Rob Kemp
Writer and Journalist at Freelance
best-selling author... NCTJ-qualified freelance journo... dodgy keeper @wsc_magazine @mrporterlive @cyclingweekly @telegraph
Articles
-
4 days ago |
mensfitness.co.uk | Rob Kemp
Across the board there are growing numbers of runners signing up to events in their fifties, sixties, seventies and eighties. Taking up running in your fifties and beyond doesn’t necessarily mean you’re playing catch-up in the health stakes either. Studies show that competitive athletes in their sixties, seventies and eighties and even nineties tend to have more and healthier muscle mass, stronger hearts and much less body fat than non-athletes of the same age.
-
5 days ago |
cyclingweekly.com | Rob Kemp
What is the impact of retirement on a rider who spent their career racing at the highest level? I asked Sir Jason Kenny, Britain's most decorated Olympian just that. "You find yourself trying to figure out your worth and place in the world," he says. "I always judged myself on my performance. If the stopwatch said I was good, then that's what I was.
-
1 week ago |
cyclingweekly.com | Rob Kemp
We've all put an ice pack - or packet of frozen peas - on a bumped head, and anyone who has completed a first aid course will have heard of the acronym ICE; meaning ice, constrict and elevate, but what about heat packs. And what about treating an injury by alternating hot and cold? We spoke to Dan Guillemette, specialist cycling physiotherapist at Marylebone Health and head physiotherapist at Jayco Alula. Guillemette has overseen injury management Tour de France winners, and Olympic champions.
-
2 weeks ago |
advnture.com | Rob Kemp
Footballers, golfers, stand-up comedians, TedTalkers and even darts players do it these days. Putting yourself through a warm-up session before training, performing or competing is de rigueur across most sports disciplines and beyond these days. And yet, when heading out for a run – especially over potentially rugged terrain – it’s something many of us barely give a thought to.
-
2 weeks ago |
flipboard.com | Rob Kemp
2 days agoProtesters disrupt London Marathon with powder demonstration on Tower BridgeThis is the moment protesters disrupted the London Marathon by throwing red powder on Tower Bridge. The incident happened at around 10.35am on Sunday (27 April), as the men's elite runners approached the bridge. The demonstrators, linked to the Youth Demand group, entered the race route after jumping the barriers.
Try JournoFinder For Free
Search and contact over 1M+ journalist profiles, browse 100M+ articles, and unlock powerful PR tools.
Start Your 7-Day Free Trial →X (formerly Twitter)
- Followers
- 1K
- Tweets
- 4K
- DMs Open
- Yes
RT @henrywinter: FA insists 4.30pm kick-off for #FACup final "agreed in collaboration with the competing clubs, broadcasters, local authori…
RT @BigBearKentlaar: This sums up the game last night. Donarumma just falls over at the mere thought of an Arsenal player and the ref blo…
This is Arsenal playing their Premier League form in a Champions League game. Like Palace and Brentford at home... but with the West Ham at home scoreline. #ARSPSG