Misadventures in Multisport - Blog

My work takes me overseas on occasion. Whilst it's a novelty the first couple of times, in reality, one hotel room is much the same as another the world over, so my own personal hotel ratings system revolves around three things: Quality of the breakfast...

My apologies for the blog silence of late. Through the dark cold months I’ve been struggling with motivation through a series of colds, mechanical failures of both bicycle and car (the first taken care of under warranty, the second rather more costly...

The cycling population of South Yorkshire had a rare opportunity this weekend to share a ride with one of the sport's top pros. Nicolas Roche, leader of the UCI pro cycling team Ag2r and three time Tour de France finisher, was in town to promote his...

I daresay that being a keen player of lawn bowls does not prepare you for a career in world class gymnastics. Fitness for one sport doesn’t always translate well into fitness for another. I’ve never heard it said that Kenyan long distance...

Sport is (sadly) not my full time job. In fact, my full time job isn't really my full time job either - in terms of my order of priorities, being a parent is top of the list, 24 hours a day. I'm a parent because I chose to be, and an employee...

If the lessons of history teach us anything, it's that we rarely learn from the lessons of history. Here, therefore, for your reading pleasure and in the hope that you may defy the lessons of history, are the top five stupid things I have done...

Thanks to a dose of man flu my younger son has kindly passed me, I've been pretty inactive for ten days and I'm feeling bad. I'm mainly recovered from the virus, with its attendant sniffles, sore throat and aches, but the inabil ity to...

More often than not, when I line up for the start of a race, I am not expecting to win. I will always have a time to aim for, or a targeted finishing place, but troubling the podium is rarely at the forefront of my mind. Even as every race needs a winner...

I got into triathlon the same way as I got into competitive running, that is to say, by accident. My appetite for a challenge explains many things... I began with the 1500m and cross-country - there wasn't a long queue of enthusiastic volunteers for...