The Edinburgh Marathon Festival took place at the weekend there and Facebook reminded me a few days ago that it's 8 years since I ran all 4 races there. I've learned a lot from running over the years but I learned 3 valuable lessons from running 4 races in 2 days back in 2014. Those
What have you done in your life to make you feel proud? We often celebrate the achievements of others but seldom our own. A year ago today, I did this..... I ran 50 miles in one day, two days before my 50th birthday. Why? Two reasons really. One was that all my other goals had
Recently, I wrote about why I run, how it helps my creativity, solve problems and how it has helped me deal with grief. Running has also taught me many things over the years and came to the fore last Thursday when I completed a personal challenge of running 50 miles in one day, 2 days
In exactly 3 months, I will be 50. I know, I don't look it and barely look a day over 35 etc ;-) How do you feel about reaching a big birthday? Do you look forward to them or do they fill you with dread? The journey to being 50 will be a much more
The Edinburgh Marathon Festival (EMF) holds a lot of great memories for me. I've done the marathon a few times and last week I was back to do the Edinburgh Half Marathon. Nothing will beat 2014 when I ran all 4 races and I became the poster boy but this was going to be a completely