In No Particular Order
1) The soundtrack to the SOUTH documentary? Music from two Norwegian dudes, Terje Isungset and Per Jørgensen, recorded in an igloo using instruments made of ice. I like the first track, 'Mountain'. (Via The Morning News.)
2) The Road to Beijing. As a teenager, Alex Vero weighed 17 stone (238lbs or 108kg) and was heavily asthmatic. He ran his first marathon a few years later in 4hrs 21mins. Now he's aiming to qualify for the Beijing Olympics marathon (which will mean running sub 2:15 in next year's London Marathon). Incredibly, he's pretty much on track. He ran a 1:15 half-marathon last month and you can track his progress on his site. I think this is inspirational stuff, but I'd seem to be in a minority, as Alex has copped twelve pages of mostly insults and abuse from a popular running forum.
3) There's an exhibition about polar bears at the Horniman Museum in London.
— Filed under Miscellany