Covid-19 returned to our family
Covid-19 recently hit our family, having hit us for the first time in April 2020. (There was no testing then, but I had textbook symptoms….
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Newport marathon: The maranoia goes next level
I wrote the other week about ‘maranoia’ – the special kind of paranoia you develop in the days leading up to a marathon. Because you’ve…
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My husband, my running buddy
It was my husband who first started me running, way back in 1994. We started running just before my 21st birthday. He was working and…
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Cheltenham half marathon 2021
Cheltenham half marathon 2021 was my 20th half marathon (or 21st if you count the virtual Cheltenham Challenge) and my seventh Cheltenham half marathon. On…
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Return to parkrun (and Lanhydrock parkrun)
On 24th July, my dream (and the dream of many other people) finally came true – parkrun came back. There had been no parkruns in…
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A flying visit to Edinburgh
A couple of weeks ago, we took a flying visit to Edinburgh – somewhere I’ve only previously visited for the day, back in 2002. In…
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Cheltenham Challenge virtual half marathon
After being cancelled last year, Cheltenham Challenge half marathon went ahead this year – albeit in virtual form. I didn’t do a single virtual race…
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I got my Covid-19 vaccine (at last)
Most people reading this have probably already had their Covid-19 vaccine. So you’re probably not going to learn anything from it. I just wanted to…
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The (not)parkrun PB
I have run a (not)parkrun every week since parkrun ended on 14th March last year. The first few weeks were unofficial, then in June last…
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Parkrun 2020: End of year report
Who would have thought that I could have actually written 2020’s parkrun end of year report in March? 2020 was the year parkrun ground to…
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Parkrun triumphs 2020
Well, this is a rather short post, isn’t it? Usually I post my parkrun triumphs at the end of the year, after a full year…
