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…
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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…
Up and running. Ish
It’s a month since I hurt my knee and whilst I’ve been active for most of that time, it’s only really the last week that I’ve done any running. Injury update On the whole, the…
A post-lockdown catch-up
In many ways I wanted to have a little pause after the last of the lockdown narratives I’ve put together. Partly because there was a risk of sounding like a stuck record in a virtual…
Day 55 in lockdown; the end of a not-so great week
It all goes wrong I guess it was bound to happen eventually and things would unravel, at least to some extent. And it was this week where that happened. The week started off on a…
48 days in – UK lockdown update
These weekly updates seem to come around more rapidly than they should. Today is the 48th day since the lockdown was imposed in the UK. Aside from the lack of work (and thus me being…