It is not all that often that I wait with real anticipation for a book to be published. Even less common for me to pre-order it online and count the weeks and days until it will arrive, mainly due to the fact that I always have a pile of books next to my bed that [...]
Book review – Running with the Kenyans by Adharanand Finn
by simon on April 4, 2012 in books, reviews
The route to success
by simon on November 14, 2011 in news, training
In my other life – the one where I am not running, writing about running, reading about running or thinking about running – I work in the design industry. I subscribe to a blog written by a man considered by many in that industry to be a guru; Seth Godin. His daily emails are pithy [...]
The Mental Muscle with Rasmus Ankersen
by simon on November 7, 2011 in news, other, reviews
I recently attended a one day seminar called the Mental Muscle, presented by Rasmus Ankersen, the High Performance Anthropologist. The seminar was billed as an exploration of the factors that create environments where high performance becomes the norm, and that is exactly what it delivered. To begin Rasmus Ankersen offered the delegates a brief background [...]
Meeting Rasmus Ankersen, the High Performance Anthropologist
by simon on November 4, 2011 in interviews
A few months ago, whilst leafing through Athletics Weekly, I came across an advert for a seminar that was going to be presented by a chap called Rasmus Ankersen, known as the High Performance Anthropologist. The talk was going to centre around a project that Rasmus had undertaken, called the Goldmine Effect, which lead him [...]
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Sports Personality of the Year… if you’re a man.
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Virgin London Marathon 2014 entry opens… and slams the door on some GFA runners
April 29, 2013
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The long slow run… or is it?
August 7, 2011
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Copenhagen marathon 2013: my race review
May 23, 2013
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Why focussing on the marathon might be the wrong thing to do
May 17, 2013
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Stand and deliver… why standing all day and running go together
May 15, 2013
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