It’s a little over a week since I completed the Verbier St Bernard Marathon Trail in the beautiful Swiss Alps - ascending and descending 3,500 metres - in just under 13 hours. I’ve had plenty of time now to reflect on the experience - the ups and downs, and the highs and lows - physically, … Continue reading Mind over Mountain
Week 5 of 16 was about building strength - through some alpine hill-training, and my longest run so far. Here are the highlights as recorded by my Nike Plus app: But the real highlights of my week were a couple of firsts... I participated in my first Parkrun, AND I had my screen debut at BAFTA … Continue reading The 4 Ps: A Week of Firsts
On Saturday I took part in the Liddes-Verbier 29km trail run in the Swiss Alps, the baby race of the Trail Verbier St-Bernard family. In the lead up to the run, I've been following a 14 week training programme of around 500 miles, and definitely not enough hills! It was my friend Tori that first introduced … Continue reading Trails and Tribulations
I work in event marketing for an agency that describes itself as "The experience agency". We specialise in bringing brands to life through one-to-one experiences that are authentic, memorable and ultimately create brand advocacy. I've recently returned from skiing in Verbier, Switzerland where my brother runs a luxury ski chalet business - Bramble Ski and its even … Continue reading How do you define “experience”?
Evening! Following on from my last post 'From Russia With Love' here is the second in a series of 5 travel reviews; with this one focused on a country that I keep returning to - Switzerland. Over the last year, I've had three trips to Switzerland - mainly to visit my brother, sister-in-law and gorgeous two nieces … Continue reading Swiss O’Clock
Hello & welcome to #SundayTimes & my last post for the summer... I've been off the radar for a few weeks, mainly because I've been busy with my new job. And as I've got a busy month ahead, I'm going to take the opportunity to sign off for a bit and have some #GTimeOut focusing … Continue reading Off the radar
Evening! Welcome to #SundayTimes & today's #5aday #SkiSunday. In a month I head off to the Swiss Alps for skiing in Verbier & Crans Montana. I've written a few skiing related posts before, so today's #5aday revisits some of these to give you inspiration if planning a ski break. Powder or Party or both? What are your priorities when planning your ski holiday? Read … Continue reading Ski Sunday
Welcome to the #MondayMonthlyInterview when on the 1st Monday of each month, I interview someone doing interesting stuff with their life. I have just booked my ski holiday to Switzerland for Christmas to stay with my brother who runs a ski business in Verbier & St Anton... I'm pleased to welcome Colin Mayo, co-founder of Bramble Ski as today's interviewee, … Continue reading Powder Pig
Evening! It's 3 months to go to Christmas & I have just booked my flights to Geneva for a white Christmas skiing in the Swiss Alps... Now's the time to be planning this winter's ski holiday, so today's #ThursdayFriday #5aday features 5 resorts with a difference... Gstaad, Switzerland - Romantic resort & a fave with the … Continue reading Pick of the Pistes
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