
I’m a MAMIL !!
If I’m going to run a six minute mile later in the year it’s time to start stepping things up…
I’m hoping that, at the end of 2026, I can look back on a year with enormous pride and a sense of real satisfaction.
Keep coming back here for updates on my progress and insights into what I’ve been up to.

If I’m going to run a six minute mile later in the year it’s time to start stepping things up…

I only went and did it. Check out my day at Velocity!!

It’s This WEEKEND… Can I get a doctors note? I’ve done some pretty mad stuff in my time but on Saturday 28th this once morbidly fat, now overweight, mad man is going to be hurtling down a zip line 500ft above a quarry in North Wales. Yes, challenge one, the zip line is here and i’ll be joined by five mad people who actually want to be doing this. Myself, I’m sh*ting bricks if the

The BBC have published an article sayi ng that when you come off weight loss drugs you can put on weight again, up to four times faster. Should I be worried?

For the last 3 months 2026 was something that i’d get round to. Now it’s bloody well here and it’s time to get serious…..

It’s been almost a month since I came off Mounjaro, going cold turkey! Now I feel like I need Rain Man to count calories for me…
It seems to me that every bit of news these days is bad. Maybe we’ve forgotten just how wonderful our country is, just how wonderful the people in it are, and our capacity for being a bit mad.
A few months ago I was morbidly obese. Today I’m just obese. But next year I plan on being fit, toned and healthy. Like all good sales people I need a target. I need to be challenged and I need a real reason to get my fat backside out there and train. The second half of 2025 has been consumed with losing weight. The year of 2026 will be consumed with training, scaring myself half to death, and getting fit again.
Can a 54 year old really go from 23 1/2 stone to running a six minute mile within a year?
Let’s find out!!
I’ll do everything I can to make sure he does. If you could find it in yourself to sponsor me, or join me on my quest, then it’s all for two amazing charities….