Getting back that motivation to keep running

Hello! I recently asked a group of runners on a bi-weekly chat on twitter hosted by UKrunchat and asked them a simple question. Have you ever just lost motivation to run and if so, how did you get it back? It is a question that runs through my mind when I hear people talk about losing the...

Weightloss Journey: New job, new me?

Recently I chatted about moving to a 9-5 job and how I am excited about it for a number of reasons. One of these reasons is a pretty simple one. I am excited about this job, so I can finally, finally have some structure in my life. Part of that structure is my diet and...

Can an overweight guy do yoga? My first class

Yoga hasn't really ever been on my to-do list other than some DDP Yoga and P90x stuff at home and definitely no yoga in front of anyone and my TV. But should it be? Should I venture out more to yoga classes and get my downward facing dog on with others? Well a few Thursdays ago,...

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...

Weight loss to Christmas Challenge: Starting off

I decided in October that I would make one big push to lose weight before Christmas. I had a number of excuses over the past few months, which I have already gone into in my life update post. The point was, I have been lay and that is unacceptable. I am better than that. So,...

Back at it – LIFE UPDATE

Hello, it's been awhile! Those that follow the blog, may have noticed that I haven't posted in a little while. Apologies for that, but the last month has been a bit crazy workwise for me and I was in a bit of a slump with my exercise and creativity. So the blog took a big hit...

Running two races in the same weekend – Part 2 – The 5km race

Welcome back! If you are reading this one first, I recommend that you read my first post about the running weekend here. I had just completed the 30 miler and felt okay, I had a minor twinge but I knew a little rub and care would look after it easily enough. Tomorrow would be a...

Neglecting runnings past successes

I had the opportunity to attend an event in Belfast on the 16th August about an anniversary of a historic race that occurred in Belfast 50 years ago, and I had never heard of it or the people involved before. Which made me think about how we are neglecting the major events that happen in...

The coaching side of running: Part 2

Hello! It has been a little while since I updated you on Victoria's progress in her running (check out her version here and here... Oh and here!)! The last time we left it, she had an aim of nipping in at 34:30 for the big race on the 20th, which would mean finding 10 minutes from...

Running: The coaching side of running

So recently I have been nagging my girlfriend to get into running as I think she would enjoy it and it is a nice mix of her usual workouts. Little did I know that I would be helping her try and pb a 5k on the 20th of August! Excited and nervous at the same time...