I have spent the last couple of Covid years studiously ignoring this blog. My life is much changed, I have lost my training mojo on so many dimensions. Just an overall change of pace. Many things have changed, in my sporting, volunteering and business landscape over the last two  ... Read More

Boy, that was depressing. When I went into the notes app that I use to draft these posts I saw the list of all the things that were going to happen now that I wasn’t running around like a mad thing. Not that we are out yet, but ... Read More

I wanted to open this post with a thank you for all the ideas that friends gave me for how to fill up some spare time. I have taken those on board and am a bit excited about how this year looks to be shaping up: Starting a book club ... Read More

After a year where not much went to plan, everything is reset for 2020. Lowlights of 2019 include my slowest half marathon ever and getting pulled out of the water in a triathlon! But this year, despite the crazy weather and even crazier times generally, it feels like I’m on track. ... Read More

For the first time, I was unable to properly complete a race. While I knew I had not had the world’s best preparation, I didn’t think the Sprint Tri at Kurnell would go like this... So I don’t love swimming. I’m very bad at it. I need to work hard to ... Read More

I find myself at a bit of an inflection point. Wrapping up some of my volunteering on one front, which will free up some time. And now to consider what to do with that time… I don’t really do just sitting around all that well. Or in fact I do ... Read More

2019 was a year with lots of learning in my winter sporting season - brain intensity more than physical intensity - and now I’m in a between season lull. You would think that having a half marathon last weekend would have had me training hard, but it was the most ... Read More