Monthly Archives: February 2021

I’m getting into the swing of cross training, doing less running overall, but I’m in the gym regularly, doing strength, stretching and spin. Here’s what I did last week: No wonder I was a bit tired by Saturday. 16 miles … Continue reading →

I wrote about habits and routines the other day… and there’s one bad habit that I’m going to stop for March, and see what happens as a result of it – an almost unconscious and almost certainly habitual 500 calorie … Continue reading →

I’ve written about habits and routines before… but something happened today, which sort of surprised me, and I thought I’d share it and how I got here with it all. If I’m honest, it’s taken me years to get here, … Continue reading →

My sister got me this nice little prism for Christmas… put it in the right place with some sun behind it and it creates little rainbows. See it in the corner there… The sun shines in that window in the … Continue reading →

Old photos are nice aren’t they? My friend recently posted this one… of my best Halloween costume ever… from about 2000… in Aberdeen, fake blood of course, I looked horrific. I think it was the first time ever that my … Continue reading →

Last weeks training went well, and was similar to the week before it, with 4 walks (6 miles), 3 runs (12.2 miles), 3 spin sessions, 3 strength, a yoga session and a rest day on Saturday. Nicely balanced between it … Continue reading →

I’ve been lucky enough recently to receive some nice presents and cards out of the blue. The other day I got a nice card and message from a friend, and then out of the blue; a parcel from Poland, that … Continue reading →

I’ve been making a conscious effort to listen to more music, mostly whilst I work to hopefully quietly drip feed some good feeling in whilst at home inside my spare room at my laptop. I know I probably sound like … Continue reading →

I was recently tasked with a self development project of looking at my life and my career and plotting them out. Looking at the positives and the negatives of both. It was a good project and also got me to … Continue reading →

Today I went for my second run of the week, and my forth run since I decided to try a different tactic with my running to try to get over my hamstring issue. I ran 4 miles up to Maxwell … Continue reading →