That’s Me On The Radio

It’s a strange job that I do. Today I was at BBC Radio Newcastle for a bit of chat about triathlons. It’d been organised by Keith from Highlights PR , who does the business for our team of enterprise coaches .

I would have cycled into the studio, but I had good reason not to:

  • For some reason I had a head-ache. I have no idea why .
  • I was tired, after an apparently late night.
  • Yesterday afternoon it was just above freezing here, and snowed big cotton-wool flakes of wet snow that turned to slush when they hit the ground . . . and promptly re-froze when night fell. I don’t do riding on ice, as I tend to find that cycling is better with the rubber side of the bike below me rather than above or adjacent.

Anyway, it was a brief 10-minute slot, where I got to talk about being a business coach, what’s involved in triathlon, and getting as many of my clients mentioned as I could (Tri Northumberland , Carve Photography , and The Old Ship in Newbiggin). If you’re that interested, the show’s on BBC’s ‘Listen Again’ service for the next week. I’m on the Sue Sweeney programme from 1:11:00 .

Filed under: Ashington, Bike Culture, Bike to Work, IronMan?, Newcastle, Triathlon

4 Responses to “ That’s Me On The Radio ”

  1. trinorthumberland on December 21, 2009 at 11:06 am

    I Listened to the interview yesterday, well done.

  2. Von SmallHaussen on December 21, 2009 at 11:59 am

    Great pic. Reliving your youth were we?

  3. Andreas on December 21, 2009 at 12:07 pm

    Wow, very cool! I can’t say I’ve ever spoken on radio.

  4. Karl On Sea on December 21, 2009 at 10:59 pm

    Trinorthumberland - anything to get some extra publicity for a great series of triathlons taking place in Northumberland in 2010!

    Von - Yep. And it felt surprisingly comfortable. I nearly went to work like it today.

    Andreas - very nerve-racking, as it was live. One of my favourite Viz characters is Roger Mellie, and I had to really try hard not to copy his “Hello, good evening and bollocks” line.