Pages tagged “sport”
15 Mar 2026
Anticlockwise round Cambridge
This is the third post in a row about running. Sorry. I’ve been training, and I ran a marathon. 3 hours, 40 and a bit minutes to complete the Cambridge Boundary Run. My timing made it 03:40:36 but the official time is slower due to the time to cross the start line. That was the first time I’ve run that far, and it was fuelled by adrenaline and quite a few energy gels: my watch simultaneously awarded me fastest Half, fastest Marathon and Longest Run.
28 Feb 2026
Alphabetically round the Colleges
My legs are recovering as I write: yesterday with some chums I ran nearly a marathon on a geeky stop-start route around the Colleges of Cambridge. Turns out the rules of the alphabet really matter after 30km of pavement and after Robinson College, it’s much more appealing to follow the University’s order, putting “St Catharine’s” after “Sidney Sussex” because it allows a lovely St John’s, Trinity, Trinity Hall hattrick towards the end.
23 Aug 2016
Putting everything on the line
During the olympics I heard about a couple of competitors in racing events who “dived” (or “dove”, if you’re American) across the line. The rules are clear (section 2 rule 164 IAAF rulebook): “The athletes shall be placed in the order in which any part of their bodies (i.e. torso, as distinguished from the head, neck, arms, legs, hands or feet) reaches the vertical plane of the nearer edge of the finish line”
23 Aug 2016