Category Archives: Video

Just what is it that you want to do? We wanna be free!…we wanna be free! To do what we wanna do!

When news first came out that Primal Scream are to headline Edinburgh’s Hogmanay bash this year by playing the whole of their album Screamadelica live and back to back for the last time..and then a selection of their greatest hits … Continue reading

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Today’s gym music..and THAT Archie Gemmill goal

Couple of oldies but goodies spewed forth from the iPod gym mix today as I took to the cross-trainer in the works gym. First up was Blondie‘s Atomic, a simply magical tune in any environment, whether it be the gym … Continue reading

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Something Old, Something New – today’s iTunes playlist

Last couple of days have been good. Three proper workouts over the space of yesterday and today. I had wanted to do another tonight – maybe a 10k on the rower after tea – but after 50 minutes of solid … Continue reading

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Moves Like Jagger

When we went to France for the second of our wedding trips this Summer (you can read about the first here and the second here) there was a song that seemed to be on perpetual rotation on the radio. It … Continue reading

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When Iain got a Swedish massage from Paul the Trainer

Paul the Trainer is a multi-talented chap. He’s also got a wicked sense of humour, which is why we had no doubts we were in for a night of heavy running just two days before he 10k. We turned up … Continue reading

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When Shaun and Pope Went Boxing…The Movie

It seems a while ago since we first darkened the doors of L.A Boxing. We’ve both talked about it here and here But we also made a movie of that day. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook … Continue reading

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Today’s Gym Song

My gym mix on my ipod and iphone is not unlike like Marmite. No, not brown and shitey – what I mean is it’s a love or hate thing. I’d like to think of it as catholic with a small … Continue reading

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Can You Hear the Drums, Fernando?

I used to play drums very very badly indeed. My long-suffering and highly indulgent parents made the biggest mistake of their life when, broken by years of wheedling, they finally gave in and bought me a second-hand drum kit in … Continue reading

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Anyone Fancy a Jog on New Year’s Day 2012?

I’m not sure either of us has properly told any readers of this blog what we intend to do at the end of the year. If we have given ourselves exactly a year to lose five stones each then what … Continue reading

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Hello Boston!!

And that, as they say, is that. Five million metres on the rowing machine done and dusted. The distance of the Atlantic rowed without moving a bloody inch. 5,000,001 metres to be exact. I thought I’d add that extra one … Continue reading

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