OK, so I’ll admit the quality of the bling on offer plays a part in helping me decide what running/adventure race events I’ll enter these days. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t do an event I’m completely uninterested in just because it has good bling. But, ah, actually, scratch that, maybe I might. You know, [...]
Here's to the misfits. The loners and the weirdos. Because as difficult as it is at times for those who don't fit into the world the way it is, it's those people we rely on to make it different. Better. So if you don't feel like you fit or belong, congratulations. Seriously. And if you're [...]
A few years back I hurt my ankle quite badly and couldn’t run for a while. For me personally, running doesn’t just stop me becoming one of those people who have to be craned out of their house, it also keeps me my version of sane. Which, to be fair, is quite a long way [...]
Moments. That's all there is. Lots and lots of moments all joined together. Moments are there whether you recognise them or not. Most of them just slip on by because they’re 'ordinary'. We usually only notice the really good ones. Or the bad ones. (And boy are we good at that!) And for the most [...]
It’s easy to look at people’s adventures on social media and get all wistful and wish you could do this or that. And that kind of Wanderlust gets a bit fuckity if it makes you feel like you’re missing out on something by focusing on the shit you can’t do, rather than excited about what [...]
At the risk of sounding like a pompous twat, (more than usual, I mean), in recent weeks I’ve spent a ridiculous amount of time pondering this fundamental question: How the fuck do we find middle ground, how do we find harmony, whilst respecting another person's, or group's, right to have completely different opinions and beliefs [...]
Resistance to change is such a fascinating phenomena. We see it in all sorts of ways and places. I'm not immune to it myself. We all have things we like or are attached to. But at some point, if we want 'things' to be different, we can't just sit and hope and pray, (if that's [...]
(First published on Facebook on 23 December, 2016) My final ode to the notion of 'political correctness' (or as I like to call it 'being nice to people'), for the year. Sometimes, I think thoughts at the weirdest of times, like when I'm riding my bike or walking or running or in the shower or, [...]
We all know politics doesn't necessarily match up well with common sense. And the latest citizenship debacle here in Australia is an epic case of exactly that. The law that is in place, that politicians can't be dual citizens, is clearly no longer relevant in the way it was intended to be when first introduced [...]
This week we saw the 157th running of Australia's biggest horse race - The Melbourne Cup. Most years, statistically speaking, the day of celebration, the 'race that stops the nation', stops at least one horse dead in its tracks. Literally. And while this year was no exception with a horse being killed as a result [...]
