Well, I did it. I finally managed the half-marathon distance that I have been planning for a few months now. And it wasn’t a half-bad…
It has now been four months since I entered my own version of plague isolation. About 10 days after my isolation began, the UK Government’s…
Happy 1st of July, everyone! Wait. What? July? No. It can’t be July. Can it? Can we really be half-way through the year? Alas… we…
It is official: All my planned races for 2020 have been cancelled. But that was to be expected given that we are still in the…
Three months later, and I am still (mostly) isolating at my cottage in the country, thanks to the COVID19 pandemic and the social distancing and self-isolation rules.…
Today marks two months of COVID19 self-isolation for me. Two months! Wherever has the time gone? It seems like only yesterday that I was marking…
Yesterday was a monumental day here in the UK when the Prime Minister put the nation on (essentially) a full lockdown. It wasn’t really unexpected,…
I have some pretty ambitious (for me) running goals for 2020 and now that the weather is warming up, it’s time to ramp up my…
I don’t know about you, but I find annual resolution-setting to be a challenge in itself. I love the idea of a strong resolution to…
2017 is over. It was meant to be my “year of doing” but, alas, it would seem that it was a year undone. Undone, indeed*.…
After nearly three years, I am finally heading home to America for a holiday. My bags are packed, my tickets are printed, and my excitement levels…
It is Mental Health Awareness Week here in the UK, so I thought I’d share a bit about my recent efforts to keep my mental health in…
There seems to be a bit of interest in my on-going ankle recovery, specifically around running. So, I thought I’d give a wee update for those who’ve…
Welcome to 2017. This is the year. This is the year that so very many very wonderful things are going to happen. This is the…
It has now been 12 weeks since I broke my ankle, and I’m pleased to say that I am well on the road to recovery. Though,…
Twelve weeks ago, I broke my ankle whilst walking home from the shops. Twelve long, long weeks ago! And twelve is the magic number because that’s…
Wow! I cannot believe that it has been ten weeks since I broke my ankle. It seems like only yesterday, but at the same time it…
It has now been eight weeks since I broke my ankle whilst on my way home from the shops. And two weeks since I entered Phase II…
I broke my ankle a little over six weeks ago. At first, there was a bit of novelty to my first-ever broken bone. After a couple…
It has now been six weeks since I broke by ankle, meaning I am about half-way through the initial recovery phase. It also means that tomorrow,…