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1 Preparing for fat loss

Preparing for fat loss One of the keys to good nutrition is being prepared. The ever ready Boy Scouts live by their motto “Always be prepared”. The 5 P’s is also another mantra to live by- Poor Preparation = Piss Poor Performance. You get the idea….be prepared. Now days in an ever increasing time poor […]

0 Herding: to gain better health

Herding: to gain better health Ever notice how animals like to herd together? It’s a good idea when your likely to be pray to some other animal, to take safety among numbers in a heard, stick with your kin, and share with your brothers and sisters. As humans we also do the same. We do […]

0 A Jungle Brother goes Bush

0 Give me my meat!!

Give me my meat!! The last few weeks, months I have been thinking about what we eat and how we eat. By we I mean the world, humans. This all came to a head when i saw this video. My first but brief reaction was the norm, disgust and revulsion for the inhumane treatment. Then […]

3 It all started in 1977

It all started in 1977 Im sure you have noticed that every few years the health experts change their minds about what is good for you and what is not. Well it’s because they really didn’t know until now. Medical experts around the world are finally coming to the realisation that they have been touting […]

1 Telomeres-Are your shoe laces fraying early?

Telomeres-Are your shoe laces fraying early? What are Telomeres? Everyone knows what DNA is, essentially its the stuff that programs your cells to make you what you are. This DNA is housed within a chromosome. Imagine that your chromosome is your shoelace and that the strands of that shoe lace is your DNA. At the […]

0 Success is in the marshmallow

Success is in the marshmallow I recently came across a study into deferred gratification. This is the ability to resist a temptation of an immediate reward to wait for a later reward. This ability to resist the immediate reward and wait for the later reward, which is usually much bigger, has been seen as a […]

2 GeoQuest

GeoQuest As many of you may already know, i compete in adventure racing and I love it! It’s tough and brutal, you become sleep deprived, receive cuts, leaches, toenails falling off, feel sick, and are going constantly for hours, days, even weeks. You feel uncomfortable and wish you were home. You eat food constantly and […]

2 While the Queen’s Away, the Native’s Play.

While the Queen’s Away, the Native’s Play. While the Queen was celebrating her fake birthday by quaffing champagne from giant tea cups and getting a tattoo of Freddie Mercury on her arse, far far away in one of her forgotten colonies the natives were growing restless. Something burning deep inside was urging them to go […]

3 The North Face 100. Part 2

Here it is….the silver belt buckle.

This damn piece of metal kept me going for 13 hrs and 28mins. I knew that i had to do 7-8 km per hour to get under 14hrs and that meant that i could not stop. It was going to be a big call but as we started and i saw the first 10km go past in about an hour i knew that i had to make time on the front end of the course while i was fresh.If i was able to run faster then my planned pace at the start then i would have time to spare at the back half.