Kobestarr’s Road to Ironman Staffordshire 70.3 Part 6: Running

Sod Cross Country Running! I was never the best distance runner at school. I used to win the sprint distances at primary school and then moved to rugby where interval running brought the results. Since leaving school I entered some running distance events it has and it has been 5 – 10K running that has taken […]
Kobestarr’s Ironman Staffordshire 70.3 2015 Race Report Part 2: The 2016 Wish List

The Lowdown So this is my final post in relation to the inaugural Ironman Staffordshire 70.3 that occurred on Sunday 14th June 2015. If you want to read my previous posts you can do so here with the first one or if you want to skip straight to the meaty race report here. This post is more about […]
Kobestarr’s Top Ten Favourite Films of 2015

Its come to the end of the year – boo. It’s been a big one for me: got married, lost my job – twice, started my own company, trained for and completed my first half ironman and still managed to watch 93 films (yes I keep a tally – last year I watched 114).
Breaking 2:30 Part #1: The Ground Rules
Hey Everyone! At the end of July 2011 I did my first Olympic Triathlon. I’m not going to lie to you it was INCREDIBLY hard! The swimming leg was like being chased by a pack of evil dolphins whose sole intention was to drown you by swimming all over you and kicking you in the […]
Letter to Kermode and Mayo #6 Battleship
As I was walking to my seat to watch “Battleship” i was cursing myself for having the stupidity for buying a ticket. It cost me 110 NOK, a pubes-width less than £12 at todays exchange, to watch a film that is based on a board game. Not a good boardgame either. As a poor boy […]
Countdown to Back to The Future II (Hoverboards)
Now then this is something that I have been meaning to do for a while. After seeing this video it gave me a big reminder to do it! This dude has made a fully working Hoverboard! SAY WHATTTTTT!!! Ok it can only hold a coke can at the moment but its all that we have […]