March 2008

Pose Running and Crossfit Pistols

30 March 2008

Continuing with my Pose Running, I went for a run again this morning.  I’ve been trying to slow down my runs and concentrate on Pose Form and today managed a modest 10:35 but this was the easiest run yet.  Whilst “easiest” is clearly a relative term for me, for the first time… well ever really, there was this small [...]

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BWLA British Masters Weightlifting Videos

26 March 2008

Following on from my previous write up about Crossfit Manchester at the 2008 British Masters Weightlifting Championships last week, I’ve put together 2 videos of 2 of the Crossfit competitors. Congrats to both Mark and Jo, they did great: WPvideo 1.10 And now Jo: WPvideo 1.10

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Does Acupuncture Hurt? – Oh Yes!

25 March 2008

Acupuncture is a mixed bag. I find the whole experience barely tolerable and I’m dreading the thought of going back for another session. Apart from the general pain of having needles poked, twisted and worked in till each one hurts, the last time the needle in my hand near my thumb was particularly painful. Afterwards [...]

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Genealogy of the McNulty Name

24 March 2008

I’m far from a geneologist, though I enjoy getting updated McNulty family trees from the geneology the my Aunty does. However I’ve recently been sent a document entitled: “Origin of the Surname, McNulty, and its Association with the MacDonlevys/Dunleavys of County Down” written by a Paul McNulty PhD. This is the summary, how much do [...]

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Crossfit Cleans Up at British Masters Weight Lifting Championship

16 March 2008

UPDATE: This post has been editing, please see my comment below for an explanation. On Saturday I took a 200 mile round trip to the Lilleshall National Sports Centre near Telford to support 7 members of Crossfit Manchester who were competing in the BWLA British Masters Weight Lifting Championship Finals! Who were these mighty giants [...]

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Friday Fun Workout

14 March 2008

Just a little video I knocked up at the weekend: WPvideo 1.10 Only joking, that’s some impressive stuff by a Team GB Gymnast called Damien Walters. Running at a wall and doing a back flip is pretty much all I aspire to, but he does a forward flip off a wall, now that’s impressive! In [...]

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General Life Update

10 March 2008

I’m painfully aware that I haven’t done much in the way of actual “blogging” recently about what I’m upto (not that anyone seems to have noticed, lol). So here’s a whistle stop run down: Work: busy, busy, busy! I’ve been pitching to some new clients over the last few weeks, and have won one new [...]

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Friday Fun – The Future of Gaming!

7 March 2008

Mark my words, this is the future of gaming, oh yes! If you’re really impatient to see why, skip to the 3rd video below, the first 2 introduce the technology and set the scene for the 3rd. Why is it the future of gaming? Do you remember when you first played a first person shooter [...]

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