I did enter and take part in the monthly 5k around the Serpentine last week and ran quite possibly the fastest 5K I’ve done, finishing the course in 22 minutes, according to the website. (I actually timed it as 22:20, but who am I to argue!) That’s a lot faster than I hoped.
Only a [...]
Archive > June 2004
Pushing It
13. Deux Chevaux Island
An island in the middle of a small lake. Freezing cold chest deep water (but hopefully not so freezing in the middle of summer) before clambering out onto the island and over a fence (single hand, single bound? Unlikely after this distance!)
I’ve only seen one picture of this obstacle and that’s from the 1999 event. [...]
12. Korea Hell Hill
Essentially this is just a large stack of hay bales.
In reality, this is a team effort and not something that is necessarily manageable on your own. Apparently. But if it’s just bales of hay, it must be possible to get some handholds and enough footing to get over fairly promptly.
Of course, as long as [...]
Five minutes seconds!
For the first time in 10+ years I’ve got my name in the local papers for a sporting event. Okay, so 450 of us got our names in the paper as they printed the entire results from the race I did last week but still, it beats my usual slot on the Crimewatchers 10 [...]
Ransom Demand
In deference to going into town today and walking for an hour through the grimy streets of our capital city, I decided that I would stay at home and walk the dog for an hour through the fragant paths of our local woods.
However, Inspector Sands has written a very droll post about today’s events bringing [...]
Troubled HYPHEN Diva
Scissor Sister groupie, offical “How Tough is Dragon?” sponsor and generally good egg Mike is back. Not that he ever really went away but he did have few, ah, problems. Of the hosting variety. Anyway, that’s irrelevant now. The point is that he’s got a new domain name which, imaginatively, [...]
Chillied
I am learning a new skill; eating raw red chillis.
I have progressed from slices to being able to take a bite of a whole one.
I don’t yet know how this skill will come in handy, but I’m sure it’ll become apparent before long.
WWIII coming to a city near you!
I didn’t make the Skinny Puppy gig last week, electing to spend some quality time with Mrs D. instead. It seems there’s a bit of a revival at the moment as I’ve just found out that veteran industrialists KMFDM (”Kein Mitleid F?r Die Mehrheit” – No Pity for the Majority) are touring this [...]
Tettenhall Horse Sanctuary
It’s important to remember that the reason I’m doing all this is for charity and so I thought I’d mention a little about the other charity that I’ll be raising money for in addition to Macmillan.
The ‘Mr Mouse Farm for Unfortunates’ and Tettenhall Horse Sanctuary were born in 1978 with a dozen or so ponies [...]
