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Roll up

Decided to attack my illotibial band with this foam roller thing :

Alright, not the most exciting purchase of all time. This is the thing they used at the physio when I was getting my IB stretched. Hurts like being hit by a car – something I have some experience of – but supposedly [...]

Pole Position

So last time I did this, I had broken my foot and still had illiotibial band syndrome, a long name for a simple condition someone once described as like having a craft knife roughly inserted into the side of your knee. Not an ideal starting point for a 100Km mountain jaunt but fortes fortuna adiuvat [...]

We’re on Twitter

Blogging is of course soooo 2004 so we’re on Twitter .. follow us @snailwalkers or click the button

Starship Snailwalkers are back !

We’re back. Well, at least two of us are. Not content with thoroughly showing the mountains who was boss in 2008, we’re back to take on all comers in 2010. This is like an A-Team reunion, the Magnificient Seven, err, Four, ride again, the ol’ Millenium Falcon crew back together for one last shot at [...]

Trailwalker: 2010

Its official – snailwalkers (by name at least) are back to participate in trailwalker 2010.

I just re-read some of my old posts on this blog from 18 months ago – suspect I’ve made a terrible mistake…