Last night I was quite eager and excited in anticipation of my run this morning, and this morning I wasn't disappointed. Once again I had another great run in my nice new shoes. I think I really should have got my new running shoes a long time ago.
In a moment of renewed enthusiasm for running, after purchasing my new shoes on Monday, I popped into WH Smiths and picked up a copy of Runner's World.
In it I read a short article about how a guy had pretty much solved all his running injuries by throwing his shoes away and resorting to running barefoot, just like we used…
Wow, this holiday stuff is really good for me. I feel rested, refreshed, revitalised and motivated again. Best of all, I managed to lose 5 kgs (11 lbs) whilst on holiday - I suspect most of it is probably water, but anyway... Wooohooo!!! It's the first time I've been under 90 kgs in ages.
My respect for the BBC is starting to wain. This morning, the news was all about how WiFi 'may' kill me (I like to exaggerate - it connects with The Sun readers better ;-) ). Now this afternoon it's not. Make up your mind.
I wish researchers would make up their bloody minds about our exposure to sunshine: in one breathe they say, "Oooh, sunshine is bad. It gives you skin cancer and you'll die, so stay out of the sun". Then they say, "Oooh, sunshine is good. It provides you with Vitamin D that helps protect your from cancer and also helps lift …
Body identity integrity disorder (BIID) is one wacky disorder. Some people would give their right arm to have two legs (that's the non-BIID peeps), others would give their left leg, not to. Very strange.
Prevent catching a cold by being happy. So that's why I don't get colds very often - I'm a happy, shiny, smiley people so am a natural cold buster. :-)
How's this for a bit of South African enginuity: super quick slick condoms brought to you by Prontocondoms out of Stellenbosch. Now you're probably wondering, what the hell am I talking about. Well, these enterprising chappies from Stellenbosch have devised a method of putting on a condom super quick without any fuss. Check out the demo to see how impressively …
This story, in yesterday's Guardian, is just mind-blowing. A South African doctor in Springs discovered that the common sleeping pill zolpidem can reverse serious brain damage and wake up patients in persistent vegetative states!
The hospital ward sister, Lucy Hughes, was periodically concerned that involuntary spasms in Louis's left arm, that resulted in him tearing at his mattress, might be a…
