24-hour running race: Getting started

A couple of years ago I attempted to run in a 24-hour race held in Belfast's Victoria Park. Sadly at the 12-hour mark, I decided to call it quits because my knee was giving out and I was worried about an injury. It is one of the two times I have not finished (read about...

UK Cinema Releases: 23rd February

Welcome back to the weekly roundup of films released this week in UK cinemas and also Netflix! We have a Blade Runner-esque Sci-Fi, an Oscar-nominated comedy-drama, and a family drama released on Friday 23rd Feb. So, if are you thinking of heading to the cinema this weekend and need to know what to look out...

Growing a beard: Pulling it out from stress

Growing a beard has been an experience, to say the least, I have learnt a few things like patience and how to trim and even how to look after the beard. Things I didn't really think about if I am honest. But, now I have found an annoying habit that I obtained since being, let's...

Cinema Preview: What’s out 16th – 22nd Feb

Welcome back to the weekly roundup of films released this week! This time we see the battle of two Oscar contenders and a silly comedy that will probably do well, but it shouldn't. It really shouldn't! This week I am going to add in how the official trailers have performed an extra assistance for my...

Understanding Body Dysmorphic Disorder from a male perspective

Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is often called the 'imagined ugliness' disorder. It was formerly known as Dysmorphophobia and is an anxiety disorder whereby a person is abnormally preoccupied with an imagined or slight defect in their physical appearance. This is something I have had to deal with since I started my weight loss journey and...

Foreign races I want to compete in: 2018 part 1

Hello! If you didn't know by now I am quite the keen little runner and I have run a range of races from 5k all the way to 12 hours (including a failed 24-hour attempt) But almost all of my races have been held in my little home country of Northern Ireland. All but two...

24 hours without a mobile phone

A little while ago my phone decided to finally give up the ghost and died late on a Saturday night (I know devastating). This caused me immense panic, it was midway through a contract and I didn't want to pay O2 the insurance of £150 because I didn't want to spend that much for a...

Whats out? 9th – 15th Feb

Welcome back to the weekly roundup of films released this week! We have the finale to the worse series made (and yes I am including the Human Centipede trilogy in there), soldiers playing as themselves in a true story, a story about a failed world yacht record attempt and our first true blockbuster of the...

Superbowl trailer spots 2018

Unluckily for me, I am in the UK and that means it was 1am and here I am watching tv spots and teaser trailers for films. Luckily (or even more unluckily) for you I am going to chat about these clips. Shall we? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Szts88zY4o Solo: Star Wars Story - May 25th I spoke about my...

Can an overweight guy do yoga? My first class

Yoga hasn't really ever been on my to-do list other than some DDP Yoga and P90x stuff at home and definitely no yoga in front of anyone and my TV. But should it be? Should I venture out more to yoga classes and get my downward facing dog on with others? Well a few Thursdays ago,...