Day 3 and the spring clean begins
There’s only so much avoidance that anyone can do. And when it comes to sorting out the office, it turns out I’m very good at avoiding it! It’s Day 3 of the lockdown in the…
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Day 2: Lockdown has begun
Well, it’s been a pretty angst-ridden time lately. On Monday 23rd the UK imposed it’s first proper stab at a lockdown. Coronavirus – things are getting more serious Essentially the “rules of the game” were…
Back to work
Whilst I didn’t manage to get away from these shores for a holiday due to the collapse of Thomas Cook, I did manage to take a week off work. It was necessary as the summer…
XC season begins
I’ve not done anywhere near as much running recently as I would do usually. The impact of a busy summer work season has meant that running has taken something of a back seat. I did…
World Mental Health Day
I’ll admit that I know I’m a day late as #WMHD was actually yesterday. But in my defence, I thought we’d already had a #WMHD this year already. Mental Health at least now does seem…
Cyprus 2019 – part 1
It seems strange that it’s 12 months since my first overseas trip from the UK in 7 years and my first international race. But time flies and I’m back in Cyprus to do international races…
Adventures in music
An Introduction The (very) early years As a youngster, my life completely revolved around music. I’d played piano from the age of 6 (that’s when I started having lessons). As I worked my way through…
Food, glorious food
With Christmas approaching and the unbridled food-fest that comes with it, I thought I’d do a post about food. I’ve had a slightly uncomfortable relationship with food for much of my life, although the reasons…
A Day in Life – re-purposed in 2018
About 3 years ago, I reorganised all my writings to focus on more running aspects. Indeed since then, the whole of the website has been re-purposed to support the running that I do along with…
Why I run
After many years of hammering my body on the roads chasing after PBs, I’ve realised that I’ve lost a lot of the enjoyment that I used to get from running. In this blog I set out my thoughts about how this happened and what I’m doing to find my missing mojo.