A trip to the Baltic
The spring of 2024 was pretty heavy going dealing with a variety of issues, both within running and within life in general. It was therefore nice to get away for a couple of weeks to…
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Starting afresh
As you may have gathered by the general lack of updates, things have been a bit challenging of late. This isn’t a ‘woe is me’ post, but it is a lot more personal than I’ve…
Life update and the inter webs
I’ve not had a huge amount to get me writing so far in 2024. So it’s time for a catch-up now that we’re headed out of February already. As you’ll see below I’ve made some…
2023 wrap-up
It’s the end of another calendar year and the adage is true that each subsequent year seems to pass by faster than the last one. Before long it’ll be a case of blink and you’ll…
Facing the future whilst grappling the past
Over the past 7.5 years my postings have all really focused on my running exploits, taking in races and experiences along the way. It never used to be this way. A brief history of mine…
A week in Scotland
It’s been eight years since I last headed north of the border and so very early on in 2023 I decided that a visit was long overdue. In fact the last time I was here…
Life and an update
I haven’t written on the blog that much in recent months. It’s a mixture of being very busy whilst not being very busy. I’ll try to explain. A bit about work Throughout the pandemic to…
6 years on
Something of a self-reflecting self-indulgent post today I’m letting you know from the outset. It’s not an excuse and definitely not an apology. We all have moments in our lives that we’d rather forget. Some…
Time for an update
It’s been quite a while since the last post. Truth is I started a couple of posts but never finished them. The first was all about my attitude and reasons surrounding reviewing races. An in…
2020 – it’s a wrap (thank goodness)
It’s time for my annual write-up of the year. And it’s an odd one. Usually I’ve been places and run in events all over the country and occasionally beyond. But 2020. I guess it doesn’t…