Running can seem like the most uninspiring activity at the best of times. Motivation is the key to starting out, but when it’s cold and dark outside, or if you’ve just spent a long day slogging it out at the office, putting on your trainers and shorts and dragging yourself around the block in front [...]

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OK, with the Half Marathon officially less than two months away, the time has come to step it up.
This week I increased my two weekday runs to closer to 50 minutes, and this Saturday morning I shall attempt my longest run yet: 1.5 hours minimum. Eeek!
Over the years I have realised that, with running long [...]

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Takecaredownthere.org won the 2009 award for best health website in the Webbys. The Webbys are awards for top websites in terms of aesthetics, usability, design, functionality and more. To quote the award-givers themselves:
With nearly 70 categories, Website entries make up the majority of Webby Awards Winners, Nominees and Honorees. Some are beautiful to look at [...]

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Social media today alerted me to a great blog post on website boing boing critiquing a pharmaceuical ad.
The ad features actress Brooke Shields and advertises Latisse, an FDA (The US Food & Drug Administration) approved treatment to help the  disturbing condition in which - wait for it - sufferers must deal with having ‘not enough [...]

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The outgoing president of Diabetes Australia recently said that Australians need to be coerced into living healthier lives through incentive programs and greater access to medical care.
He said Australia is fighting a ‘losing battle’ against diabetes and that healthy Australians and their workplaces should be rewarded with tax incentives.
Are we really that weak and lacking [...]

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I’ve been thinking, one of the hardest things about running regularly or training is the interruptions to regular routines. By this I don’t mean interruptions in a negative sense at all - quite the contrary actually. 
For example, last weekend I had a friend staying. While I probably could have continued to run with her here [...]

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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again - oranges are one of the most nutritious fruits we have!
We already know that oranges are successful maintaining healthy-looking skin and helping to protect against illness because of their rich vitamin C content. Results of a recent study now point to the benefits of oranges in [...]

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In the world of health and medicine, we learn about new health benefits and trends through studies, trials and research. Here’s some of what’s been making news in study stuff this month:
Tinted lenses help headaches and learning problems: Researchers say tinted lenses could help as may as 50 percent of people suffering from reading and learning [...]

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Alcohol here in Salvador can be bought just about anywhere: in the supermarket; on the street; at the beach; in bars (in bottles by the litre if you so desire); in restaurants etc.  I like to think of myself as spontaneous and willing to try (just about) anything, and when the opportunity presents itself for [...]

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Running musings.
When is a runner a Runner? How fit and apt and able do we need to be to bestow the almighty title upon ourselves?
I call myself a Runner because I run a few times a week regularly. I call myself a Snowboarder because I go snowboarding most winters. But I don’t call myself a [...]

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