Seasons End

It has been a weird season this year, starting really well and ending really well with despair in the middle. I put together a really good winter block aiming for a marathon somewhere around 3:25, and the sessions were going so well I started to believe the number on

Thinking In Blog Posts

Manton Reece sharing the flow behind his blog posts: This flow: 1. Have a thought. 2. Start writing a short post about it. 3. . It’s not working. Expand into a full-length blog post. 4. . Still no good. Delete the draft and copy the text into a note. 5.

Do Hard Shit

Do hard shit. Not the kind you pick off a list and post about afterwards, seriously hard fucking shit that moves you. It should never be fun. There should be no bragging on Instagram and no tales of excellence in the pub. If you can turn it into a story

A Couple Of Months With The Garmin Cirqa

I can't remember the last time a review device landed on my doormat, so when the Garmin Cirqa turned up I will admit to a small burst of excitement. A new gadget to poke at, and one that sits right on top of the two things I spend

The Mantra

I love this, this is me, what a privilege this is, you paid for this, this is when it counts, you're on the finish line. That is the loop that runs in my head when a race, or a session, goes past the point of being enjoyable and

Post Race Blues

If you have followed me for a while, or know me in real life, then you will already know that I love doing hard things. There is nothing I like more than pushing my boundaries and taking on something a bit crazy, and it gets even better if there is

Micro Social 2.1

As I wrote about at launch (which was only 18 months ago!) I wanted to build an app that gave me a different to use micro.blog. Something that felt more customisable, modern, and streamlined, while still staying true to the simplicity of the platform. At first, this was just

The Asterisk

I raced my second triathlon at the weekend, except it wasn't one. The Outlaw Sprint in Nottingham had the swim cancelled because of algae in the lake, which is just one of the joys of outdoor swimming, so the day became a duathlon instead. A 1.6km run,

Accurate Enough

I've been testing the Garmin Cirqa for a few days, trying to figure out where this device sits and gaging the market to see where it fits. On thing I have noticed on every Reddit thread and YouTube review I watch, the same question of how accurate it