Swimming has always terrified me. The fear doesn’t stem from the act of swimming itself but from being undressed like that in front of others; scars from years of being bullied for being overweight. I feared their laughter, their derision, their silent judgement, I guess in a small way I still do. While at school … Continue reading A Swim in Uncertain Waters
I get that warm fuzzy feeling of nostalgia when it comes to the Brooks Glycerin. It is a well earned love that goes all the way back to the very start of my running life. When I first started running back in late 2015 I ran in a pair of old trainers. They lasted me … Continue reading Glycerin 18: Nostalgia in a Name
I started writing this rambling 'poem' at the start of lockdown, when all that swirled around my head during runs was the uncertainty of it all and the longing for that precious old normal. It never felt quite right to post but after reading the news of the London Marathon not taking place until October … Continue reading Covid-19 – There will come a time
Last Thursday I ran for the first time in two and a half weeks and I didn’t fully realise why until I started to run. I put it down to a myriad of things at the time; blisters from my 112km walk as part of the Virtual Race to the Stones, going back into the … Continue reading Losing 20in20
In the seemingly 11,488 days of Covid-19 lockdown we have been forcibly given time away from finish lines and finish time goals. Time perhaps to reflect, reassess and maybe even reset how you train and ultimately how you look at running. For me it has been an opportunity to rediscover my 'why' when it comes … Continue reading Remembering Why I Run
The route of the Dead Sea Marathon was worryingly simple on paper, which before arriving gave me massive concerns. I was worried that I might get bored and in those moments of monotony my mind would craft stumbling blocks full of self-doubt and self-hatred. I had done similar simplistic route before and been completely undone … Continue reading THE DEAD SEA MARATHON – PART TWO
It’s 2am in Jerusalem, an ungodly time in a holy city, and I’m waking up to run a marathon. In a place where the call to prayer hangs in the air like a religious fog, my alarm clock’s shrill song sounded like musical sacrilege and I hurried to turn it off in a bleary-eyed panic that … Continue reading The Dead Sea Marathon – Part One
With the days blurring into weeks and now months in this unending lockdown I, like everyone else, have been trying to fill the vacant days. One thing I have been enjoying is trawling through my old notebooks. Thoughts scribbled down in scattered ink, plans whispered in lost words and meeting notes never revisited; a time … Continue reading For the Younger Me
It has been almost seven weeks since the shutters were pulled down upon normality and the dust began to settle upon our neatly laid plans. In an instant our lives were changed forever and we now live in a world coloured differently, shaded in a hue I no longer recognise. I won’t talk about the … Continue reading Covid-19 – Stripping us Back
I have lusted after wireless earbuds ever since I started running. I run along narrow country roads so can’t listen to music in both ears whilst safely paying attention to what may be coming up behind me or zooming round a blind corner. So I have long dreamed of not having to worry about a … Continue reading Beats Powerbeats Pro vs Jaybird Vista
