Mark Bryce

I have been both fascinated and shocked by BBC TVs "On Thin Ice" where James Cracknell, Ben Fogle and Ed Coats attempted to complete the South Pole Challenge.   http://www.thesouthpolerace.com   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sBxz6iAQGY   Fascinated because it was like looking in the mirror seeing James Cracknell push and push and push himself well beyond his comfort zone…

One Million People stood on a mountain for one reason – Contador vs Armstrong:   http://outside.away.com/outside/culture/200907/lance-armstrong-tour-de-france-1999-1.html  

I was reading an article on endurance sports recently and you can now view the magazine online.  Basically it says that women are better than men (at endurance sports).  Brendan isn’t going to like that.   To read the article go to http://www.oe-mag.com/past.htm   (Scroll down and select the March 2009 issue (Hard Rock Star).  Select…

I am often asked the question, “why do you walk/run such long distances?”  I would like to say that it was to rehabilitate a massive calf injury I had in 2005.  I was unable to walk for 3 months and had to slowly learn to walk again.  I would like to say it was to…

On the 8th May 2009 I passed through the 5,000 mile or 191 marathons mark in my training/recover from my calf injury.  How did I celebrate? I put my trainers and new fastpack on and tried to do 153 miles in 7 days. In the 7 day window I reached 135.62 miles. This set a…

In July 2005 I blew the calf muscle in my leg.  OMG that hurt like nothing before.  I was unable to walk for 3 months and then on the 21st November 2005 I started building it back up, step by slow step.  3 years later, I have just completed the 10 million steps mark, including walking the equivalent…