I gave my G-Shock Gulfman to Elliot as he was off to The Royal Naval College at Dartmouth.  Having come to the conclusion that his need was greater than mine. I would use my trusty automatic divers watch, as I was wearing that most of the time anyway, so this was not going to be an inconvenience at all. Then within 10 days of Elliot having left my watch started playing up, it would just stop for no reason, no...

I recently came across a quote from Chris Carmichael, coach to 7 time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, which I thought really pointed out the difference between those that are going to succeed and those that just get by. “The last 1 percent most people keep in reserve is the extra percent that champions have the courage to burn”. After reading that I realised I needed to re-evaluate what I was doing and start looking at...