6 posts tagged “love doctor”
I've planned a lot of blog posts this year which have never made it online this year for one reason or another. For instance I haven't blogged about knackering my knee back in the spring which stopped my training. I haven't blogged about the plan to run 100K before Christmas (in anger/as a series of races) which was stopped by the knee.
Regardless, the knee seems to be better so I've started the training again. There are 2 races that I want to do; Strathcarron Hospice 10K and Stranraer 10K both of which I've run before. This'll be the 3rd year of running the Strathcarron race and I know the course well so it should be possible to be ready for that one. The Stranraer 10K is the race that I though was going to kill me last year thanks to a steep hill at the 3K mark. I'm determined the hill won't beat me!
It's funny how these things happen but I had worried about how I'd fit in these races around my Love Doctoring. I guess it's not a problem anymore.
Incidently it was a trip to Boots that focused my mind on getting fit enough to race again. They have a machine that measures stuff there and as a result I know that (when clothed) the following are my scary stats:
Height 5' 9" - 1.75m, Weight 15st 2lb - 96.3kg
BMI: 31.4 (Overweight), Body Fat (%) - 28.1 (somewhere between Average and Poor)
It's been a trying summer for many reasons and the icing on the cake came with the announcement during August that the Bauer Media FM stations in Scotland were to introduce networked programmes at certain times. The upshot as reported in the newspapers is job losses for some and I'm one of them. While I'm naturally upset at friends losing their main source of income I'm actually okay about my own position.
For those who haven't kept up with the story, I moved from Kingdom FM to Tay FM in Dundee back in November to host the Saturday Night Love Songs between 10pm and 2am. At the time I was dating someone who lived close by which helped make the 2am finish slightly better however the past four or five months where I've been driving back to Glasgow on a Saturday have been tough. During the summer months I was getting home at 4am and it was light. That doesn't make sleeping easy nor does it lend it self to a relaxing weekend.
Ironically the first part of networking started a few weeks back with live overnights from Clyde which start at 1am. It's amazing how getting home at 3am is so much better than 4am. The overnight is very well done too with local branding and an engaging presenter. There's been a lot of talk about whether a presenter in Glasgow can relate to listeners in Dundee, Edinburgh or Aberdeen. I personally think they can and certainly I've spent 7 years living outside of the are that I broadcast to without it being an issue.
So this weekend sees the last outing for the Love Doctor (I still can't believe people write letters addressed to the Love Doctor) before he's struck off. As I say I'm basically fine about it but I can't help but feel slightly cheated mainly because I'm out of radio at someone elses decision. I always believed that if you were good then there'd be a job for you. My ego won't let me believe that I'm rubbish (apart from those two rubbish show at the end of August).
So, if this is the end then it's been a laugh and I enjoyed being the guy off the radio. Don't ever under-estimate the icebreaking powers of having this job as a hobby. Somehow though, I suspect I'll be back sooner than later.
We had an hour less on the show this week but that just meant it was less of my choice and all about the listener.
If you've no idea what this is about these are the songs that the listeners choose on Ali McLaren's Saturday Night Love on Tay FM. It's basically 4 hours of the best love songs and slow jams. Why not listen online one Saturday Night. You'll find the link on the Tay FM website.
10.30pm
Westlife - Home
Seal - Kiss From A Rose
Take That - A Millioin Love Songs
Natasha Beddingfield - These Words
Lonestar - Amazed
11pm
Frankie Miller - Caledonia
Bon Jovi - Always
LeAnn Rimes - How Do I Live
Jack Johnson - Better Together
U2 - With or Without You
Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds
Aerosmith - Don't Want To Miss A Thing
Savage Garden - Moon and Back
Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
Meatloaf - 2 Out Of 3 Ain't Bad
12 midnight
Alannah Myles - Black Velvet
Chicago - If You Leave Me Now
Tracy Chapman - Fast Car
R Kelly - If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time
Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On
Richard Marx - Right Here Waiting
Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight
Wet Wet Wet - Goodnight Girl
Oasis - Stop Crying Your Heart Out
Oleta Adams - Get Here
Sat 22nd March '08
10.30pm
Amy McDonald - Run
Nicole Scherzinger - Baby Love
Enrique Iglesias - Hero
Michael Buble - Home
Oleta Adams - Get Here
Limahl - Never Ending Story
11pm
Cliff Richard - Lean on You
Sinead O'Conner - Nothing Compares 2U
Madness - It Must Be Love
Bryan Adams - Everything I Do
All 4 One - I Swear
Christina Aguilera - Hurt
Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
Curtis Stigers - You're All That Matters
Reo Speedwagon - Can't Fight This Feeling
Billie Myres - Kiss The Rain
Westlife - Us Against the World
12 midnight
Cutting Crew - I Just Died In Your Arms
Peter Cetera - Glory of Love
John Paul Young - Love Is In The Air
Whitney Houston - Greatest Love of All
Aerosmith - Cryin'
Alicia Keyes - No One
LeAnn Rimes - Can't Fight The Moonlight
Air Supply - All Out Of Love
Poison - Every Rose
Mariah Carey - Hero
Bon Jovi - Bed of Roses
N-Sync - This I Promise You
10.30pm
Ronan Keating - If Tomorrow Never Comes
Diana Ross - Touch Me In The Morning
Angry Anderson - Suddenly
Girls Aloud - I'll Stand By You
Janet Jackson - That's The Way Love Goes
11pm
Puff Daddy - I'll be missing you
Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes - I've Had the Time of My Life
Olivia Newton John - Hopelessly Devoted To You
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
Bob Marley - One Love
Sean Kingston - Me Love
One Republic - Stop and Stare
Embrace - Nature's Law
Lonestar - Amazed
Ne-Yo - So Sick
LeAnn Rimes - How Do I Live
12 midnight
Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Waters
Patrick Swayze - She's Like The Wind
Alicia Keys - No One
East 17 featuring Gabrielle - If You Ever
Seal - Kiss From A Rose
Westlife - Obvious
Greenday - Wake Me Up (When September Ends)
Richard Marx - Hazard
Enrique Iglesias - Hero
Shania Twain - From This Moment On
Dina Carroll - The Perfect Year
10:30pm
Roxy Music - More Than This
Avril Lavigne - When You're Gone
Bette Midler - Wind Beneath My Wings
Mariah Carey - Hero
Prince - Purple Rain
11pm
Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse Of The Heart
Gabrielle - Rise
Westlife - You Raise Me Up
U2 - With or Without You
Lonestar - Amazed
LeAnn Rimes - How Do I Live
Alicia Keyes - No One
Basshunter - Now You're Gone
Billie Ray Martin - Your Loving Arms
David Jordan - Place In My Heart
Randy Travis - Forever and Ever Amen
12midnight
Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
Cascada - Everytime We Touch (Slow Version)
Meatloaf - I'd Lie For You
Goldfrapp - A & E
Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me
Aerosmith - Don't Want To Miss A Thing
Linda Ronstadt - Dopn't Know Much
Boyzone - No Matter What
Celine Dion - Falling Into You
