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Category Archives: Health and Fitness
Microadventure #8: Wild Swim Video
I've become a bit obsessed with wild swimming so it made sense to include a swimming journey in my year of microadventure.
Running from Scotland to the Sahara
A 400 second account of running 2600 miles to the Sahara desert!
Running Round the World in 400 seconds
A short talk from Rosie Swale-Pope.
The Epic Tri – a report
Guest blog about one of the most impressive UK challenges.
The world’s most depressed nation
Why is America more depressed than Nigeria?
The Childhood Obesity Epidemic
There are 11 million obese children in America.
Database of Britain’s Best Adventure Races
I'm trying to compile a list of excellent races. Please add your suggestions.
Depressing Statistic #1
...the first in a regular series of depressing statistics about youth obesity and declining activity levels.
Enter a Race Today – microadventure #1
This year is my year of British microadventures. A year of seeking out challenges, new places and new experiences in my own country. In order to try to encourage a wider span of people to sample a microadventure for themselves, I am going to cover a range of different types of microadventure. I’m kicking off [...]
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Manifesto for 2011: the Revolution Will Not be Motorised
I make my living from speaking and writing about the things that I do. I have a platform to preach from. And the time has come for me to practice what I preach.
Please Stand on the Right (if you are a loser)
Everyone is allowed to have one or two petty pet hates. Trivial things, unnoticed to all but you. Things that rile you so much that they turn you to Pub Bore, re-telling your rants to disinterested friends and colleagues in futile attempts to vent your spleen. Well, here is one of mine… But first, a [...]
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Clocks go back tonight: a tip
Don’t put your clocks back tonight. Get up at your normal time, run, ride or read for an hour, and THEN put them back. An extra hour of life, for FREE! DON’T MISS A THING – FREE MONTHLY UPDATE BY EMAIL: Have you read Alastair’s books? Also available for Kindle, iPad and children.
