I turned forty two yesterday. I’m very happy being in my forties. I know we all speak about worrying about getting old and how the years are flying by. But I’m pretty sure most of us don’t mind as much as we claim to. Well I don’t. I’ve written about …
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 wouldn’t go as far as saying I’m obsessed with running, but I do love it, it’s my first priority if I have any spare time and it occupies my thoughts a lot. Does that make me obsessed? Oh alright I admit it I am. Completely. But not as obsessed …
In 129 days I’ll be running the London Marathon. I can’t tell you how good it feels to write that. How amazed I am that I’ve come this far with what started out as walking along the Thames in London to shed a bit of baby weight (I’m not sure …
Because I have no saturday night social life and my children were all busy staring at the digger we currently have sitting in our back garden, I decided to be brave and scroll through my Instagram photo gallery. Last week marked the four month anniversary of our arrival in Sydney …
Today I ran the Blackmores Sydney Running Festival half marathon. Not only was it a perfectly blue and warm spring day but it was a beautiful course starting at the Harbour Bridge and finishing at the Opera House 21km later … but best of all I ran my personal best …
I have met some phenomenal people since I started running. Inspiring people who have helped me believe I can achieve my next goal when I’ve doubted myself. When I signed up for my first 10k it was others, not me, who believed I could do it and they were right. …
Each weekend I post a blog of my week in 7 photos. All taken on iPhone 4.
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 …