Archive for September, 2007

BlogsRecord First Contest - I Am A Winner!

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

What a nice surprise when I checked my email this evening after a weekend away - I’d been randomly selected as the winner of the BlogsRecord First Contest and therefore my PayPal account is now $150.00 healthier!! I’m still in shock to be honest…
The BlogsRecord blog directory is, according to Chris the site owner, “a […]

Mini Cooper Stunt Driver

Friday, September 28th, 2007

Another Mini Cooper video - this one features a skillful stunt driver with some serious handling skills. Make sure you watch all the way to the end….
Enjoy!!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHtgXi-B9dA[/youtube]

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PaceTat - Marathon Pace Band Tattoo

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

In many of my previous marathons I’ve printed off and worn a wrist pace band to help achieve my time goals. It’s quite an easy thing to do - head on over to the Runner’s World web site, enter your target time & race distance and print the band. Once you’ve trimmed the sheet of […]

MINI Cooper World Record: Long Live The King

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

Here’s a record breaking video from MINI Phenomenon 2007, held in Bangkok, Thailand. 444 Mini Cooper’s created a larger than life display spelling “Long Live the King”, setting a new world record for the Guinness Book of World Records.
I don’t have any further details at the moment, but here’s the video:

Chocolate Milk: The All New Recovery Drink!

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

Are sports recovery drinks all they’re cracked up to be, or is good old low fat chocolate milk just as effective?
A study in 2006 by James Karp M.S. (published in the International Journal of Sports Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism), discovered that the ingestion of chocolate milk immediately after intense training “reported a significantly greater time […]

Monopoly Here And Now UK Edition Update

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

Way back in April I posted about a competition that was being held to choose 22 of the UK’s most popular locations to be immortalised on the world famous board game, Monopoly.
I’m pleased to announce my birth city Cardiff was chosen as one of the 22 locations to take it’s place on the Monopoly board […]

Paula Radcliffe’s BUPA Great North Run Comeback

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

Paula Radcliffe will compete for the first time in almost two years at the BUPA Great North Run on September 30. Radcliffe’s comeback race will see her seriously tested in the world’s biggest half marathon.
“I have many happy memories of good races at the Great North Run, so it seemed a natural place to start […]

Bizarre Google AdSense Ads

Monday, September 24th, 2007

It seems you have to be really careful what words you use on your blog posts at the moment. Not long after I’d finished laughing at a post on the DealDotCom blog where they were featuring a “Meet Gay Chubby Guys” AdSense ad, I was looking back through some of my old posts and noticed […]

September’s Magnetic MINI Motoring Badge

Monday, September 24th, 2007

I’m a little late posting this as it’s almost the end of September, but just wanted to share this month’s Magnetic MINI Motoring Badge.
September’s selection is the classic Mini Cooper Badge that Minis have sported for years, which can be found on Page 9 of MotoringBadges.com.
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Too Many Bikes: I Need A Bike Rack

Monday, September 24th, 2007

Our house is already overrun with triathlon bikes, road bikes and beach cruisers, but with my wife in the market for a new mountain bike, I figure it’s also time to invest in some type of bike storage rack.
As with any purchase, there appears to be too many products to choose from, both online […]