Author: Buck

I’m still on about my triathlon. Run away, run away now. I am still working up to the full Iron Man distance Outlaw race (July 24, provisionally) but I have found a few diverting projects besides.   In may (21st, to be confirmed) there is a half I.M. distance race in Cornwall. That really appeals!…

Things are progressing apace. Unnervingly some things are actually looking like they are coming together. Always a sign you don’t understand the awful truth of the situation, in my experience. I went away to my jolly hols at the T.A. gulag. I was all psyched up for it. They’d said ‘this is where it gets…

I have set my heart on my new challenge, the Iron Man (IM) triathlon. An aspiration that,  I might add, has earned me little but ridicule in most circles. The exception being the Runners World forum from the Warrington half marathon. Those chaps were again very supportive and have provided me with a list of…

That was a Black Sabbath quote, btw. Ozzy Osbourne? 70’s rock legend? *sighs at the yoof of today’s want of culture.* Anyhow, Iron Man; I finished my first half-marathon on Sunday. It was epic! It lashed down the whole time, parts of the course were flooded, others (due to the bloody hills they managed to…

On the Sunday night, after my weekend of jolly T.A. training, I posted a throw-away remark on Twitter saying I was finding it hard to get my head back into civvy mode. This has attracted a few wry comments. Allow me to explain. What I wasn’t saying was that 48hrs of T.A. training had turned…