Category Archive for: ‘Training’
Rebooting in 5.. 4.. 3.. 2.. 1..
2Hello. It’s been a while hasn’t it? So what happened? At the end of 2015 I was unfortunately diagnosed with dangerously high blood pressure, and my doctor forbade me from doing any running at all. Despite a raft of extremely thorough checks, scans and tests …
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First Costume Run of 2015
Last year I wore one of the fabulous stormtrooper costumes produced by Andrew Ainsworth at Shepperton Studios. He’s the guy who, back in 1976, designed and manufactured the original stormtrooper costumes for the Star Wars films. My costume was made using the same moulds, and …
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Darth Vader Joins The Team
Way back in 2013 when I decided to compete in a large number of long distance races in fancy dress to raise money for Kidscape I asked my son, Jack, for his thoughts on a possible costume. It was his obsession with Star Wars which …
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Hull Parkrun
In view of the fact that I was unable to compete in the Bournemouth Marathon this year, I decided to take part in my very first Parkrun on Saturday 4th October in Hull. Parkrun is a fantastic opportunity for anyone at all to compete in …
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Injured Trooper
Unfortunately almost every runner has suffered from some type of injury at some point, and although I’m a big strong Imperial Stormtrooper sometimes things happen which cause problems with running. At the start of September I had a knee injury which meant that I had …
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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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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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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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Time to kick-start the campaign
Well, after a busy few days I have finally finished the website, and got all of our social media profiles up, running and linked together. Now to get the message out! Although at this early stage donations would be wonderful, what we need most is …
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What is the ‘Stormrunning Challenge 2014’?
Hello, and thank you for taking the time to find out about the ‘Stormrunning Challenge 2014‘. So what’s the idea? Throughout the course of 2014 I will be taking part in a number of running events, from 10 kilometre and 10 mile events to half …
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