Teamwork: it’s one of those irritating buzzwords you hear just about everywhere you go. Job interviews, personality tests, random courses. If you’re anything like me, you’ve lied about teamwork skills at all of them. Don’t get me wrong, I love people and don’t even mind being around them at times but, as a self-proclaimed indoorsman, I’ve never really been in … Read More
D.N.F. it!
Pardon my grammar but I’m no athlete. I don’t have the fitness levels, the attitude, or the figure for leotards. I once almost caught athlete’s foot but the proud fungal infection wasn’t willing to sully its good name so passed me by for a jogger with potential. As I said, I’m no athlete. So any sport that demands three times … Read More
If it weren’t for you pedalling kids…
In 1932, Amelia Earhart ignored social convention and strong northerly winds to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean as a feeble female. In 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay battled freezing conditions and the need for oxygen, conquering Everest for the first time in recorded human history. In 2013, 9000 people cycled bravely over 47 miles from Glasgow to Edinburgh, … Read More
All’s FARE in love and sport
Rarely, as adults, are we given the opportunity for euphoria. I’m not talking happiness: of course, if we’re careful, we never lose the capacity for joy. I’m thinking of real, deep-seated elation, coupled with an intense breadth of feeling that occupies the very human core, raising the heart rate as well as the follicles on arms, necks and the odd … Read More