Signing up to an online virtual challenge
With organisers cancelling running events from March 2020 onwards and very few in sight for 2021 it was time to sign up to a virtual challenge instead! Something to incentivise me to get up off the sofa and return to some form of regular exercise. A running friend had “mentioned” another friend on Run End…
Backyard Parkrun – the lockdown 5km
Here in the UK we’re currently still in lockdown. But is your initial enthusiasm from that first week back in March beginning to wane? You know when you attended that first Joe Wicks PE class, set up your first Zoom “chit chat” with friends and took part in your first online quiz? Has your “get…
Why I run for Every Mother Counts?
Why am I a UK running ambassador for Every Mother Counts? (EMC), a USA based organisation dedicated to making pregnancy and childbirth safe worldwide. I’m male, not married (but in a 4 year relationship), have no children yet, and fortunately haven’t had any family or close female friends experience life threatening complications during childbirth. Well…