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Sixty Seconds with Rachael Hodges


Rachael Hodges is a broadcast journalist at BBC Radio Five Live. She is also a part-time triathlete and will be competing for Bowel Cancer UK in the Mazda London Triathlon on August 2nd. In her own words, 'this triathlon is going to hurt', so if you want to help ease the pain then she very much welcomes sponsorship.

You have caught me at
...incorrect, I'm still not out. Unlike Australia's batsmen.

Silence is quiet.

The last time I heard a great new song was this week. Red Lipstick by Skint and Demoralised. Download it, it's ace!

If it was any choice of cocktail it would have to be a Bellini. You can never have too many.

The one piece of advice I will offer is to always unclip before trying to put your feet down.

To do good makes me feel good. Giving is a two way street.

I have more Chanel nail polishes than any other person alive. Or dead for that matter. FACT.

Half way around is half way there.

I wasn't there to watch Cardiff City play in the FA Cup Final last year. Everyone else I know was. It's a fact that still irks me!

The definition of annoying are the members of the MLOC. That's the Middle Lane Owners Club. You know who you are. Now stop it and move out of my way.

Ten years from now I'd like to be summering on a yacht and wintering in the alps. We can all dream eh?

I admire Lance Armstrong. I am trying to master my new road bike. It's given me a whole new respect for those guys on the Tour de France. One word - Awesome!

Did you ever see a cat walk on tinfoil? Me neither.

It doesn't take more than 5 minutes to sponsor me for the Mazda London Traithlon 2009 - www.justgiving.com/rachaelhodges2

When I've finished this I'm off to swim like fish at the lido.
It's Been Too Long


Sorry, it's been a pretty quiet ten days on here hasn't it? I don't expect to keep your attention by uploading photos of my birthday cake and severe facial burn, so you'll be pleased to know that this is my latest blog post. (The birthday cake and the severe facial burn are unrelated by the way).

As with most things Jonathan Lee, there is a reason. A reason why I have been lacking on the old 'updating of blog' front. In fact, there are a few reasons. Some more important than others. Some more interesting than others. I'll stick to the jolly interesting ones.

So, in at number one is my newly discovered desire to become a triathlete. I have often fancied myself as something of an all round sporting talent. If there was a competition that involved every sport going, I would probably win quite comfortably. And still have time to blog. Sadly there is no such competition. The closest thing to it is the Decathlon but I lack the pole that one requires to vault with. So to triathlon it is that I am turning. My first worry was what I would look like in a wetsuit. I needn't have sweated over it quite so much. Pretty damn fine is the general consensus. So with that disaster handsomely avoided I see no reason why London 2012 should not be a target.

Numero deux (number two), is that I have embarked on a new writing project for the summer. I am keeping it under wraps for now while I try and persuade some nice people to back it, but it won't be long before you find out what it comprises. No, it doesn't involve Richard Bacon.

And finally, I have been somewhat pre-occupied with Tom Cruise. Is it me or are 'Top Gun' and 'Days of Thunder' exactly the same film? They have just swapped F-14's for stock cars and Kelly McGillis for Nicole Kidman. Clever.

Right, that'll do for now. I'm off for a good peel.