Blog posts
2023 Running Report
It’s been another slow year for my running, plagued with the usual issues of low motivation and high anxiety preventing me from getting out there with decent training.…
2022 Running Report
All in all this turned out to be a pleasant year for my running. Covid restrictions are feeling like a distant memory and the running events are back in full swing.…
Belated 2021 Running Report
This is a very belated post! A big irony of working from home is that I seem to have far less time without the daily commute - I used to write these posts on the train and have sin…
I've turned it around!
My posts have been rather gloomy and miserable this year, with rubbish weather, lockdowns and a general lack of fitness to complain about, so I'm glad I can post something a bit mo…
2020 Running Review
I’d planned on 2020 being a big year for my running. It marks 10 years since I ran my first ever marathon and there were two milestones I wanted to smash this year to celebrate:…
Progress report (April 2021)
I think I was supposed to be posting once a month to keep myself on target and accountable for my running progress but yeah, that hasn’t happened.…
Progress report (November 2020)
It’s been about a month since I pledged to get myself back into running again. I’ve been trying a few things out in terms of planning in my runs and have found that the best time h…
Starting over
Over the last couple of years my running has been… not great. In fact, I'd say it’s pretty much stopped altogether. Looking after two young kids has been really fun, really rewardi…
2019 Running Review
2019 turned out to be a very strange year for my running. I've done far less regular training than I would normally which has led to some pretty poor finish times. On the other han…
2018 Running Review
I know this is a bit late with for an 'end of year' review, but I really wanted to get this down as 2018 turned out to be a pretty big year for my running.…