Things I wished I knew before I ran my first marathon

Hello and welcome to another post about one of my favourite subjects... Demeaning myself... Wait, no running. That's the one. If you know of my constant posts you will know I have run a variety of races in my short running life. But my second ever race was, in fact, the Belfast marathon and my...

5 tips for running if an overweight beginner

I was/am overweight, I was seriously overweight. I have spoken a few times about it here and here and maybe even here. I started my journey by doing some workouts at home and at the gym, but where I saw serious progress was when I started running. Running was the trigger that got me addicted...

Whats out? 26th January 2018

Thinking of heading to the cinema this weekend? Wanting to know what new films are out? Well, let me help you out with that one. This week there aren't any standouts in which you need to run to the cinema's for, as it appears to be a steady week in the usually busy awards season....

Films I am dreading in 2018: Feb – May

Hello and welcome to the first of my film related posts! Today I want to do something a little different and talk about films I am dreading in 2018. After I started writing this list I realised that I would cross 10,000 words if I did the whole year, so I am breaking it up...

If you don’t get a medal did you really run that race? The allure of medals in running.

Hello one, hello all! Today I want to chat about the beautiful allure of obtaining medals that I have (and hopefully you have, as I don't want to be alone) in races. Nice race you got here, but where is my medal? This thought crossed my mind a year ago when I was browsing through...

Vegan dates #2: Tony and Jen’s

Welcome back to this little series of places that my girlfriend Victoria (Retrosnowflake) and I eat in due to her plant-based/vegan life. There a lot of great vegan options in Belfast nowadays and although I am not vegan, I feel it is worthwhile mentioning these places as they go to great lengths to accommodate their customers....

Weight loss journey: The battle with the scales

Welcome back to my continuation of my weight loss journey series. Previous blogs about starting off your journey at home and getting used to your body here and clothing when you start to lose weight here How is your relationship with your scales? Bit of a love/hate relationship right? Ever get the feeling you want...

Aims for 2018: Part 3 – The Blog

Well, hello there! Well done for sticking to the third post! If you haven't read my other posts check my general aims here and my exercise ones here. Phew, a lot of links out of the way! Now let's see what I would like to achieve on the blog and social media etc in 2018....

Aims for 2018: Part 2 Exercise

Welcome to Part 2! Yesterday I chatted about what my aims are for 2018, today we venture more into what I hope to do in 2018 exercise wise. Let's get to it! 1,2,3,4! RUNNING I want to break this down pretty simple. 2017 was pretty much a loss of a year running wise, I still...

Aims for 2018: part 1

2017 was a weird beast, I never give resolutions or aims, so here I am to try and promise myself on a few things for the next year. This is a tripleheader, today is the general aims, tomorrow exercise related and then the third day will be blog aims. So... shall we? Lose 50lbs minimum...