2021: the year I hardly ran
I wrote this but didn’t publish, thinking it too negative or not relevant. But as I’m awake at 4am I feel different and as this is a personal blog I […]
Tag Archives: pain
Plantar Fasciitis- healing the heel
Note: this is not a scientific blog and it’s mainly about the progress of my PF but also the mental effects of rest. As I write I’m tentatively upbeat about […]
My Cape Wrath Ultra Story
I’ve been toying with this for a couple of days, how do I do the experience justice in a blog? How do I put down in words the emotions, the […]
The darker side of being a runner
If you’re a runner or someone who competes for fun or even for glory you will have at some point witnessed the highs of your chosen sport. In running this […]
Confidence broken
And just as the world was looking up and I wrote a blog about confidence I only go and get injurated*. 😦 *new word I slipped on a paving stone […]
I’ve learned my lesson and become better for it.
What a philosophical title to what is a a blog post about listening to your body and learning from past mistakes. Week 4 long run saw me struggle through a […]
Everything was going so well…
Knee pain! There must be a reason why I keep getting a niggle. Tho after last week’s tempo run my knee at lunch, some 6 hrs after stopping running just […]
A pain in the tooth!
Of all things to disrupt my come back to exerciser extraordinaire (too much?) was tooth pain. Tooth pain has been plaguing me for months. It nearly derailed my ironman effort […]
Feldenkrais – My experience
It’s been 4 weeks of pain free running, this is only 8 runs though. I’m being very disciplined not to rush back and allowing my body to adjust to the […]
Running Pain Free – Getting there
I’ve just had my 2nd pain free run since getting ITB injury a while back. The 1st was last week. I’m even happier that today’s run was the local parkrun […]
Run Spud Run! 