• My favourite running photo

    My favourite running photo

    Loving that both the girls are showing an interest in fitness things I do. Bells wants to go to the gym and Gogo is getting into properly into running. This fills me with joy.

  • A bumpy road… with snacks

    A bumpy road… with snacks

    A bit disappointed that I have lost some momentum over the past couple of weeks. Dialling back in to reverse this trend.

  • Mountain Rescue, Event Cover, and the Risk of Getting This Wrong

    Mountain Rescue, Event Cover, and the Risk of Getting This Wrong

    The recent Westminster Hall debate led by Lisa Smart highlighted concerns about new Care Quality Commission registration requirements for medical cover at temporary events, potentially jeopardising Mountain Rescue’s role. Volunteers provide essential local expertise in emergencies, and increased regulatory burdens may deter them from offering critical support, leading to delays in response during events.

  • Weight loss, good; Ankle, bad

    Weight loss, good; Ankle, bad

    Another good weigh in with the weight-loss trend continuing at about the same rate. Hoping to be back in the 250lbs next rotation. The big win is that this is a stone shifted in less than 3 months. The path to 15 stone is looking good at this rate. In bad news, I went to…

  • Still shifting weight

    Still shifting weight

    Latest weigh-in shows things continuing to move in the right direction. Happy to see that line is keeping on a consistent trend.

  • Spine Race Women’s Webinars

    Collecting the excellent series of webinars that are being put out by the Spine Race team. Focused on supporting women get into and succeed at the race, these are an excellent resource.

  • A controversial week in running

    A controversial week in running

    A week of foot-in-mouth messaging in the running community this week, with Nike riling up the community with exclusionary messaging at Boston and Joe Wicks giving downright stupid advice for marathoners.

  • Starting the Spine SST prep

    Capturing my Spine Race volunteer experience. Starting the process of prep for volunteering on the Spine Race with our SST team call.

  • Back to morning walks

    Back to morning walks

    As the days get longer, I’m able to add in a pleasant morning ‘commute’ again. All feeding in to moving more.

  • Uni assignment done

    Juggling a part-time degree with a full-time job and life is tough. How people manage to double up OU courses is beyond me.