Contrary to popular belief running didn’t die this week
If you’ve got even a cursory interest in professional sport, or likely even if you don’t, you won’t have made it through the week without hearing about the shocking findings of WADA’s report into...
View ArticleInjury…
sucks. Looking back at the blog this year its obvious something has not been right. Since picking up a foot injury at the start of the year, things never seem to have got properly back on track. The...
View ArticleCycling for Heroes (and Robogals too)
Sometimes best laid plans don’t quite work out – with my first marathon looming in a few short weeks at Liverpool Rock ‘n’ Roll on May 25th I’ve done something irritating to my foot (stress fracture...
View ArticleNot Running
It’s strange how quickly a little injury-induced absence from running can turn into a full blown social media, blogging, thinking about running even, shutout. Having been off regular running now for...
View ArticleReading Half Marathon with Team Write This Run
If Twitter is supposed to be the fastest news source on the planet now – my blog is more like a letter from a travelling explorer circa Chris Columbus time. After a couple of silly work weeks I’m...
View ArticleWritten inspiration – Feet in the Clouds
A first for the blog – a book review… As well as occasionally writing something about running, a lot of the time I spend not running, other than lying on the couch whining about my legs, is spent...
View ArticleMarathon Motivation through monsoon season…
Somewhat predictably the planned 2 week end-of-season break after lot of events in September / October overran into the start of silly season with the usual combination of extra eating and drinking...
View ArticleFell running beginnings – literally up and down dale
Pen-y-ghent, Yorkshire Dales One of the reasons I’m do more running / cycling now than rugby is broken knees. After a ruptured ACL when I was 21 my knees, particularly the right, don’t do well with...
View ArticleMy year in sport – 2013 in numbers
As 2013 draws to a close in a haze of turkey curry, Christmas chocolates and worrying thoughts of a first marathon in the Spring , time to have a look at what my first vaguely serious year in sport for...
View ArticleRace planning for 2014 – A marathon, a half-iron race and maybe something...
What better way to kick myself out of an end-of-season / dark nights induced rest period then than to get some races in the calendar for next year and get the fear going again… A first marathon, and...
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