The Secret Runner

The Secret Runner

I remember when I started running at the gym. I would enter the gym nervously, all too aware of how fat and unfit I was, and how unfit I looked.  I would gaze around at the Lycra-clad super-bodies around the gym and envy them. How effortlessly everyone performed...
Walls and Plateaus – Part 1, Walls

Walls and Plateaus – Part 1, Walls

So, I’d like to talk about two phenomena that I’ve found to be a hindrance to progress in running for my life – Wallsand Plateaus. However, to make the post readable I’ve decided to split it into two – starting with Walls. It was the 26thof April 2009 when I first hit...
Finally on the run!

Finally on the run!

So my run begins! Well it actually began back in May 2017, when I decided I’d like to run the London Marathon again in 2018, the year of my 60th birthday, and joined a gym to begin the long process of getting into shape to run 26.2 miles. However, later that year a...