One of my 60 before I’m 60 bucket list items was to write 101 life lessons. I’m no Oracle. Some are useful titbits, most are lessons learnt as a result of me doing something stupid. Here are the first 10. 1. If you are decorating your house and have put the painting tray on the … Continue reading 101 Life Lessons

2.5 months of coached training 😀 So its 2.5 months since I started training with North Endurance and it's going really well. A few niggly Achilles twinges asides its been pretty smooth sailing. I’m still enjoying following a plan which is posted for me on the training peaks App. I generally get about a months … Continue reading Landmark moments! Countdown to my big run begins!; 2.5 months coached training; longest run since the face planting episode and first time drinking river water using a mini filter system 😀

I’m sitting outside on the patio in the scorching heat typing this blog with a slight furrow in my brow. I’m concentrating. I feel really really tired. My husband has just brought me a lovely mug of coffee and I’m hoping that its true what they say - hot drinks can refresh you in the … Continue reading A month in Training – North Endurance

I’ve survived my first week of training following workouts set out by a coach - hurrah. Training was harder than I expected and there was no day off as swimming counts as “active recovery”. Monday: This was my “rest day” i.e. I was given a swim to do. I can totally understand the point however, … Continue reading First coached training week 😁

It’s the last evening of our lovely little holiday here at Private Hill. The weather has been spectacular all week. I cant believe I’ve been liberally applying Factor 30 all week and even have burnt ankles because I ‘missed a bit’. We brought the GoPro9 camera with us to film some of the bike rides. … Continue reading Bombing around the Wolds on the bike with GoPro

Yesterday we set off on a bike ride to York to meet my son and his girlfriend for lunch. It was only 25k there so set off quite late morning and enjoyed an unusual lie in and lingering breakfast on the decking. All the cycling around here is stunning. The ride was easy apart from … Continue reading A bike ride to York, beautiful sunshine and the obligatory getting a wee bit lost run

A few hours ago we arrived at the Private Hill luxury domes set high on a hill with the alpacas Rodney, Perseus and Ziggy on the doorstep. We were delighted by our welcome back note and free bottle of champagne 🍾. Awesome thank you very much Roddy😁. Of course it would be rude not to … Continue reading Arrival at luxury dome and Michelin star food (Peut etre)….

I’ve been back swimming at our local pool for a few weeks now. I’ve noticed that getting there is a race and that this race falls into two parts. Part 1: Beating the online rugby scrum to get a swimming slot. This involves frantically checking the website every few minutes 7 days before you want … Continue reading Swimming Pool Race

With just two weeks to go until the time with my online coach starts, I’m feeling excited! As instructed, I’ve downloaded an app called training peaks. Out cycling in the sunshine I’ve synced the app to seemingly everything apart from the kitchen sink. Ok I’ve not synced it to the toaster (yet). However, its now … Continue reading Exciting times and Training Peaks