Monthly Archives: March 2016

I’ve always said that there needs to be a balance between having a healthy diet and a healthy amount of exercise. Some say you don’t need exercise to lose weight, that a good diet can do it all – but … Continue reading →

I’m in trouble… or to be precise, next week when I go back to work I might be in trouble. Since I’ve been on holiday I’ve been sleeping around 10 hours of each 24. Usually I get about 7-9 hours … Continue reading →

I had a nice little routine going on when I was on holiday. We’d be up and out for a run by around 730am… then we’d explore the local area for around 45 minutes or 5 miles. Around 9,000 steps … Continue reading →

Home at last – to my number for the London Marathon – 26069 🙂

As I get closer to the London marathon, I’m thinking about my race strategy. I want to enjoy it, and with the way I’ve not been up to 100% health since the start of the year, I’d rather take a … Continue reading →

Picture the scene, I’ve just been lying at the pool on a particularly quiet rest day on holiday. It’s a sunny 20’C and I’m lying at the adult only pool of the resort, with only my audiobook ‘Diet Cults’ by … Continue reading →

I promise I didn’t mean to do this… but it seems like most of my running gadgets match … with a red and white theme. My Liverpool supporting brother Ewen would be proud. 😉 Even the watch faces are red … Continue reading →

A few weeks ago I was a little lost – undirected … I felt like I had a lot going on… a few new work streams in work to get my head around, as well as balancing my current busy … Continue reading →

I felt OK after my 22 miler on Saturday. An active rest day in Sunday (with quite a bit of walking)… my legs felt fine. I’d pushed it and I’m still wondering if it’s worth going ‘hard’ or not… But … Continue reading →

Last week I ran 36 miles across 3 runs (and I had 4 good rest days). The weather seemed to improve at the start of the week and I had my shorts on and went a good walk on Monday … Continue reading →