Funny old time isn't it, New Year? You're supposed to reflect on what's happened in your life since we all did the exact same things on 31st December 12 months ago - hopefully fondly, possibly not - and then make a big long list of everything you feel you'd have been scored 'must try harder' … Continue reading Resolve & Resolution
Look Where You’re Going Pavement pounding, midweek, midwinter The battle cry of runner to walker springs up, As I nearly collide with errant pedestrians Who should know better… ‘Look where you’re going’ It dies on my lips. Hypocrite. Count the times a day you tell yourself ‘look up’, Your eyes stuck to a screen. Creature … Continue reading Look Where You’re Going
A piece of mine, titled Running Like a Girl, has been featured in the latest issue of Like the Wind magazine. As in published. I have been published! Now then, what's been happening this week.... Well. I went to a ballet inspired strength class, which whilst a lot of fun was a bit too much … Continue reading Published Runner
Life has been very hectic over the last few weeks. We've had the house decorated. We've actually put up some of our pictures. I was sad enough to taker an entire day off work to clean the thin layer of 'decorating dust' off all our surfaces (and out of the airing cupboard). We've put the … Continue reading Physio Freedom!
Ladies and gentlemen - I am a runner again! My latest visit to Achilles ended with him finally giving me permission to add running back to the list of things I am allowed to do. This is very exciting, even if by 'running' he means 'run/walk, and with the running bits very slow'. To celebrate, … Continue reading Definitely the Tortoise
You'll have noticed I've been unusually quiet lately. That’s because there hasn't been much worth telling you about. My cross training annals are distinctly light. I wanted to turn this layoff time into something positive. Embrace cross training. Find an activity I like almost as much as running so I have a chance of keeping … Continue reading Adventures in Cross Training, or Still Crocked
Don't let your struggle become your identity. We all know that running makes you happy. There are lots of reasons for this; it releases endorphins. It helps you feel healthy. It allows you to set targets, and when you reach them it gives you an enormous sense of achievement. It reduces stress, partly thanks to those … Continue reading A Long Way Down
There's something to be said for blissful ignorance. There I was at my third appointment since getting back from my holiday, patiently allowing my physio to crank up the voltage on the electrotherapy machine. I even resisted the urge to yell out 'it's aliiiive!' when the pulses of power through my shin started making my foot … Continue reading I Wish I Hadn’t Asked….
Today I woke up at 12pm, because I hadn't set an alarm. It's Long Run Sunday. Gosh, this hasn't happened for a while. Since coming back from San Francisco I've had two physio sessions and a meeting with my coach. My physio has been allowing me to go with my self-diagnosis of 'calf strain and … Continue reading New York, New York – Not Gonna Be A Part of It
San Francisco has only one drawback - 'tis hard to leave. Rudyard Kipling Yeah. That's about the size of it. Well, we're back from San Francisco. It was a bit of a shock stepping out into a cold, wet and miserable London yesterday. The nights are drawing in here and all the shops put up … Continue reading The San Francisco Chronicles 4 – The Only Drawback
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