October 8, 2025
There has been a lengthy twenty-two-month hiatus in my blog posting! It could be assumed that my odyssey was languishing in the doldrums, and precious little running had been done. Far from it.
December 30, 2023
The year could be summed up in a single sentence. Injured and did not run much. End of review. But that’s not particularly positive, is it? So, here is a reasonably light hearted look at my year of not running.
December 28, 2023
Weeks seven to twelve. The first steps towards running again. Muscle memory: a good thing, or is it?
December 15, 2023
The second instalment of my rehab diary covers the period between from my three-week physio appointment to my post-op check with the surgeon.
December 31, 2021
Review of 2021, another year defined by Covid, but a year of solid and consistent running maintaining sanity and fitness
September 27, 2021
Recovery, the last step in the cycle of returning to a more normal routine: train; race; rest; recover then repeat.
I have managed to nail the train, race and rest steps, but the recovery step has been somewhat confounding which has prompted me to ask a few questions of myself.
July 24, 2021
We are easing ever closer to pre-pandemic activities; group running is back, live events are back albeit with some restrictions still being required: we have the freedom re-join our running family, meet up, train together, run socially, race together.
June 26, 2021
In theory, yes. Is there, however, a tipping point where consistent training becomes comfortable reducing the benefits?
May 23, 2021
Well, hello! It has been a while. There has been a splash pandemic induced writer’s block, a pinch of ‘meh’, and a soupcon of what is there to actually write about? Of course if I had really put my mind to it and displayed a bit of creativity there would have been something.
February 15, 2021
I’m currently in diminishing return territory: but how? I am struggling to add that extra mile to my longer long and adding a couple of reps to my hill and speed intervals. My cadence on the spin bike has dropped. Like many other runners at the moment, I am not doing long miles or racing. So what is going on?
December 28, 2020
What do I say about 2020? A global pandemic, in and out of varying levels of lockdown and the confusion that inevitably entails. The way we live our lives changed beyond recognition and in many respects for ever. Worst year ever?