different drum

this tune has been in my head for a few weeks now.

i hope it gets into yours too.

cc the world

so... i can't get this tune out of my head.

by all means watch the whole film, but if it gets a bit too

pretentious for you, just skip to 3 minutes in and listen to the song.

then get annoyed with me tonight when in your head you keep hearing "c-c"

and 

"the woooooorrrrrllllddd"

don't call it a comeback

i've been here for years.

it's just that i've been busy with work, training for a 10k and then i went to tokyo.

but now i'm back.

stay tuned for nonsense.

train and vain

there's a song by the clash called 'train in vain' which is an absolute blinder.

it's one of the songs i like to listen to while i'm running... when i'm training

for the 10k i'm going to attempt to run on november 2nd.

it's kind of an apt title as you know i like to take the odd self-portrait.

what i've been doing lately is taking photos of myself in the gym changing room at whitfield towers. sometimes i take a before and after photo, sometimes just an 'after' photo.

anyway, here are a few.

this is the first photo i took, after my first run.

i think i managed to run for just over 15 minutes.

i was running at 13k/hour, which i found to be a little tiring shall we say.

next up, when i decided it would be a good idea to run in a long sleeved top

it seemed like a good idea here, as i stood posing for the 'before' pic

however

afterwards i was sweating like john galliano at a bar mitzvah

and was regretting the choice of a heavy long sleeved top

more than somewhat.

back to a thinner short sleeve t-shirt next time

posing confidently before my run

after my run ( 5km in 27 minutes )

after wearing grey tops for two runs on the bounce, i decided that 

walking around looking sweaty wasn't a good look so i opted for black

here i am before my run

and after

not much difference really.

maybe i look a little angrier and my hair is a little rougher

but no signs of exhaustion.

well played black t-shirt.

for my next trick, i decided to run in an old wales away footy shirt

before the run, posing confidently as 'land of our fathers' plays on my ipod

6k later

and i'm beginning to doubt i'll ever manage to run for 10k

next time up i didn't do a before photo,

just this shot after i'd run for 5k ( in 26 minutes )

aside from the damage to my knees, feet and hair, i must say that

although i don't enjoy running, i do enjoy the feeling afterwards...

the feeling that i've done something. used a bit of will power and run harder

and further than my body ( and hair ) wanted to.

oh, and i do enjoy posing for self-portraits afterwards.

thank-you to everybody who has chipped in and sponsored me 

and my daughter so far.

if you want to read a little about what we are doing and see how you can get yourself

a limited edition n7 for lupus uk t-shirt, please click on the link below.

www.justgiving.com/n7forlupusuk

a gift from bristol

after design junction there was an event called bob

( best of britannia )

which sock club london attended.

at bob one day i was introduced to a person i'd never met before.

this person took a look at me and said " are you a medium ?"

i told him that i had never claimed to be in contact with the spirits of the dead,

nor could i communicate between the dead and the living.

he then handed me a t-shirt and said

"this is for you... you look like a medium"

here's the front of the tee

and here's the back

message ends.

two in a day

one day during design junction i had to get in a bit late as i had two restaurant

interiors to photograph for a magazine.

one was early morning in covent garden.

the other just before lunchtime in shoreditch

both reviews have been published now.

the french joint got a decent review.

sadly the mexican place received a less favourable one.

as you can see, i enjoyed myself at both places.

odds and ends

while i'm on a roll let me shift some pics that have been kicking around in my blog 

folder for a minute.

have you seen these before ?

how about these ?

these seemed like a good idea at the time.

i must have shown you these ?

air max 1's from last november.

london underground editions.

and the air max 90 versions

some socks made especially for me by some kind gentlemen in nyc

exactly what it says

don't ask.

sock club london member 002

sock club london member 001

a photo i took with a proper camera of me taking a photo with my phone

the subject was eventually published here:

http://www.highsnobiety.com/2014/07/23/sneaker-rotation-mark-whitfield/