The idea behind this month of madness is to try and encourage people to take regular exercise in their life. As you may or may not know I’m competing in the Ironman 70.3 UK (1900m swim, 56 mile bike, 13.1mile run) on one of the hardest courses in the world, Also I’m competing in the […]
Well what can I say, This was probably one of the best days of my life. The support crowds and all of the fellow runners was just fantastic. As you can see by the image below I ran in a morph suit. It was a challenge to say the least, as a few months before […]
Oh well this last five weeks haven’t gone according to plan what with me missing the first event due to hand foot and mouth and now having to miss this one due to me breaking my fifth metacarpal (bottom on little finger). Also the main reason of competing is to spread the word of the […]
Well as you know I was meant to be competing in my first event of 2012 today the Saucony 10k. However due to having had something called Coxsackie virus click here (hand, foot and mouth disease).and not feeling 100%, I thought it sensible not to compete. It is hard for any athlete whatever standard you […]
Today marks a very special day in my heart because It was one year ago today that www.bustinyourballs.org went live to the world. Since launch there has been 3707 visits to the site with 8604 different page views and the average time on the site is 2 1/2 minutes. I just want to say a […]
I’d thought I would just write a few words on this year of bustinyourballs.org. Firstly I would like to THANK YOU all for your support over this last year (well it will be a year on the 6th January) It has been a good year for all involved in raising awareness in all different areas […]
Well as you know 7 years ago today I was told that I had stage IV testicular cancer and was told that I would not make it. My life since that happen has been really quite crazy as you can imagine, you can read my story through my treatment HERE I know this might sound […]
Got up: 5:15am Breakfast: Apricot Muesli with soya milk, bananas, honey and cacao nibs. Water. Location: Richmond Park, London Conditions: 1st run – Grass and tarmac, undulating. Bike – Tarmac, very undulating with one biggish hill. 2nd run – Same as first. Weather: Extremely windy with a few showers of rain but very warm & […]
Got up: 4am Breakfast: Apricot Muesli, soya milk, banana and honey, water. Location: London Hyde park, green park Conditions: Water – perfect, Bike – tarmac, little undulating, Run – tarmac, Weather: little hot, bit windy Race Swim: Nice and steady swim, just paced myself T1: Perfect Bike: First bit of the bike is always hard, […]
Got up: 8am Breakfast: 8:30am risotto with mushrooms and spinach. At around 12pm I had 200g of apricot muesli with soya milk & a banana. Location: Docklands, east London Conditions: Water – perfect, Bike – tarmac, little undulating, Run – tarmac, Weather: hot and humid (73F) Race Swim: started well in the front group of […]
