Tag Archives: Health

Don’t Make New Year’s Resolutions

By Tom | Published: December 21, 2009
I think New Year’s Resolutions are a really crap way to make positive changes to the way you live. Why? Well, I reckon it’s much more effective to start doing something than to stop doing something. Most New Year’s Resolutions seem to revolve around giving something up. So, on the first of January this year, I’d like [...]
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Why Cycle-Touring Is Good For Your Legs

By Tom | Published: September 8, 2009
Since I got back from a spontaneous hitching trip from Armenia to England and back, my mind has been on the problem of keeping fit. Like an awful lot of us, I’m destined to spend my time (for the next few months, at least) in a city. More than half of the world’s human population [...]
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My Perfect Kind Of Sport

By Tom | Published: August 30, 2009
I’m on my way back to Armenia, but not in too much of a rush. This morning I woke up, had breakfast and headed out with nothing less than an epic mountain-bike ride in mind. I climbed quiet, steep mountain roads through cool and fragrant pine forests to the upper slopes of the Austrian Alps, near [...]
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Hitching Armenia to England – Ultralight Style

By Tom | Published: August 21, 2009
I arrived at my parents’ home in England nine days after I left my home in Armenia to try and hitch my way there. The trip began well, progressed through a lot of self-inflicted suffering, continued into ill health, and ended on a happy note. I have to be honest – it was a lot [...]
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Swim, Bike, Run – Armenia’s Second Annual Triathlon

By Tom | Published: July 31, 2009
Last weekend I participated in a triathlon up in the mountains at Lake Sevan, which was organised for the second year running by staff at the US Embassy. Events like this are few and far between in Armenia, as the idea of sport for general health and fitness has not yet gained widespread public acceptance. [...]
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