Realisation, Virtualisation and Muffins
Winter has finally arrived in Manchester. As is pretty normal, Winter waits to get Christmas out of the way before striking in January. To be fair, I ought to use a small letter for winter –…
Road Running
Curtains!
I must say that given the opportunity it would have been my preference to hibernate than endure the last few weeks. Unfortunately I doubt the cat would allow me to do so. Work wouldn’t be…
(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…
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………..
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…
Persuading body and mind
Well it’s been a difficult week this one. I’ve not run for a start. Two reasons really, firstly it’s been stupidly busy although at least one of the extra meetings was cancelled so at least…
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…
The rest of the BBW
Well the Big Birthday Weekend was a busy and fun one. And one that held no regard for remaining in the constraints of a two-day weekend. Having just about recovered from the bike ride on Sunday…
Repair job – week one
Well this week has certainly been beneficial. I have to admit to not knowing what to expect. I knew it would involve a lot of physio but I also wondered how badly injured I actually…