Category: exercise

I’ve been through a number of different brands of running shoe over the years, so I thought I’d share my experience and assess their worth. Guy Leech Running Shoes: ★☆☆☆☆ I ran in these shoes for a couple of years. They’re cheap (around $30.00 at the time I got them). They did cause me some…

Another Sutherland to Surf fun run took place on the 25th July. The weather was more pleasant than last year, but my preparation was not as good. Nonetheless I cut about half a minute off my overall time, so in the circumstances I was quite pleased. The results this year were not separated into runners…

Last weekend I ran in the 2009 Sutherland to Surf, an 11km “fun run” (or walk) from Sutherland to Wanda beach. I’ve not run in a fun run before, so I learnt a thing or two this time around. This included: An overcast morning in late July in Sydney can be quite cool. The apparent…

On an unrelated note, a recent report on the benefits (or lack thereof) of running shoes from the Daily Mail is interesting because I have been, for the last year or so, been wearing relatively inexpensive running shoes emblazoned with the signature of the “iron man” Guy Leech. These are, perhaps, the exceptions which may…