The medal from the race
Running

Four Villages Half Marathon 2026

apologies about the grubbiness - I hadn't showered yet I have never had a blister before. I’ve done one 50K, six marathons and countless half marathons, but I’ve never had an issue with my feet. Even my toenails have stayed on – apart from the time I kicked a log and didn’t like it. But… Continue reading Four Villages Half Marathon 2026

Running

New Year Plans and XC Wins

A few pics from the Loch Ness website I know I said that I’d be continuing my endeavours to improve on my half marathon time this year, but I appear to have changed that thinking slightly. After chatting with some running club buddies about the Loch Ness Marathon for which an advert had appeared in… Continue reading New Year Plans and XC Wins

Life, Running

How Did Those Resolutions Go?

Happy New Year ‘Come, Aunty Rita.’ The twelve-year-old puts her hand out to the fifty-two-year-old in order to gently guide her to the deep end.  She’s actually my granddaughter but when I first began assimilating myself into Anne’s family, her parents thought ‘Nannie’ was too old a moniker for a forty-something, and now the ‘Aunty’… Continue reading How Did Those Resolutions Go?