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Andy Barrow »
A Testing Event
Posted on 3:56pm Tuesday 8th May 2012
I could see the Basketball Arena from the window of my hotel room along with the rest of Olympic Park with the London skyline in the background. My house is just seven miles away in Greenwich, so I drive past the site most days on my way to training, but being inside the complex felt different.
Andy Barrow »
Heating Up
Posted on 4:58pm Monday 16th April 2012
As the Paralympics draw closer, it’s no surprise that my blogs are getting fewer and farther between. If you’ve read my posts before, you’ll know that this is always a tough time in terms of training volume. Right now we’re laying down the base work to give us the durability to complete the training programme that will see us peak in September. It’s a heavy workload without many breaks in the monotony. Fortunately, it’s not all dull and I do have a couple of things worth sharing… After a very intense training block throughout February, the squad played host to Poland in a six match series at Stoke Mandeville. There was a lot of good rugby played and some exciting new lines proved their worth with the coach looking on. Five wins out of a possible six confirmed that GB are definitely on the right track in 2012.
Andy Barrow »
Royal Ramblings
Posted on 3:08pm Monday 6th February 2012
I last posted in mid December, so I’ll give a quick summary of my Christmas and New Year before moving on to things more current. My holiday season kicked off with a spectacular black tie party hosted by my sponsors, Chaucer. I had a great evening in London catching up with all my friends from the company and I’m genuinely touched that so many people have taken such a keen interest and follow the blog.
Naqoyqatsi »
I can hear the economy flowing away even as I type.
Posted on 10:50am Tuesday 31st January 2012
Why oh why do we get treated as bottomless pots of money by so many trades and businesses?
Andy Barrow »
Winter Update
Posted on 3:47pm Monday 19th December 2011
Firstly, apologies to everyone for such a lengthy absence, it’s traditional for me to have a break from blogging at the end of the season, but I didn’t mean to leave it quite this long. Looking back, it’s been two months since my last post and that definitely wasn’t the plan!
Naqoyqatsi »
Just a thought while thinking.
Posted on 3:53pm Friday 14th October 2011
I wonder - are we all really so gullible as advertising copy writers seem to think we are?
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