Ready for something new and different? Well don’t hold your breath. Not much is completely new or different. Most of what we deem to be new, is either just the rehashing of old stuff, bringing old things to people who haven’t seen it before or combining separate old things in news ways. Very few things […] ...
ve changed from fifth gear back to first or second - and we’ll stay in first or second until we start racing again in April. If we could do the Olympic Games every week we would but it’s these long, tough, grinding sessions in the winter when we build the engine that we’ll need in the summer. It’s a lot about finding the positives - and there is something to be said for...
Q. What is the difference between a ‘continuous mix’ and a gapless album? A continuous mix is essentially all of the individual songs on the album joined together in one long track. A gapless album has all of the individual songs as separate tracks that allow the album to be played from start to finish without any […] ...
s final, which you can watch live on the BBC . Before arriving in New Zealand, I knew it for its rugby, as a destination for many British travellers seeking adventure tourism, and as somewhere my parents went a few years ago and described as being "a bit like Cornwall". Being from a proudly Cornish family, I knew this was the biggest compliment they could pay any country. So before discussing the rowing,...
Mark (known as the Rhythm King to everyone at Pausarius) is the expert behind the training routines and is very happy to answer any questions you might have for him. He is a fully qualified Sports Physiologist and Psychologist with extensive experience, and has worked with many professional athletes and clients requiring motivation to achieve […] ...
t part of the World Cup series, it still attracts top international crews, as well as the best of club rowing in the UK. The quad that has been racing as Great Britain all summer - Katherine Grainger, Anna Watkins, Beth Rodford and me - put on club kit to represent Marlow, Leander, Gloucester and London. Here's my diary from the event. Grainger, Watkins, Rodford and Vernon compete in rough water at...
s interesting to watch the progress of the English football team in their World Cup campaign. I appreciate how difficult it could be, being pursued by the media 24 hours a day, with your every comment, performance or move on the training pitch being picked over; but the actions of some of the footballers just seem unbelievable to me. Some England players (as well as players from lots of different countries)...
s ice hockey gold, much has been made of the ' Own the Podium ' programme, and whether or not this put too much pressure on the Canadian athletes. Did they underperform? Was home expectation too much for them? I think I'm right to say that every athlete dreams of competing at home. Success on home soil, in front of all your family and friends, would be the ultimate achievement. But at the same time,...