Thank You For The Day

“Thank you for the days Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me I’m thinking of the days I won’t forget a single day believe me” Kirsty MacColl, Days, 1989 Well, today was dominated by one thing and my legs are still feeling the burn a whole 10 hours after finishing. One thing I [...]

Running All Over The Town

“But I will run until my feet no longer run no more And I will kiss until my lips no longer feel no more And I will love until my heart it aches And I will love until my heart it breaks And I will love until there’s nothing more to live for” Amy MacDonald, [...]

And The Winner Of The Olympic Gold Medal For Lie-Ins Is…

“Caravans watching water, like polar bears await their time. Windows broken, tyres stolen, laid out on the dunes to die” Stephen Harris, “Lion Tamer, Chelsea Diner”, 2008 Not much of an update from me today, it’s been a long old week. Two trips to Coventry, one to Eastbourne and three to Portsmouth, which does indeed [...]

Who Wants To Write A Script?

“I’m travelling not running, I don’t like it here, From cracks in the pavement, faces appear, I’m sleeping not coming, fantasy’s far, If you don’t want to get there, stay where you are” Travelling Not Running, EMF, 1991 I think it’s high time for a resolution update, in the full knowledge that I have been [...]

The Arsenal Shirt Of Hurt

“Water babies singing in a lily pool delight Blue powder monkeys playing in the dead of night Here comes the Black Queen poking in the pile Fi fo the Black Queen marching single file Take this take that bring them down to size March to the Black Queen” Queen, March of The Black Queen, 1973 [...]

Keep On Keeping On

“If you wake up and don’t want to smile, If it takes just a little while, Open your eyes and look at the day, You’ll see things in a different way.” Fleetwood Mac, Don’t Stop, 1977 Resolution update: Blogging – yep still doing it and for 80 days in a row now, almost proud of [...]

I Am Not A Number! Yes I Am, It’s 3B275626

“I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered! My life is my own.” No.6, The Prisoner, “Arrival” 1967 If you are confused by today’s title, I have just received my entry number for the Chichester Mile (although, I will be running three miles) in aid of Sport Relief. Do I still [...]

Resolution Number 9

“A man without terrors from beard to false As the headmaster reported to my son He really can try, as they do, to find function… Tell what he was saying, and his voice was low and his hive high, And his eyes were low… Alright!” Revolution 9, The Beatles, 1968 Resolution Update. You knew it [...]

Run For The Hills

“And if I only could, I’d make a deal with God, And I’d get him to swap our places, Be running up that road, Be running up that hill.” Kate Bush, Running Up That Hill, 1985 Guess what? You can sponsor me to run 3-miles in aid of Sport Relief in 8 weeks time. Click [...]

Pimp My Blog Up

“As I went home on Wednesday night as drunk as drunk could be, I saw a pipe up on the chair where my old pipe should be, Well, I called me wife and I said to her: Will you kindly tell to me, Who owns that pipe up on the chair where my old pipe [...]