The art of running

November 28, 2011

It is Sunday afternoon and I am recovering in a café from running for an hour! Being injured for so long has made me forget how much energy running uses. I have been training consistently, and quite hard, on all the equipment in the gym, but there is something about running that somehow seems to [...]

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Flying free

November 21, 2011

I trained outdoors again a little bit last week, because although the gym is keeping me incredibly fit, I have been missing the downs and the sea. I have come to realise that I really need my ‘sea fix’ everyday, and that I have been missing its ever changing moods, its power and beauty – [...]

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Allow the inside to show on the outside

November 13, 2011

I am making many new friends in my new indoor gym life. I was unaware how ‘noticed ‘I have been. This is a bit denial ish behavior, thinking about it, I am rather obvious! Simulating up to sixty miles of running on static exercise equipment means I am there A LOT!  A woman who goes [...]

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Insight and realisation through yoga

November 6, 2011

When I am out running on the downs and I see my friends running in the distance, I can spot who they are from a long way off, just from their running action. They can recognise me too of course!
We all have unique patterns of movement; some were there when we were small and are [...]

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The magic of physical expression

October 29, 2011

I feel rather that I am in a different body at the moment. The difference is quite subtle and probably not really noticeable to anyone who might meet me clothed in day time clothing! But if you are to meet me in the gym then the change can be seen. I am in a different [...]

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A welcome home…

October 23, 2011

I have just spent two days enjoying the occasion of my sisters 50th birthday. Special occasions always offer a reason to gather and simply be together and she wanted a quiet but celebratory time, with her nearest and dearest. So Rosy and her family, my brother and his wife ( children grown and scattered) and [...]

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Change and Expansion…

October 16, 2011

Friday
Another week of rowing a lot! But I am loving it. I had a lesson on better technique on Wednesday evening, when I bumped into James Barnaby and Sonya  on ‘week 5’ of their gym  programme. I have now learnt from James how ‘not to catch crabs’, were I ever to branch out onto water ( which I think [...]

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Rowing free !

October 9, 2011

Saturday
I have spent a lot of time this week on the Concept 2 rowing machine. I have rowed about 38 miles – and only run 8, as my knee hasn’t be tracking 100% so wanted to make sure it is okay before I run more!
It feels good today, so I anticipate getting back on the [...]

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I was born in Sierra Leone and I’m going back

October 2, 2011

It can be hard to see our own patterns, we are all experts of seeing everyone else – but seeing ourselves is the real skill.  As Lao Tsu says
‘He who knows much about others may be learned, but he who understands himself is more intelligent. He who controls others may be powerful, but he who [...]

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The road to Zaragoza

September 25, 2011

As I ran this morning I thought of my friend Si setting off for his new life to live in Zargoza in Spain.
After about 15 miles of running, I was given a bottle of water by a nice man who was a check point for a horse event. I was soaked in sweat, and had [...]

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