Monday Thoughts: Should we return to independent traders food shopping?

Victoria and I were watching a BBC documentary about plastic waste and at one point they mentioned how butchers, greengrocers and milkmen are making a small resurgence and that got me thinking about how much I use their services and actually how much I want to increase using local traders rather than supermarkets for my...

6 ways walking to and from work has improved my life

I know, I know, a bit of a hyperbolic title, but it is true. Anyway, it has been mentioned a few times on the blog, but I have started to walk into and from work every day for the past few weeks for a variety of reasons and I thought I would share with you...

Veganuary: A look back

Well came and went and I survived. I remember seeing people saying how much of a challenge it would be and I became a little daunted by it. But, in truth, it was fairly easy and I was comfortable. Have a read below to read my overall thoughts on the month! Enjoy! Will I stay...

Veganuary week 2

Week one came and went with not too much difficulty and we have arrived at the end of week two at my brave endeavour to be a vegan for month… I imagined that sounding a lot more dramatic than it did! Week 2 has been completed and I am sure you are wondering how it...

RED January 2019

I have a number of goals to achieve in January some are personal, some are food related and some like today's post are exercise related! I want to get a little running streak going again and with January just around the corner, it made sense to do that with RED January! If you do not...

Training for the Mo Run

Hello! If you read the blog, you might know I like a run and then I like to talk about it, so with that out of the way here is my training plan for the next few weeks for the Mo Run 10 km race on Sunday 25th November. Last week I got the first...

Mo Running 10k race 2018

If there is one race that I am always comfortable with it is the 10km race, 5km’s for me have always been a bit of a struggle, as it sometimes takes a mile or two for me to get into a good rhythm so by the time I am able to focus on the race,...

Larne 10k Review

September is a busy period for running obviously, at least 3 races this month and today I present you with the second of the 10k races I participated in! Today’s race was a first for me as I took part in the Larne 10km for the first time. Luckily I brought Retrosnowflake with me too....

The coaching side of running part 3

As some of you may know, I coerced my lovely girlfriend Victoria (Retrosnowflake) into running as I was fed up of running on my own and wanted a running partner… Well it has just been a little over a year since that time and I thought I would give you all a little update on...

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...