I had grand plans at the start of the year, a few weeks ago, and we're not even at the end of January and I'm rethinking them. I entered the South Downs Way 50 in the summer last year, and at the time I was really excited about it. And then came Bournemouth and the [...]

My friend Liz Goodchild, who you may remember from the New Year podcast, helps people make changes in their life and has written a guest post.   Being stuck is horrible. And gritted-teeth frustrating. Being stuck sits just below the surface of your life and it creeps up slowly, weaving its way in. You don't notice it [...]

As most people got ready for a first week back at work post-Christmas, I was preparing for my first week working for myself. I'd had a break over Christmas but had still been working on and off - answering emails and writing bits and bobs - but that first full week of January when I [...]

Today I went out for a five mile run. I headed to Finsbury Park and ran a few laps. After my first lap I pushed the pace a little - nothing too fast, just a comfortably hard effort up the hills and keeping the foot on the gas down the other side. When I got [...]

It's a fair few years since I decided that I needed a GPS watch. I'd been running for almost a year and I wanted to leave the gym behind and run outside, but I had no idea how far I was running outside. This was seven years ago, I didn't have a smart phone so couldn't [...]

I had my last day at work the day before Christmas Eve, and my last run commute to work the day before that. As I ran to work one last time I wanted to enjoy it, and to a certain extent I did. Being up and awake, setting off when it was still a bit [...]

I've been testing out a few fitness trackers recently with mixed reviews. One that I kept getting asked about (here and in pubs) by people keen to pop something on their Christmas list was the Fitbit. So when the people at Fitbit asked if I'd like to try one, I said yes please and then [...]

Thinking about the year ahead, it's tempting to sign up to do all of the things and all of the races. It's something I've been guilty of in the past, notably the past year. I like races - and for me that doesn't always mean 'racing'. Sometimes it just means that I know there'll be friends [...]

I did a lot of fun things this year. Having spent most of October and November not running at all, it's difficult to believe the running that these legs have done. But on reflection, it's obvious that at some point during the year I started to feel a little bit invisible so it's no surprise [...]