Archive for the ‘Sports’ Category
Questars Race 2 – 30 May 2009 – Brecon Beacons, South Wales
Race 2 was held in the Brecon Beacons at a slightly different location to the place last year. Last year I competed with Dave in the 5 hour version and Steve did it on his own (6 hour version). This time I teamed up with Steve and we did the Masters trio (6 hours, 3 [...]
Going Tubeless!
In my last Adventure Race, I got 2 punctures. The time it took me to fix them resulted in Steve and I ending up in 17th place when we should have been in around 8th place. I think the punctures were just a result of bad luck as I was using good wheels, tyres and [...]
I’ve been Racing Boats – at Port Solent, Portsmouth
Every year at work, Deloitte have a boating regatta weekend, but this is the first time that my division was invited to it. So when the e-mail came around I replied to say that I would like to go. They have 250 places for the 2 days, with 20 boats per day. As the event [...]
I’ve been Rock Climbing in Spain!
A few weeks ago my friend Dave asked if I wanted to go to the south of Spain (near Alicante) for a weeks rocks climbing holiday, starting the 28th March with 7 other people. Being the adventurous person that I am I said yes. The only snag was that I was doing a 6 hour [...]
Questars Race 1 – 28 March 2009 – New Forest, Hampshire
I entered Race 1 of the 2009 Questars Adventure Race with Steve. We entered the 6 hour Questars Trio format as mens pair team, so it was mountain biking, running and kayaking. The morning started off very cold. I looked around and I was the only person in shorts and t-shirt, so I nipped over [...]
Got the new Mobile – and have entered another 6 hour Adventure Race!
A nice Royal Mail courrier knocked on my door this morning and handed me an HTC Touch HD. I carefully unwrapped it, took it to work and charged it at my desk. Then I called O2 and got the on the ‘special’ number discussed here http://www.modaco.com/content/blackstone-blackstone-modaco-com/278122/unlimited-web-on-o2-can-you-use-for-other-apps/. I was in a queue for about 30 seconds, [...]
I’ve got a new Mountain Bike!
When I was in South Africa I was working with Alex who turned out to be a bit of a mountain bike junkie. I made the mistake of saying that I had been doing quite a few Adventure Races over the past year and that I was thinking about getting a new mountain bike. He [...]
Entered my first 10k Running Event (Bradford 29/03/2009)
I’ve just registered for what will be my first 10k running event. It will be in Bradford on the 29th March. http://www.epilepsy.org.uk/involved/bradford10k.html It’s a long way to go, but my friend Emma is doing it (her first ever running event) so I’m going for moral support
The Whole Christmas and New Year Thing…
I don’t like Christmas. First of all, I prefer to write ‘xmas’ because the word ‘Christmas’ is too long is too religious for my liking. I’m not a Scrooge by any means, but I don’t like the xmas period because: It’s a religious holiday and I’m an atheist. I haven’t met a single person who [...]
Birmingham Half Marathon 2008
Last Sunday (26th October 2008) I ran the Birmingham Half Marathon which started at Walsall road by the Alexander Stadium and finished at Centenary Square in the city centre. Course description from the website: The course is undulating. The first stage of the course is on the A34 which is a dual carriageway heading into [...]