Duel in the Swamp
Leicester’s varsity kicked off last Sunday with the Leicester Longhorns bringing home the first win in American football. These next two weeks are now packed with many other sports going head to head with their DMU counterparts. If you’re interested in going to watch any of them, you can see the schedule of events here. Similarly, […]
The Chimp Paradox
I am the sort of person who builds up a lot of things in my head before they actually happen, like exams, races and sometimes social events. I don’t have anxiety, just a case of some rather ruthless butterflies. Exams and races, for example, are high adrenaline situations that stimulate a fight-or-flight response. In my personal […]
Last of the Great Fall Regattas
As promised in my last post, this weeks blog instalment will be about Head of the Hooch, racing for the University of Florida. Thursday, 5th November To say that it was a long car ride is an understatement. I always thought that driving to university or to go on holiday was a long way, even though the […]
The ultimate team sport
If you’ve been following my blog, you’ll recall that I mentioned America’s massive affinity for school spirit at football games and how I’d never seen anything quite like it. Looking back, I realise that that is not exactly true. It is on the scale of things (never in my life have I been somewhere that […]
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