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Tomorrow, England starts the second Covid-19 lockdown. This time it is for a period of four weeks, though it is possible that this may be extended. What have you learned from the last lockdown? What will you do differently? What did you value from the opportunities …
2003-2012 were years I will always remember fondly. These were my years of involvement in amateur rugby league, in Wolverhampton and also in Yorkshire. In these times a lot of memories were made. I learned a lot about myself and from others. I increased my own skillset. I …
You don’t run a marathon on your own. You run it with the support of others. You run it with stronger people lifting you up. You run it on the shoulders of those around you. You run it with people who make you believe. You run it …
Inactivity literally gets us nowhere. In a world that is fast-moving, where even moving slowly can see us moving backward, we really need to be on our game, and actively making progress. What’s he on about now? Well, let’s break this down into some examples… If at work, …
Sweatshop Running Community, Castleford Well, today saw the end of an era. In 2013, I started running regularly with lots of people who wore yellow. That yellow meant a lot. Back then it meant community – making friends and lifelong memories. It meant togetherness – who remembers Altogether …
As areas near to where we live get locked down locally, we all need to consider thinking differently, ensuring that kindness, consideration, thoughtfulness, and empathy rises to the surface and that we sideline blame, cynicism, sarcasm, hate talk, nastiness, and bitterness. We may not like how life is …
Are you making excuses? I sure have been! It’s very easy to sit back and say you can’t do something or that you don’t feel you’re as good as everyone else. You don’t HAVE to be as good as everyone else. There are thousands and millions of …
Great North Run Today is the 7th anniversary of when I ran my first half marathon – the 2013 Great North Run. On that run, I saw Tony ‘The Fridge’ Phoenix-Morrison. He is a prolific fundraiser who runs with a 42kg fridge on his back to raise …
A run in the park I’ve just finished reading A Run In The Park by David Park. It’s a lovely short story about new friendships that begin as a group of strangers come together as they start their Couch To 5k journey. It’s a great read and very …
Course completed Here is a recent tweet I shared earlier this week about the latest training that I have completed. Mental Health awareness is something that we should all improve on as it can help us interact better with others and to be more understanding and empathetic as fellow …
Coach Assistant Practitioner Member I am delighted to now be a Coach Assistant Practitioner Member of The Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity Building on my background in rugby league coaching, I am taking my first steps into leadership in running. I look forward to …
Pontefract Athletics Club – Cross Country race Today I took part in my first cross country race since being at school. Now back then, everything was in black and white, it was that long ago! It wasn’t a very wild course, it was 8 laps around a course …