The Good Stuff of 2012

It stuck me that my ‘Unresolved’ post was almost entirely negative.  It was all about what I didn’t do in 2012, what I failed to achieve. Well, I’m not going to let 2012 pass without adding some balance because in 2012 two brilliant, never to be repeated things happened… The Olympic Park Run In March Read More …

unresolved

Last year I posted some running goals… I will run the 5 mile Olympic Park Run in March in under 40 minutes. I will run my first marathon in Edinburgh in May in under 4 hours 10 minutes. I will run the Great Scottish Run half marathon in Glasgow in September in under 2 hours. Read More …

getting moving

I’ve been running seriously since March 2011.  If you’ve been following my progress you’ll know that I’ve had some ups and downs with injury, particularly a troublesome glutte that has kept me off the road for nearly 3 of the last 24 months. Part of the problem is that my core strength isn’t as good Read More …

positive

I didn’t see much of the London Marathon yesterday as I was at church but I did listen to some of the coverage on the radio as I was driving there. I was struck, yet again, but the amazing capacity people have for hope, for good and for generosity. People who don’t run wake up Read More …

Caine’s Arcade – a lesson in faith

I love this for all sorts of reasons.  I love Caine’s creativity, I love his perseverance when his friends laughed at him, I love his dad’s support and encouragement, I love Nirvan’s enthusiasm and willingness to go out on a limb for Caine’s idea and I love that people turned up to play and have Read More …

Making History

31 March 2012 – A once in a lifetime day – The National Lottery Olympic Park Run Last year I entered the draw for the National Lottery Olympic Park Run. They would pick 5,000 runners from all 40,000 entrants to be the first people to run in the Olympic Stadium. I won a place. I Read More …