100 days of indecision
So it’s 100 days to the Olympic games and I confess to be in a bit of a quandary as to how excited I should be. Like many, I attempted and failed to buy tickets. I suppose I could go to a footy match...
View ArticleTough day for triathlon
As usual, because the triathlon at the Olympics is run under the ITU elite triathlon rules, the women’s triathlon was settled by a footrace. Just over 20 athletes entered T2 at the end of the bike...
View ArticleIt’s all hard work and graft
Antonio Rodríguez via Compfight As soon as the amazing Mo Farah came out with the quote above lots of teachers I know started tweeting words to the effect that it was going on their classroom wall as...
View ArticleFirst out of the water
A few months ago I wrote a blog post about my lack of enthusiasm about the forthcoming Olympics and was accused by my regular reader for being a bit of an old curmudgeon about the whole thing. In most...
View ArticleSwings and Roundabouts
And so another year beckons. 2013 will be my eleventh season of triathlon and hopefully much better than the season that has gone before. I have already documented the injury-ravaged nightmare of last...
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