Carry on Bruising
Week 3. Fresh meat….got grilled!
Welcome back suckers! So last week it was ten minutes in hell… This week? Suicide starts! I’m beginning to notice a theme…that theme seems to be based, mainly, around causing us poor, exhausted, hard working newbies the maximum amount of suffering! *attempts to lap up pity, notices distinct lack of pity, creates 500 metric tonnes [...]
Week 2. Fresh meat….is murder! – by Abi Sin Ya
Arriving at skating last night, I was chuffed to see a huge amount of people had come back. In the back of my mind was the worry that cramming this much knowledge into 6 weeks might be overwhelming for some of the new guys and girls, but heck, I was wrong, the turnout was grand!
What [...]
Week 1. Fresh meat…. & greet! – by Abi Sin Ya
As I arrived at Garon Park on Tuesday evening, I couldn’t help but feel nervous. I’ve been training as a referee for the Sirens since the end of Feb, but I’d never been tested on my skating ability, per se. I certainly hadn’t been tested on my fitness! As soon as we kitted up and [...]
Mud. Glorious Mud! Part II – by Wham Paige
Photos copyright: Chris Brown
Trying to describe my experience of running the Maldon Mud Run is almost impossible to do without subjecting you to a very long ramble about just how cold, wet, cold, windy (and did I mention cold??) it was.
Fortunately I have decided to not do that, and instead treat you to some brilliant [...]