Being a conscious runner
I believe that running is a way to transform our lives. Not just to lose weight. Not just to give us targets to get fired up and enter races, and go the distance with our training… But these things too. […]
Taking a tour…
…of the spine. Have you ever had pain in your body, and felt helpless to help yourself and limited with ‘what to do’?! Have you ever googled your aches and pains to better understand what’s amiss…and what you ought to […]
Overcoming your running hurdles
How to get the answers that you’re looking for from your running… What would really benefit you to know more about in relation to your running? What are your running goals? And your hurdles….? Maybe it’s how to stay motivated […]
In love with the chores
There are two chores that I actually really really enjoy! Here’s why they’re so beneficial for a creative life – And we all live a creative life, by the way! We might not paint, draw, knit or write poetry, but […]
You’ve got the look*
I’m the kind of person who gets asked if I’m vegetarian. All the time. I seem to have ‘the look’ – you know the one; the vegetarian look. (Well, actually, I think that I have ‘the energy’, and this is […]
What they didn’t teach us in school
When I was 18 or 19 one of my closest friends finished our friendship. It took me a long time for the confusion, and, to be honest, it was painful for me for a long while. Over the years I’ve […]
Unearthing some truffly delights
Each year has a different energy – we can feel it. If you think back to one of your favourite years –how did it feel? Full of lots of joyful events? A big move, perhaps, and all of its excitement […]
Everyone’s got an answer for us
My training partner and I are very different characters. For a start, he’s a guy and I’m not. Secondly, he’s all over, what I call, silly-long-distances (!), and I’m into shorter-sharper blasts. So our training coincides where his short runs […]
Some things are inevitable
Some things are inevitable if you run, jog, ‘jeff’* or plod…whether you’re a seasoned runner, or whether you’ve only just started putting on your go-fasters,** stick with running for long enough, and it’s inevitable that you’ll meet at least some, […]
Immersing yourself in the real New Year…
I’ve long found January a really tricky month to ‘get into to’. And it’s a paradox really because I love the freshness of the New Year, plus I spend a good chunk of December looking forward to January! The funny […]