Author Archive for: ‘jsarnold’
BBC Drivetime Interview
0On Friday last week I was called up by Andy Comfort at BBC Radio Humberside for a chat about the forthcoming Hull 10k, If you missed it, you can hear the brief interview below: Apologies for the relatively poor audio quality but I was …
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The London 10k – COMPLETED!
First of all, I apologise for taking so long to update this blog. Life has been pretty hectic recently, with increased training and a new job to contend with, but I’m pleased to be able to confirm that the London 10k on May 25th went …
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Another BBC Radio Interview
Following my use of the Humber Bridge for testing out the various modifications I’ve been making to the stormtrooper costume I was invited to appear on the Sally Fairfax Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Humberside today. My son, Jack, came along too and joined in …
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Running in Bournemouth
As I mentioned in my previous post I spent all of last week in Bournemouth (where I come from originally) and managed to squeeze in two more runs in the stormtrooper costume. This was only really possible thanks to James Snape and Darren Jefford (and …
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BBC Radio Humberside Interview
For the last week I have been down in Bournemouth for a pre-Easter family visit, and of course a few more Stormtrooper runs around the region (more of which in a post I’ll upload shortly). Whilst I was there I got a call from BBC …
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Crossing the Humber Bridge
I live very near to the Humber Bridge, probably the most iconic symbol of Hull there is. It also offers me an ideal location for early training and testing of costume configurations, and thanks to the Humber Bridge Board and the Bridge Master I have …
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Stormrunning at Toys R Us, Hull
Today we had great fun thanks to the generous support of the managers and staff at Toys’R’Us, Kingston Retail Park, Hull, who allowed me to spend most of the day in store collecting for Kidscape, and being photographed quite a lot! Fortunately I only made …
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Stormrunning in the Hull Daily Mail
On Friday of last week I featured in the Hull Daily Mail, both the printed paper and their website. They did a great article, and in fact almost the whole of page 21 was dedicated to Stormrunning (and I was the second story on their …
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Stormrunning on TV
On Wednesday 19th March we headed off into Hull city centre with a TV crew, reporter and photographers for a publicity launch, and created quite a stir! It was astonishing how many people were coming up wanting selfies with a stormtrooper. The reaction from people …
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How Stormtroopers see themselves
One thing is certain: all this training and running and healthy eating is having a positive effect on my physique. I’m not yet about ready to release my fitness video, but I can certainly tell that certain pieces of armour need tightening slightly more than …
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