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Hackney Marshes parkrun
Posted on May 26, 2010 | No CommentsThere’s going to be more than just football going on in Hackney Marshes on Saturday mornings in the future – the parkrun series of 5km running races is coming to... -
Inside the Olympic Park
Posted on May 17, 2010 | 3 CommentsA couple of weeks ago, I went on one of the daily tours of the Olympic Park in London, organised by the Olympic Delivery Authority. Anyone can now go on... -
E9: Gridded
Posted on April 25, 2010 | 3 CommentsSo, I ran in the Nike Grid ARG (alternative reality game) on Saturday, concentrating mainly on the E9 postcode in Hackney, but also going jogging around the City of London... -
![[Update - Nike Grid is back in late October! - and they sorted the map this time.] Nike are running an event next Friday/Saturday in inner London called Nike Grid....](http://blog.oobrien.com/files/2010/04/nikegridvp-115x115.png "Nike Grid – Nice Idea, Shame about the Attribution")
Nike Grid – Nice Idea, Shame about the Attribution
Posted on April 18, 2010 | 11 Comments[Update - Nike Grid is back in late October! - and they sorted the map this time.] Nike are running an event next Friday/Saturday in inner London called Nike Grid.... -
Parkrun – The Video
Posted on March 25, 2010 | No CommentsHere’s a brilliantly produced video showing what parkrun is all about. It’s shot on location in (I think) Bushy Park in south-west London. Plenty of shots of the verdant park... -
A Day in the Mountains
Posted on March 1, 2010 | 1 CommentOne day last February, I stepped out of work and onto a sleeper train up to the Scottish Highlands with a friend, did a day’s hillwalking from Corrour, an outstandingly... -
Review of the Year 2009: Part 1
Posted on January 14, 2010 | No Comments2009 was a year in which I started to do less orienteering (after 13 years in the sport), a bit more running, and a lot more cycling. It was also... -
Finsbury Parkrun
Posted on October 5, 2009 | No Comments[Updated] North London finally has its own parkrun – a free 5K timed race, starting at 9am every Saturday in Finsbury Park. The inaugural is on 31 October. And unlike... -
Dunwich Dynamo 2009
Posted on July 5, 2009 | 2 CommentsThis is an annual 180km self-supported ride from London Fields in Hackney, to the beach at Dunwich in Suffolk. As it’s a free turn-up-and-go event, it’s all quite informal –... -
3D Course Flythroughs
Posted on June 6, 2009 | No CommentsThis video of the 2009 Tour de France course has been going around. With Google Earth 5.0′s new Tour functionality, particularly the GX extensions in the KML Touring spec, I...