How I was influenced to be artistic again

If you don’t know my past, I have a degree in Art and Design (and Education Studies) and got accepted onto a Fine Art degree at the University of Ulster. I came very close to taking that course, but I knew that the arts were struggling in Northern Ireland and unless I went into a...

The Pain of A Did Not Start

I wrote before about training for the 24-hour race this weekend (June 23rd/24th) and I had high hopes for running well. But a mixture of things have gotten in the way of training and after my right calf decided it wasn’t going to be my friend anymore. I had to withdraw from the race. Gutting....

Body weight workout challenge

I like fitness… I talk about it probably more than I should for someone my weight (at the minute). I like to improve a lot and something I have noticed since I got back into running is that my body weight workouts have been none existent. So to help me to get back into going...

How has a 9-5 life treated me? (2 months in)

Alright? If you remember that a while ago (8 weeks to be exact) I moved to a 9 -5 job after working in shift work for close to 10 years. I thought it would be a good idea to share some things I have learnt during this time. Shall we?  Lunch breaks truly are a...

Having a go at kickboxing for the first time.

A little while ago Victoria and I decided that we would take up a class together for the giggle and she saw an opening for a class on Thursday nights for six weeks. All sounded great until I was informed that it was kickboxing... I won't lie, I had a big gulp, but it was...