lands in search of adventure. Last night, at EWA Pro Challenge Wrestling, I lost my British Championship title to Crazy Jonny Jones, after I landed head first on his knees...twice in a row. The first time was from the top rope, when I mistimed a Doo...
Continue reading ...My wonderfully talented friend introduced me to this video. It's friggin' amazing...apart from one thing...the music. Don't get me wrong, it's inoffensive... But when a man is performing feats of strength to this level, he really should be performing to some kind of EPIC HEAVY METAL! I hav...
Continue reading ...Anyone wondering what I looked like as I crossed the finish line of Tough Guy 2012? Well, wonder no longer - here is the very sight, in all its unimpressive glory: [youtube height="472" width="620"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DM6izaNeqfs[/youtube]...
Continue reading ...The half marathon is is over. Over. Thank the Gods! Having never really attempted anything like it, I decided to try to run 10-minute miles for the whole race. Being a 13.1 mile race, I should therefore finish in 2 hours and 11 minutes. If I managed to pull something out of my hat (we all wear ru...
Continue reading ...I know it's not strictly Ed vs Sport-related, but yesterday was my band's final official gig... Though I long to explicate in wondrous prose and expound the myriad virtues of our performance…alas I cannot. As the ancients uttered long before we knew such wisdom: I was blinded by the rock…and...
Continue reading ...Although I didn’t train today, I was hardly resting on my laurels. Whatever that means. No no, my friends. Today I was in the studio with my band, Gay Bum, for a live recording! Here is a sample song: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYLddhwibMU&hl=en&fs=1] Read on, McRock! A...
Continue reading ...[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NPgPNku2fo?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349]Today, I did my first ever...run. Well, one of my first ever runs... My first ever training run, where I'm training myself to run again, but farther. Get it? No? Good, nor do I - RUNNING MAKES NO SENSE T...
Continue reading ...[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLoMOk9tglM?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] As it is with everything, motivation is integral to fitness. It doesn't matter how often you go to the gym; if you don't work hard when you're there, you simply won't improve. Today, I wasn't motivated - and ...
Continue reading ...Having turned my calf muscles into porridge at boxing on Monday night, including any kind of leg work into my Tuesday training regime was simply out of the question. Having done a hard back workout towards the end of the previous week, I decided it was about time to do a chest and triceps workout,...
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