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. Despite this I managed to hit a pretty big milestone with my 10th MK Marathon, which bagged me their special 10 year ‘legends’ medal! It was pretty […]
2022 Runing 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. My fitness and motivation have taken a pretty big hit though. I’m still getting anxious thoughts and fairly frequent palpitations which make it hard […]
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 since struggled to find or make time for writing. I’d nearly given up on this blog altogether […]
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 more upbeat. The Tring Ultra is only a week away. It used to terrify me but right now I’m actually rather excited about […]
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. To be honest it’s all been a bit of a mixed bag since the winter with good months (145 miles in December) and not so great ones (more […]
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: 1. Get to volt level on Nike plus. Yes, I still use Nike plus, although solely for the purpose of […]
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 has been straight after I finish work. This gives me about half an hour or so while the kids […]
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 rewarding but also very challenging all at once. The biggest challenge for us has been how we manage our time and work commitments while […]
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 hand, I’ve been surprised at being able to turn up to some ultra distance events and actually complete them despite being […]
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. This turned out to be the year I dived head-first into the world of ultra running, beating the longest distance […]