Well look at that, 3 blog posts in 3 months. One about sushi and two about marathons. Never going to win any awards now am I? I have been the lamest blogger ever. Last weekend I ran the Australian Outback Marathon. A 42km run in the desert around the most …
I’m not particularly happy about the grey hair on my head. Or my slowing down metabolism. The wrinkles beside my eyes. My ageing hands. Or the way my knees creak when I walk up stairs. But you know what? When I didn’t have all those things I also didn’t have …
Yesterday I was sorting through some old photos and I came across one taken of my then family of five when my middle son was only a few weeks old. I was in a bad way with post natal depression and after he was born was the first time I …
I get asked this all the time. I think it’s because people are intrigued by other people who manage to get through life without drinking. Maybe not strangely enough, the person who asks me usually has a drink in their hand. The subject will come up when I decline a drink …
2011 was one of the worst years of my life. I’ve had two years in my life that stand out for me as the absolute worst. One of them marred by tragedy, one of them due to my own self loathing. I had my fourth child in 2011 and fell …
I’m over at Operation Move today talking about my weight loss and fitness journey .. (follow the link) It all started with two lamp posts …..
Tomorrow an article is being posted on the wonderful fitness website I’m involved with about me and my former life. My former life when I was fat. There will be photos of me … and they will be on the internet forever. But you know what? Even though I’m a little …
It’s eighty four days until race day. I’m not shitting myself as much as I was last week but I’m still worried how the hell I will run 42.2km without fainting/vomiting/lying in the gutter and crying/dying. I’m running over 40km each week now and over half of that is in …
I am forever quitting stuff. On monday I gave up sugar. I will quite happily swap a few (dozen) spoons of Nutella for a proper meal because I have a dreadful sweet tooth. I developed it when I quit drinking about a year and a half ago and its been …
In a couple of weeks I’m doing my first half marathon. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t shitting myself a bit. I’ve done the hard work and think I’m as prepared as I can be, but there’s still a little niggling of self-doubt. It seems like only yesterday …