Art of Running: “I ran 42km before work today”

With the Tokyo Marathon now only a couple of weeks away, I really need to step up the pace with my training, make sure I’m capable of running those long distances. However, with time being in short supply, I’m having to come up with innovative ways in which to get the milage in – but [...]

LeWeb’11 Live

I was delighted and honored to be a part of LeWeb’11, Europe’s No.1 tech/web conference, this year with the theme of ‘Social, Local, Mobile – SOLOMO’. On day 2 of LeWeb’11 I revealed to the world the latest version of the iRun, the world’s most advanced mobile broadcast studio, which captures the very heart of [...]

The Art of Running: Recovery in Ishinomaki

Activity tracked with Runkeeper My latest Art of Running project saw me back up in Tohoku, the region of Japan so badly hit by the March 11th earthquake and tsunami. During last month’s trip to Sendai for TEDxTohoku, we made time to visit Ishinomaki, a fishing town that had both industrial and residential areas decimated [...]

Art of Running: Hope in Sendai

Last weekend I travelled to the north-eastern city of Sendai to help out with a one day conference, TEDxTohoku. This was my first visit in almost 8 months to the region of Japan most badly affected by the March 11th earthquake and tsunami, and I was interested to find out how the recovery was coming [...]

The Art of Running: 50km Heart around Tokyo, the City I Love

On April 22nd 2011 I undertook the longest Art of Running challenge that I have attempted to date: a 50km heart around the city that I love. Inside of the heart I then drew a the character ‘心’ which means mind/heart/spirit/inner strength. Whilst I usually do these runs alone (constant stopping and starting, taking sharp [...]

The iRun: How 14,000+ virtual supporters joined the Tokyo Marathon 2011

It’s been almost 6 months now since I completed the Tokyo Marathon 2011 whilst wearing the iRun. Following the big day itself I needed at least a week to get over the physical and psychological trauma that I had inflicted upon myself through carrying out this stunt – and then just as I was about [...]