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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10 years of blogging
Ten years ago, on 1st August 2011, I was reading my friend’s blog, when I realised I could just click a couple of things to…
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Reflections on year 12 and year 10
Another school year is over and my kids have reached the end of year 12 and year 10. It’s been a big year for both…
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Parenting teenagers or toddlers: Which is easier?
For just over two years now, I’ve been parenting three teenagers. Parenting any teenagers isn’t easy. Parenting three of them at once is definitely no…
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Feeding an athlete
For an athlete like my son, who is really serious about doing his absolute best in his sport, you have to get everything right. Every…
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The end of the school run
After nearly 16 years, it seems that I have come to the end of the school run. My son is in year 12, he recently…
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Driving lessons and driving tests during a pandemic
As any parent of older teenagers (and definitely the older teenagers themselves) will tell you – getting driving lessons and driving tests during the pandemic…
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My running journey 2011-2021
I wrote the other day about my early years as a runner. Today I will tell you about my more recent running journey. In 2011,…
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My running journey: The early years (1994-2011)
Although I write a lot about running, I realise I’ve never written about my running journey from the start, particularly the early years. I’m proud…
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My son, gaming and the eBay phase
Nowhere in the parenting books does it say that, between the ages of 15 and 18, boys will go through the ‘eBay phase’. This is…
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A week off work
We should have been on holiday in Padstow last week. We booked it way back in August last year, when the world was getting back…
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The importance of sport for kids
Many, many years ago, before we even had kids, my husband said: ‘When we have kids, we will make sure they do lots of sport’….
