Running, Fitness and Health Blog for your Mind, Body and Soul
With the turn of the New Year, you may have made some resolutions. It’s hard to avoid really. Without consciously doing it, I have resolved to –
If you’re reading this, you are probably pretty lucky. Continue reading “Acknowledge the good things”
Do you struggle to say no?
Have you ever end up at the party you didn’t want to go to? Then you want to leave early but get talked into staying.
Someone calls you at work and asks you to do something. You already have too much work, but you end up saying yes anyway. Continue reading “Learning to say no more. Simplify your life.”
When I’m thinking about what to write at the moment, the same 3 things come into my head – consistency, motivation and the compound effect.
You may not know what the compound effect is exactly, but you’ll be very aware of it generally.
Continue reading “The Compound Effect – Consistency is the key”
I’ve just read The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin.
I’ve listened to her podcast before and she’s recently been on Rich Roll’s podcast to promote this book. Luckily my library had the book, and even though it has recently been published, I got it reserved and gave it a read.
The tagline of the book is –
The Indispensable Personality Profiles that reveals how to make your life better (and other people’s lives better, too) Continue reading “The Four Tendencies – Upholder, Questioner, Obliger or Rebel?”
Do you ever have times when you should be “doing something”, but you find yourself scrolling through Facebook or Instagram?
The scrolling and the “likes” give you a dopamine hit. Dopamine controls the brain’s reward and pleasure centres. It also gets blamed for addiction. Continue reading “Running from your discomfort – try reflecting on it”
You think to yourself
I’m not really progressing with my running. What do I need? I need some new running shoes!
The shoes arrive. They look all funky and super and you can’t wait to try them out. After a few runs, the glow of the shoes wears off.
It’s getting cold and dark now. I need a fancy running jacket so there’s no excuse not to go out running. Continue reading “I need just one more thing! Take the right step.”
I recently went for a weekend away in Berlin, carried on (a small 22 litres backpack) and took as little as possible. I still ended up not wearing my smart shirt (just in case of possible nice restaurant outing) or my long sleeved t-shirt (just in case of cold weather). The Kindle was not touched once.
Whilst travelling, I‘m always intrigued by how some seem to make it a real effort and jealous of how some have it sorted and stay so calm. Continue reading “Travelling – healthy, comfortably and thoughtfully”
In my post about the 2017 Ealing Half marathon, I explained a little about the challenges of running. Even though I had the physical side covered, the mental side got to me.
Whenever I have struggles, be it running, cycling or BMF (especially BMF) I think of the phrase –
“It doesn’t get easier, you just get faster”
The guy who was leading the Ealing Half (heading in the opposite direction) who started 30 seconds before me but finished 35 minutes ahead (he was at mile 9, and I was at mile 6) looked like he was finding it challenging. If we flip places when I was at mile 9, the runners going the other way looked to be having their own battles, but also lots of fun.
Running can be humbling. Continue reading “Coming back stronger”
The other day I came across this quote –
“For the past three years, I have been playing not to lose. After yesterday, now I am playing to win”.
It can from another excellent post by Peter Bromka. It was a text from his Dad to him before the Chicago marathon.
His Dad had heart surgery three years ago, and the day before the marathon he had been taken back into hospital for further surgery. Continue reading “Playing to win, or playing not to lose?”
Although running and cycling are my main pastimes, my favourite team sport is Rugby.
Currently down in New Zealand the British and Irish Lions are preparing for the First Test match on Saturday against the back to back World Champions.
To the uninitiated, every 4 years a squad of rugby players are selected from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales to go on a 7-8 week tour to either Australia, South Africa or New Zealand. They play a number of matches against club and regional sides and culminates in 3 Tests against the hosts. Most rugby players see being picked to be in a Lions squad and playing a test match as the pinnacle of their career. Continue reading “Living with Lions – Find your Motivation”