We Were Promised Hoverboards

"Only 26.2 miles to go!" - so says the banner as you leave the London Marathon Running Show at ExCeL in London.  Only. Most o...

I've dusted off my password and come back to write something. If you've been keeping up-to-date with any of my social media, you...

Mondays pretty much start the same way for me every week… The alarm goes off around 5:45am, and, silently cursing, I take stock of how I’m ...

There's more serious stuff to come from #DPC16 - a lot more.  But the conferences (#YDEF16 included) did have a personal side to them as...

A very rare post from me on my own blog.   I keep a lot of plates spinning most of the time, and sadly that means some fall to the ground ...

So this is my final blog post anywhere before Sunday's Yorkshire Marathon attempt. I say attempt because that's exactly what it i...

The Yorkshire Marathon is 20 days away now and I’m now fully focused on the last nine (NINE!) training runs before the big day.   I did m...

I’m conscious I’ve not done an update for a while and with just under five weeks to go until the Yorkshire Marathon, I thought I let you kno...

Another week down and the miles are stacking up now.  I’ve now covered over 300 miles this year which is quite satisfying.  You may remember...

The most intense training week I've probably ever had is finally behind me...and I actually feel pretty good about it. If you remember...

So that’s week two out of the way and my first 20 mile week since late January/early Feb.  As usual, it had its ups and downs with a pretty ...

Eleven weeks left to go.  I’ve done a little over 18 miles this week without any real ill effects so I think that’s probably got to be a suc...

It feels a bit strange blogging back on Hoverboards.  I know it’s been a long time since I posted here, and whilst that hiatus was never pla...

This blog first appeared on the Diabetes UK blog site on March 26th 2013 Like many people, I have a love/hate relationship with exercise. ...

Hello again As many of you know, I've had a love/hate relationship with running over the last year or so.  If you're unfamiliar wi...

Hello After a ridiculous absence I'm back.  It's not been a conscious decision to stay away - I've just struggled to find some...