Shiny new website

Shiny new website

I was having some issues with my previous website theme. It looked ok, but something had really gone very badly in the wordpress backend (you dont want anything going badly in there!). I’m really trying to get these things set up so I dont have to spend a lot of...
Heart rate zones

Heart rate zones

I’ve done a couple of marathons before and not really paid too much attention to what my heart was doing. I mean, as long as it’s still beating, I was figuring I was doing just fine. Turns out, I’ve been wrong. It is important. I have been running...
A journey of a thousand miles…..

A journey of a thousand miles…..

….. Starts with a single physio session. I’ve been struggling with a problem in my lower back after one too many games of football and my right knee after one too many long runs. It’s not like I need a working knee to complete my run training. Or a...
Getting a bike

Getting a bike

So first thing. I’ve read the books. I’m inspired. I’m signed up. Ah, here’s the first thing – I dont have a bike. I live in a little flat in Manchester with very little room in it to store bikes. Handily we do have a ‘secure’...
Hello!

Hello!

Hello. My name is Neil and I’m an idiot. I’ve known this for a long time, but had it confirmed recently when I rather foolishly signed up to an Ironman distance triathlon event in July 2012. This is foolish for several reasons, I’ll try and list a...