The Rock Gave Way, Clamping My Foot Like A Steel Bear-trap. I gasped as my ankle ligaments crunched with the sound of distant thunder and I threw my arms out wide like a drunk on a bouncy castle in an attempt to keep my balance as I desperately tried to prevent the load I carried […]
I’m A Loser And A Failure, A Quitter And A Dud. And I wouldn’t have it any other way. It would be so painfully boring, so monotonously generic, if I sat here and listed all the things I was wonderful at (and, as you saw in a previous post, this would also be a blatant
My Dad Called Me A Cupid Stunt A Few Years Ago. At least, I think that’s what he said, he might have got a few of the letters muddled up. I had just boldly announced my intention of running a marathon. He spluttered whilst refilling his wine glass for the sixth time and then squinted
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Envy Is Like Masturbation. Everyone does it. No-one admits to it. And you don’t want to get caught indulging in it. Envy is something we all experience, whether we like it or not. Envious… Or Just Jealous? It’s easy to confuse envy with jealousy – the two words are often used synonymously – but they
Media seems to go in one direction these days. And it’s generally in the direction of the person who is creating it, as they try to portray a perfect image of themselves. From Robert Cornelius taking the first recorded selfie in 1839 to the launch of MySpace in 2003, followed by Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram and
Why is it so difficult to get started? We know what we want to do, and we have the desire to do it. So why is it such a struggle to take that first step? We are told to ‘dream big’ every day. It’s impossible to scroll through YouTube or social media without being bombarded
In April 2018, I completed the ‘Marathon des Sables’ – widely regarded as the world’s toughest footrace. I ran a 250km ultramarathon through the blistering 50-degree heat of the Sahara Desert with all my food, equipment and clothing on my back. To cut a long story short, I had to run seven marathons in six
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