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…
myeloma uk
(I’m Gonna Run) 500 Miles
Well we’re far from the end of 2014 (no, I’ve not even given Christmas shopping the first thought yet either!) but I was looking through my running for the year and fixing up the final…
Chester Marathon – in pictures
A few pictures to describe the day. And true to form, I’m grinning throughout:
Challenge 2014 – A Chester finale
Well after the false start of Edinburgh Marathon Festival, today I finally completed the marathon component of Challenge 2014: Marathon & More at Chester. Of course, with the title, to miss the marathon would make…
Almost race day!
I started 2014 wanting to run a(nother) marathon and to do a couple of big (for me) bike rides to try to raise a bit more money for Myeloma UK. It immediately went completely wrong…
A trip to Snowdonia
Well after a very downbeat week, I had a weekend planned to lift me again. It’s the Big Birthday Weekend. Woohoo! Whilst most people would probably go out and have a drink or 10, I…
2 years on
In many ways today the blog has come back to where it was not long after I first started it, as a form of therapy. Anniversaries are always difficult. On 11 June 2012 my husband,…
First post-sciatic workout
Well it’s been a month since the sciatica took hold properly and other than a tentative walk a week later to try to convince myself things weren’t too bad, it was the only exercise I’d…
Challenge 2014 goes live
I’ve been trying to select the right time to officially launch Challenge 2014:Marathon & More and that time happened this evening. Actually the big reason for the low-key start was that I didn’t want to…
Of sleep, training and treadmills that bite
Perhaps it’s the effect of the 5am starts during the week, but I slept in today. Sleepbot reckoned on 12h7m of snoozing which is a lot compared to my average of about 8 hours. On…