I am very proud to announce that I am a fully qualified CAWS coach, ready to work with you to overcome Long COVID. It is clear to me that there are hundreds of thousands of you that are slipping through the cracks, unable to find any help with Long COVID. I am here to tell …
“Dear Kate, It was so good to catch up with you last night. Standing in front of the house, the whole of Bedford hidden from view behind the conifers and more obviously local hawthorns and assorted hedgerow shrubbery beside your parents’ house, its commanding presence over-looking the whole of Bedford an unknown secret as I …
Week 2, and we already have a reduced group. My hope is that we we are ahead of the stats and get 90% of you to complete the course. Sometimes life does just get in the way. We already have a couple of non-running injuries, and a realisation that the time and day does not …
It has been a while. Months since I lead a group, years since I lead a beginners group. What has always amazed and frustrated me is the high attrition rate for running groups for beginners. It seems to me that the biggest reason for the failure to continue running is the rigid structure of the …
Bounding is the focus of today’s intervals
The Planet Destroyers? Are we (the asthmatics of this world) all walking around with planet-destroying Infinity Stones in our pockets? Is my asthma inhaler damaging the environment? An article from the BBC claimed that the carbon footprint of asthma is ‘as big as eating meat’ (the inverted commas are theirs, not mine, which is funny …
Bounding is the focus of today’s intervals
If you could go back in time, what would you say to your younger self? 4th July 1995 And yes, this is me. The best summer ever, working as a lifeguard at Camp Rockmont in the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina. A summer with the most amazing kids and staff, some of whom are still …
Albums you will love, especially if you are me. Queen – The Miracle Todays thought is “don’t listen to your own stupid head, it has no idea what it is talking about” I have a very distinct memory of first listening to this album, round at Russell’s, with Steve & Richard. It was May 1999. …
The aim was 30 minutes of swings. 10 every minute. But then the rain started again. I could have quit, but I felt energised after the warm up, so a quick change of plan was required
