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October 16, 2026
Fitness Is The One Place You Shouldn’t Play To Your Strengths In life and in business, I believe in going all in on the things you enjoy and the things you’re good at. That doesn’t mean I ignore my weaknesses. I’m well aware of them, but I don’t spend all my energy trying to correct…
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October 16, 2026
The 10 Best Exercises For Staying Capable I’m back in the fold of strength training at the moment. Pushing hard in the gym to build back some strength after the marathon and it got me thinking about the exercises I do and why I do them. So here are my favourite exercises for staying capable.…
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October 9, 2026
Eat More This Winter. Just Make It Count Every year, around now, the same thing happens. The nights draw in, the temperature drops, the Halloween sweets and then the Christmas food appear, and a huge number of people quietly give up. The training slips, the food gets worse, and by January they’ve undone most of…
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October 9, 2026
Anything, But Not Everything: Balancing Your Fitness Goals The marathon is done, and this week I put my lifting belt back on. For the past few months, running 45+ miles a week has taken the lead role in my training. I’ve kept strength work ticking over, but if I’m honest it’s been in the back…
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October 2, 2026
“Life Is A Marathon, Not A Sprint” Is Bad Advice A marathon is a long run where you pace yourself to get to the end. Unless you’re me in Berlin this weekend, but that’s a story for another blog. People love saying life is a marathon, not a sprint. It gets rolled out whenever someone…
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October 2, 2026
Berlin Marathon: I Gave Advice I Didn’t Take Training for Berlin went about as well as it could have gone. Then, like clockwork, I got ill the week before. I still felt rough on the Saturday, properly doubting whether I’d even make the start line in decent shape. Sunday morning, I woke up feeling brilliant.…
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