Doing the best that I can, at writing, running and living
I nearly didn’t make it to Parkrun. The postcode took me to a turning that was signposted as Belladrum and then told me ‘You have arrived’ but it was a narrow road that continued winding through the dark trees. There were a couple of houses and two ‘private’ roads branched off the main track and… Continue reading Drumnadrochit
I have just picked up On Writing, Stephen King’s well-known primer on, well, writing. Surprisingly, I’ve never read it before, but then I’ve not read that many books on ‘how to write’. Yes, I know I did a Masters on it, but that was on Creative NON-Fiction, so a slightly different beast. Compared to my other pastime, running,… Continue reading WiFi Blues
I’m in the last week before my marathon. I have absolutely no idea how well I’m going to run it anymore because although I started the training well with a very good base (for me) of running thirty miles a week and then upping that to thirty-five, I lost the momentum after a long weekend… Continue reading Tapering For The Loch Ness Marathon
Am I a writer who runs or a runner who writes? Such is the question that has been worming its way around my head for the past hour while I should have been sleeping. It’s now four o’clock in the morning and I have given up the battle of trying to sleep and crept into… Continue reading Insomniac Indecisions
Have I told you lately that I...am publishing my book? Well, now it's finally available on the behemoth that is Amazon. My book out in the world! One day I want to say that my book is also out in all good bookshops but in the meantime two wonderful local places will be stocking it… Continue reading Rita Mistry – Death On All Hallows’ Eve
I am supposed to be in the deepest part of my marathon training but we’re away in Ribblesdale for a long weekend with family and although I brought my kit, I’d also brought a pair of trainers that were technically retired. I’d had a vague plan to go to Clitheroe for their parkrun, but I… Continue reading Novice Self-Publisher Learns Some Hard Truths
Reader: I stopped at sixteen miles. Then I had an ice cream, and then I carried on to the full twenty. Yes, there was a big pause where I recovered somewhat, and no, I’m not going to do that on the big day, unless they decide to put an ice cream van just before we… Continue reading A Super Long Run – Done?
I’m a little bit nervous. I have decided to run/walk twenty miles (ish) tomorrow. The first of my two twenty-mile long runs. I’m deliberately going out on the Wirral Way, where it can get tedious because it is flat and straight but is ideal for getting a rhythm going because it is flat and straight.… Continue reading A Super Long Run
I haven’t written a blog about my running for four weeks. The last one was talking about Week 4 and now we’re nearing the end of Week 8, so for me, who can normally natter on, that’s a while. In past marathon iterations I’ve managed to get something out more frequently, but not this time.… Continue reading Loch Ness MT – Somewhere between Weeks 4 and 8
Ancient Greek myths seem to abound at the moment. On top of the raft of books re-imagining stories such as Pat Barker’s The Voyage Home, and Madeline Miller’s The Song of Achilles, there is, of course, Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, which I haven’t seen yet. Outside by London Bridge Foyer - this is a really comfortable theatre The… Continue reading The Oresteia – The Bridge Theatre, London
