Its Aggressive and Non-Emotional

Its Aggressive and Non-Emotional

Friday, 25 July 2008 I woke to the shout of former British Royal Marine Gary: “Let’s go, let’s go, lets go!” Simon and Noel were out of their sleeping bags within seconds and as I extracted myself from the tent my heart rate began to race. It was 6:30 am and we were...
What On Earth Possesses You?

What On Earth Possesses You?

Tuesday, 15 July 2008   The challenge is to race to the South Pole over 1,000 kilometres in the world’s harshest environment. We will man-haul 90 kg sledges (pulks) for up to 16 hours each day for 45 days after a 200 kms warm up. We will be sleep deprived, hungry,...
Teammates and Sponsors

Teammates and Sponsors

Tuesday, 1 July 2008 Another month has slipped by and there is a growing sense of reality about what I am planning to do. I have now progressed to pulling tires for eight hours as one of the key sessions each week – it is tough but then I remember that this is only...
To The Brink & Beyond

To The Brink & Beyond

Friday,13 June 2008   The big aim in the last four months has been to avoid injury by cross training – I’ve been ‘getting ready to train’…   Since early February I’ve been getting my muscles ready for some real work. And so with six months to go it is time...
A World Of Sponsorship Possibilities…

A World Of Sponsorship Possibilities…

Monday, 9 June 2008 Apart from the challenge of man-hauling more than our own body weight   for up to 16 hours per day over 1,000 kms to the South Pole, the other challenge is funding the project. I can get myself fit, strong and ready to race to the South Pole but...
Norway: Controlling For Everything But The X-Factor

Norway: Controlling For Everything But The X-Factor

Friday, 30 May 2008 Recently I have been writing about my fear of the unknown – the terrain that we will face in Antarctica. Last week I did something about it and travelled to Norway in search of sastrugi… On Sunday 18th May I flew to Oslo and met up with an old...
Raw Training

Raw Training

Wednesday, 14 May 2008  Over the weekend I received my training programme for the next seven months and I love it. It is raw, hard training and as soon as it hit my email I couldn’t wait to get stuck in… To explain the origins of my excitement I want to bring you back...
Turning The Unknown Into Reality – Off To Norway

Turning The Unknown Into Reality – Off To Norway

Thursday, 8 May 2008 Since sastrugi entered my conciousness nearly three weeks ago I have been living in fear! Most of what we are doing is somewhat in our control. We can train for fitness, practice putting up the tent fast, dress for the environment and test our...