The first time I ever run on Xmas day I had been out the night before had a terrible hangover and little else to do, so I decided a run might make me feel a little better before visiting family later that evening…it worked, as not only did it clear my head it made me […]
Why I run on Xmas Day Read More »
I am often asked “What you gonna do when you lose all your weight? You’ll have to change the name of your blog?” because weight loss of course is the ultimate goal right? No wrong!! I used to think that way though, seriously I used to believe that life would be so much easier if I could
My problem with transformation pictures Read More »
This is probably the worst time of the year to launch a campaign to get people more active, it’s cold outside, its dark when you go to work and even darker when you come home, and there’s all that Xmas shopping to be done, ordered online and delivered straight to your door of course. So
Are we really THAT lazy? Read More »
Now of course I already know that there is such a thing as fit AND fat. I mean there is no doubt that at close to 16 stone I am Fat yet I am also reasonable fit, and in fit I mean I exercise for the 3 x 30 minutes that the government in the
Fit and Fat…it is a thing!! Read More »
For those of you that have been reading this blog for a while you will know that I live in Stratford, East London…the very same Stratford which hosted much of the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics a few years back. Stratford is a cool place to live. But it hasn’t always been so, and the
Walking into the office on a Monday morning after a heavy weekend I was bombarded by one of the sports team “You are going to do the run on Saturday too right?” she said enthusiastically I was coordinating volunteers for the launch of Newham Councils community fit club an initiative to get residents excited about
Rain, rain go away come again another day. That is the song I found myself singing to my daughter over this bank holiday weekend as the weather put a stop to some of the fun activities we had planned. There’s one thing for me to head out into the rain for hours on end but
The Zen of Getting Drenched!! Read More »
Ok so firstly let’s get one thing straight, the twitter debate last weekend between myself and Jason Henderson (editor or Athletics Weekly) was nothing at all to do with the concept of “Fun” runners, that is not a term you will ever hear me use, neither do I describe myself as “a Fat Jogger” else
Fast versus Fun…the “Proper Runner” saga continues. Read More »
I love watching athletics, I always have. Even before I got into running I found it therapeutic to just veg out on the sofa and watch athletes at their peak competing for medals and world records, but funnily enough it never inspired me to get off my arse and start running myself, which I am sure is
Why inspiration is a funny thing Read More »
I have been doing parkrun since 2008 when a friend encouraged me to go to Wimbledon Common to take part, I didn’t realise at that point that there were ones closer to me, but it was worth the early morning schlep across town and signalled the start of a new way of spending my Saturday
How to end parkrun fear FOREVER!! Read More »
