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Missing In Action
By Andy Blackford on 05/09/2003 11:22:02
Map reading may not be an instinctive skill, but you'd have to practise at being this bad at it
If the ‘World’s Toughest Foot Race’ was merely a race to develop the world’s toughest foot, I’d be laughing. I’d spend a couple of weeks firewalking in Haiti, soak the old plates of meat in permanganate, and bingo! – I’d be quaffing my Special Brew
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One Dog And His Man
By Andy Blackford on 09/09/2003 10:50:33
Realising that your canine running partner is more famous than you can be something of a blow
and whimpered in a sort of hurt, bewildered way. There could be no other explanation – the World’s Fittest Dog was injured.It felt strange, leaving the house without him. For one thing, I didn’t have to stop five times before the end of the road while he
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Runnin' Along And Feelin' Groovy
By Andy Blackford on 04/09/2003 15:49:58
Slow to start but a joy to experience? The benefits of a healthy lifestyle
, according to a recent survey of RUNNERS WORLD readers, Im slightly less popular than Glenn Hoddle.Last month my running had descended to an all-time low. While training in the Peak District I was overtaken by a large boulder. I was deeply shocked
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Professional conduct
By Andy Blackford on 08/09/2004 12:18:41
Sleep lots, eat mud, run constantly - what the life of the full-time runner is really like
is hot, the beer is cold and all is well with the world.But imagine if running were not just an unpleasant but psychologically necessary interlude in your self-indulgent day. Imagine doing it for a living.It wouldn’t be a case of, ‘I’m just popping out
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The Loneliness Of The Long-Suffering Runner
By Andy Blackford on 05/09/2003 11:16:48
Sometimes life can seem like one big Marathon des Sables
will doubtless throw good sense to the wind and render ourselves incapable of movement for days. No matter. We shall regard it, in the fine old tradition of Numbskulls AC, as resistance training. Meanwhile, Oscar The World’s Fittest Dog and I will be upping our
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A Bi-Psyche Made For Two
By Andy Blackford on 04/09/2003 17:20:05
Your Official Me Observer can provide you with a whole new angle on doing splits
ahead of Ajdjiti Mbmti, reigning world champion, then collapsing into the enfolding bosom of Shania Twain.Insane optimism is just as dangerous as leaden-footed self-flagellation. Im sure that really great runners dont have OMOs. Theyre just them
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Relocation, Relocation
By Andy Blackford on 29/10/2004 12:46:30
Some of my new neighbours have proven to be friendlier than others
and Abbot already enquire, “Pint of cider, Andy?” as I stagger into the pub at 6.50, still shaking from the lunatic race up the A1 on the Ducati.Life in Litlington is like an endless edition of the Archers. Nothing wrong in that. I remember doing
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Body of Evidence
By Andy Blackford on 08/09/2003 17:28:35
How much can the human body handle? As little as it can get away with
hours of bragging in bars and writing in RUNNER’S WORLD. Thus, over the course of weeks and months, you can convince your body that what you’re demanding of it is not as inherently stupid as it first sounded.Watch this space.
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Escape Rout
By Andy Blackford on 09/09/2003 11:12:19
There's no avoiding a date with destiny - however much you might want to
-mail, every column in RUNNER’S WORLD, commits me more deeply to this unthinkable madness. All that can save me now is a Blighty – a running injury so persistent and deep-seated that the Trans 333 would be entirely out of the question. Such an injury would
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The Moor The Merrier
By Andy Blackford on 09/09/2003 11:45:05
The madness of adventure racers, as seen through the eyes of an ageing ultrarunner
afternoon). And its going to very tough (I dont suppose Ill be up to planting the tulip bulbs). Seaton (Steven, Editor, RUNNERS WORLD) is getting terrible gyp from his knee after the mountain bike accident, I continued. And Ran (Sir Ranulph Fiennes
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