The trouble with achieving any long held goal, dream or ambition is the inevitable feeling of loss once you’ve finally got there. I know from many years experience as a coach that there always seems to be the “what next?” bit. Let’s face it you’ve worked your socks off, possibly for months. Eat, slept and…
Well I’ve only gone and done it! On Sunday 9th April 2017 I completed my first ever Marathon. A huge achievement for me, which apparently puts me in a category with just 1% of the population. That’s one more thing well and truly ticked off my bucket list! Twenty weeks of training, running in all…
So I promise I am still here in the land of the living… I bet you thought I had fallen off the planet with my lack of blogging! I am so sorry to have neglected you but my current goal, mission, crazy passion has well and truly taken over…… This running a marathon malarkey…
Often this time or year can feel like such a trudge. The fairy lights and brightness of December becomes a distant memory and the stark bareness of January can just feel like such a let down. Money is often tighter than pair of skinny jeans. Oh and as for your waistline and even your health…
Well it’s finally here and I’m up strangely early, having some lovely quiet time before the madness begins…. I should apologise, I feel I’ve neglected you, my reader for far too long. The truth is, I have been so busy living life I definitely haven’t had time to sit and reflect – never mind write…
So there I was cleaning the cooker, merrily singing along to the song ‘Footloose’ on the radio, when I suddenly found myself remembering a funny observation I had made whilst out on my last run. I realised that I run differently to whatever song comes blasting through my earphones at the time, and it really…
Well I’ve only gone and done it, fulfilled a life long dream and have managed to sign up for the Brighton marathon on the 9th of April 2017. I am sooo excited about it, or to be more precise, a strange a mixture of excited, proud and slightly nervous. I’ve been really pushing it lately…
Since coming back from holiday life seems to have been a bit hectic. Trying to fit everything in, is as always, a challenge. Friends to see, additional qualifications to work towards, award ceremonies to attend, leaving do’s and more people than ever wanting to quit smoking! Phew, it’s been fun but exhausting. Add to…
I’ve just come back from one of the best holidays I’ve ever had. Ian and I have never spent so much time together in the whole 24 years we’ve been together and amazingly we are still talking! Okay so I’m always talking, but he’s still there to hear it. We joined my Sister-in-law Judy and…
I can’t believe how much planning there is to going away on holiday. I thought I was pretty much done for this year’s trip to sunny Santorini, but there always seems to be something else to do, no matter how organised I think I am. Don’t get me wrong, compared to previous holidays, I am…
