Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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The return of the disco space sausage
For runners, athletes, foot models or anyone who makes good use of their limbs, injury is like a dirty black cloud. It haunts you, gently goading you with unexpected shin splints or sore toes like droplets of rain, while you do your upmost to avoid the downpour. Every day you stretch, worry, wriggle and try…
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Rhalou’s Running Commandments
In response to the Guardian’s article this week ‘Running etiquette: the 10 commandments’ I bring you Rhalou’s Running Commandments. Stick to my rules and your life will dramatically improve and you’ll run better and get laid more. 1. Thou shalt not read sanctimonious lists on the Guardian website telling you what you should and should…
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Raynaud’s Syndrome is really sexy
When I was sixteen, I lived in Cambridge and cycled 10 miles to college every single day. Being a teenage raver, I didn’t wear very many clothes, and favoured Stargazer UV fluorescent nail polish. I couldn’t afford the bus, as I spent all my pocket money on hustling my way into night clubs, so I…
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One pitta one pot
Diet blogs are usually as interesting as reading about homemade enemas, organic childbirth or wounded baby animals. No one gives a shit about how fat or how thin you are and no one wants to look at pictures of injured fluffy pigeons. We just don’t care about the biochemical meat paste you’ve been ingesting in…
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Rhalelujah Write this Run
After an intense Christmas and freezing cold New Year, things are seriously hotting up in Rhal-land. 2012 turned out to be a tricky year, so towards the end of it I was feeling fed up. Relocating to the wilderness 400 miles away from friends and family with no reliable income, no transport and no idea…
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