Anglesey Half Marathon 2016
Anglesey Half Marathon – some background Anglesey Half Marathon has been in my diary long before I think I knew I was ill. During last year’s race I ran out of steam towards the end…
Half-Marathon
2016 – start of the running season
An unintended consequence of setting up the business has been the greater use of social media in the forms of Twitter and Facebook, and I’ve ended up spending less time blogging. If I’m honest, there…
Of bikes, bridges and racing rats
Well it has been about 10 weeks since my injury-inducing run at Wrexham and after rather a large amount of physio I had at least got running again, although was slower and seemingly quicker to…
Progress
The last couple of days have been a whirlwind of physical exercise. Over the past couple of weeks, the weather in Manchester has been unseasonably erm nice! Rather than storms battering us all April, the…
To live in a soap opera……
Although not a fan of any soap operas personally, it’s hard to ignore them as they fill the tv airwaves as long and wide as they broadcast. And whilst they go seeking for evermore realistic…
2014 – A review
Well it seems that all the social media platforms like to do a review thing. Some are very personal and can get things badly wrong dragging up the memories which you’d rather forget, and others…
Not playing by the rules
It is a general rule that when one is ill that all endurance activity should be curtailed so the body can focus on getting fit again. Now don’t get me wrong. I play by the…
A week of running
I’ll do another recipe soon, but I like to get a photo of the goods first, just to whet your appetites 🙂 In the meantime a running update. Because I’ve not spoken of running recently………..
First post-injury race. And what a race!
On 23 March 2014 I ran my first competitive half-marathon of the year, and immediately was taken out by sciatica which derailed my plans for the year’s fund-raising work. Thankfully through work I was able…
A creaky back and a sign of madness
Having got in yesterday afternoon after a walk with the family I realised I was a little tender around the base of the spine. I suspect it’s a pulled muscle or an aggravated nerve, but…