A saddle with your name on it!

  We’ve managed to wangle an extra team slot for the Original Source Mountain Mayhem 2009, which means we’ve got five race places up for grabs in a free prize draw. Plus, together with our fellow sponsors, we’ve gathered a sackful of fantastic prizes, so even if you don’t get your bottom in a saddle, you […]

Original Source Mountain Mayhem Training – Ben Harris

    In preparation for what will certainly be the event of the year my training has stepped up a level in the past weeks. I have been working hard to loose some weight to improve my speed on the bike – but it is harder than you would think!    Events wise I entered the […]

Portland Half Marathon

This challenging event took place on the infamous Isle of Portland in Dorset, known for it’s rocky terrain and unforgiving weather conditions at the best of times. It was more like escaping from Alcatraz! both locations being well known as “The Rock” – and what an apt nick name it was on this cold morning. […]

Watergate Bay

Picture the scene…. A deserted beach, bright sunny day, a mile or so of clear sand (apart from the odd dog walker) & a steady 10-12knot breeze. Amazingly this was the scene that I found when I recently went to Watergate Bay during mid October.   Watergate Bay is home to, among other things, the […]

2008 HellRunner

  Vincent Price said it best in MJ’s Thriller – ‘the foulest stench is in the air, the funk of 40,000 years’ – this is a perfect description of how the Original Source Bog Of Doom smelt as I plunged feet first in, disappearing to almost shoulder height and with my mouth firmly shut!  But this bog […]

Kids aren’t what they used to be

Chasing butterflies, building sand castles or puddle jumping is no longer fun for some. They’re up for a serious challenge now. Starting early might not be a bad idea. For those of you who wonder what this is, it’s Mountain Mayhem 2008 – one of the most gruelling 24h bike races on Earth. Good shot […]

Tough Guy

There are some people in this world that are just nutters. Anyone brave or mad enough to participate in this year’s Nettle Warrior ‘Year of the Iron Fist’ falls in to this category. Part of Tough Guy Ltd, it is the genius of an ex-serviceman, Mr. Mouse – an oxymoron if ever there was one. […]

A walk in the Pyrenees

I am a glutton for punishment. Why I do this to myself, I do not know. My holiday this year has just been and gone so I thought I’d let you know what I got up to. I decided to walk part of the GR11 – the alpine track which splices France and Spain. We […]

Henley Royal Regatta

Ahh, the typical British summer – Ascot, Wimbledon, The Original Source Manchester Urbanathlon, & of course Henley Royal Regatta. Folk from all walks of life with their finest frocks on show, being battered by the great British summer weather! For those unfamiliar with the event, it is a 5 day rowing event held in the […]

Original Source Urbanathlon

10k….bollocks that was 10k! Never have I felt so destroyed and taken so long or felt so much of a buzz after doing a “10k run”. There might have been walls to climb, cars to jump, haystacks to stumble down, drains to crawl through and pools of oranges to wade through, but for me the […]