So, May was the last full actual month of living in the UK. We knew this was going to happen over a year ago, and thankfully Janet had the move part under control… Me? Well Mr. Lastminute.com didn’t let the side down. So, when the blokes showed up with the moving van to take all[…]
Fortunately, the shortest day of the year is rapidly approaching, just 2 and a half weeks. The shorter days are a real crimp to my ability to keep fit, sun is not coming up until after 8 and going down before 4… Fitness 4th December: ran 7.8Km, time avg. 6:50/Km, cut about 15 seconds/Km, big[…]
After 3 weeks, he’s back… Worst 3 weeks health-wise in the last 10 years. Got some sort of flu/cold/allergy thing that just went on and on. 2 doctor visits and lots of drugs and it has now gone. So, the autumn and winter are finally here, after this outrageous summer, it is really disappointing, but[…]
Fitness Have only done one other video this month, just really haven’t had the time. Huel diet is still going well, and runs still pretty regular 2-3 times/week. Each one 7.5-10.5 Km each. Started a month ago increasing protein in the diet, now using some protein powder to mix with my Huel. The protein is[…]
Fitness… So I haven’t been able to do much running on a consistent basis for the last few weeks, still maintaining at least two runs per week. So, this is really the blog post for the last two weeks… My friends Mark and Colleen got me into doing Park runs, which for the most part[…]
September is over, amazingly great things have happened… Sorry I have not blogged in the last 2 weeks, been a lot going on. Have now moved both the physical and motivational components up to the next level… Fitness Report Motivation Report This week we are looking at perseverance and “re-framing”…
So, I finally figured out after 10 months of running on the road that when people come by you and hold their hands up, they want to “high five” you… I guess the more desperate you look the more then want to encourage you, so I seem to be a lighting rod for encouragement… Fitness[…]
Week ending 25th August 2018 On Tuesday, went 9.5 Km, Thursday 7.5 Km, and Saturday 5 Km ParkRun. Went to Bushy Park at Hampton Court Palace for the ParkRun, the site of the original one. Their timing system said I did a personal best by 2 minutes, which doesn’t seem either correct or possible… With[…]
So this week we had some unexpectedly great things happen. First, my university roommate Archie drove all the from Seattle up to Port Townsend and picked up a load of pictures of my brother Paul which I’ve posted up in the “about” section… The post image in honour of Paul… So here is the fitness[…]
Well, it was the week the weather turned and we got to look at some great things… Fitness Report: Motivation Report: the best gift you could give your family, the 5 things I am thankful for, and faith