I’ve got to be honest, it’s not been the best or easiest summer! All was going so well until the first week in June when, whilst out on a 10km training run, I went over on my ankle at 5km out. Of course I was right at the furthest point in the park and a […]
It is a while since I’ve written, but following the death of the incredible woman who has been such a role model, I felt compelled to put my thoughts down. The Oath of Allegiance I, Lynn Boyle do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, her […]
For months now, as many of you are aware, I’ve been building up my running, I’ve been pleased with my progress, getting myself up to a good time, initially with my 5km runs, and then when I smashed a 10km. I wanted to prove I could do this, not only because I’ve entered a 10km run […]
Wow! Now that was a day like no other. Yesterday I truly became ‘master of my fate’ and ‘captain of my soul’ as I journeyed so far out of my comfort zone and undertook a challenge like no other: the ice bath! Why? Why? You might well ask! Why do I push myself further and […]
A couple of years ago a good friend told me that he’d discovered the Wim Hof method of immersing himself in a barrel of cold water each day. He then took this to daily dips in the River Goyt and to lakes and rivers in Snowdonia. As many of you know, I’ve followed Joe Wicks […]
It has been a while since I’ve written here and that’s mainly because life has been busy and life has been changing. I will admit that the first few months, after leaving Parish ministry in December, were tough. It was most definitely, a bereavement added of course to the fact that my dad died. It […]
This week I have called upon the help of a friend. For weeks now I have struggled with my own fitness programme. I’ve not managed to keep the discipline of the past. I know that the moving house, retiring from my role as Parish Priest and the death of my dad has played a huge […]
Persist, persist, persist. Why these words? Why threefold? I haven’t written for several weeks – it has been a difficult time personally, with the mixed emotions surrounding the death of my dad and the self-given task of conducting his funeral. Those who have read my ‘Secrets’ pages will understand why I could not listen to […]
When I was aged nine, I was given an old piano. It was so old that it still had the holes where the candelabra had been fixed. It was given to me by a man I knew as ‘Grandad’, but who was no relation, he was actually my dad’s friend’s father. His wife had died […]
This week I launched in with my first 5km run of 2022. I also led my first two POUND classes of the year. It’s been good to get moving again and it’s been good to get out of my own head. What I mean by that is that the sheer concentration on the movement alongside […]