A chance to wipe off muddy shoes
GLORIOUS MUD Trail shoes came in handy Those decisions became more difficult as heavy rain started to fall just before the start. Although the sound of the air horn marked the start of 24 hours of running, it was like a cavalry charge at the front as the first wave of 4o-odd runners bolted [...]
On his chances in Beijing
“The 1500m is a transition event at the moment. Bernard’s the granddaddy as he’s been around so long. Rachid Ramzi of Bahrain should be there; he hardly ever races but comes to the championships and does brilliantly. The Americans are still deciding whether Alan Webb will run this or the 5,000m. As for the Kenyans, [...]
THAT’S MY BOY
Lagat with son Miika — who his wife says she wants to be a golfer in 1996, where I ran 3:37 [in the 1500m1. My coach said I wasn’t ready, but would be for the next Olympics, and Mary said, ‘I told you so!’ So now I always believe my sister. Without her, I wouldn’t [...]
THE DOUBLE WINNER
It’s difficult to define what makes a great athlete. Is it longevity? One truly outstanding performance? Candida diet and olive leaf from Gnet.org ? A string of world titles? Or achieving something that few others are able to? If it’s the latter, then America’s Bernard Lagat truly became a great athlete last summer when he [...]
Arthur Elgort
For his first job for British Vogue, the American photographer headed to Richmond Park.Not even the rain, he remembers, could take the edge off the spirited shoot I first came to British Vogue’s HQ in 1970 it felt very grown-up and civil. Like most photographers, I dressed in an ultra-casual manner. Long hair was [...]
Down New Mexico way… lovely bubbly… Peyton’s new place
New Mexican cuisine has always been one of my favourites, but it’s hard to imagine that this fusion of Native Indian, Mexican and new-wave American food could translate to north London. Amazingly, it does. Santa Fe steers clear of the overcooked, bland mush that characterises many Mexican restaurants, and even though it is big and [...]
Never say diet. . altitude with attitude. . .
Men wearing boxer shorts to raise their semen counts on the grounds that cooler temperatures are more conducive to spermatogenesis have been misadvised, say US researchers. They found that mean scrotal temperature was actually higher in boxer-clad men than in those wearing Y-fronts. As competition between IVF clinics increases, some are considering offering money-back guarantees, [...]
Safe as houses
Ugly, boxy burglar alarms were once the only way we could protect our homes. Thankfully, security systems have reached new heights of cool. Feeling secure in our fortresses comes pretty high on our wish-lists in 2002 — we want our homes to be safe havens when we are both home and away. To that end, [...]
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