I’m pretty well known for taking some strong positions on… well, on almost everything. Historically these positions have resulted in me burning the odd bridge. In my defence, I’m more than happy to change position. As a former colleague…

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Going for a run at 5 o’clock in the morning is awesome. There’s no one around other than our local rural mail contractor, the birds are still asleep and all I hear are my footsteps and the crunch of…

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There is a tendency in people of a certain age to lament the ways younger individuals think and act. They see the younger generation as frivolous, self-absorbed, ignorant and lazy. And those are the more moderate traits with which…

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I like helping people. I’m sure my therapist would suggest that my willingness to do stuff for others, is a function of some deep-seated psychological issues related to my parents, my extended thumb-sucking or the star sign under which…

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Pretty much all the answers in the world are to be found at C4 Coffee most weekday mornings from 8am. At that time, a group of decidedly white, decidedly middle-aged and decidedly male individuals meats to imbibe coffee and…

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I spent a few years working as a paramedic. It was incredibly rewarding work and if it wasn’t for the politics of the organisation running the service, I’d probably still be doing it. Outside of organisational politics, the thing…

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I spend a lot of time walking around airports. Having done around 350,000 air miles each year for 15 or so years, I’ve gotten to know a number of airports very well. I’ve spent lots of time either walking…

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Back in my younger years, I was a distinctly uncompetitive competitive cyclist. Back in those days, the 1990s, we used to wait for a month to find out the results of the Tour de France. There was no Sky…

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The great thing about running ultra marathons as opposed to running shorter running races is that it gives the participant a chance to go slow, stop often and eat lots of food. My running career started off with far…

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Anyone who has read the book Born to Run will know the trend that was Barefoot Running. The writer spent some time watching an obscure Mexican tribe, the Tarahumara Indians, that does long-distance running races in the canyons of…

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