A week has now passed since the Paris Marathon, and I've spent the last 7 days reflecting on the experience and what I (and 40,171 other people) have achieved. Paris is one of my favourite cities having lived there about 20 years ago - so I was looking forward to a weekend in this special city. … Continue reading The 4 Ps: My Bitter Sweet Finale
Last Sunday I celebrated after my 22 miler - the longest and last of my long runs - was over. Mostly, because it signified the beginning of the taper - time to ease off the training in the last three weeks running up to Paris! But boy was that a mistake to celebrate so early... I woke on … Continue reading The 4 Ps: Taper Tantrums
While I've been following a strict running programme since January, my Bikram Yoga practice has suffered. On Monday night, after 10 weeks off, I finally plucked up the courage to head back to Bikram... It was gruelling. I had forgotten how much of a heart-pumping, limb-stretching, sweat-inducing workout it is! To try and combat the … Continue reading Back to Basics with Bikram
A friend of mine is heading off to Dubai this weekend for some winter sun, inspiring me to write a review of my travels there... I've been 3 times over the last 5 years to visit a couple of friends who are working over there. Dubai is certainly not for everyone. It's man-made. It's materialistic. … Continue reading Winter in Dubai
Happy New Year to you all! I've never really been one for New Year's Resolutions but last year started a tradition of setting myself some goals for 2013, and committing them to writing. It works! While I didn't achieve all of them (4 out of 5 is not bad?!), it definitely helped to write them … Continue reading Happy New You!
Every Sunday evening I take part in a Bikram Yoga class - I find it the perfect way to seal off a weekend, and a great way to set me up for the week ahead... It's been nearly a year since I've been practicing Bikram at Richmond's studio (it was one of my New Year's … Continue reading 5 tips for Bikram Beginners
Today has been such a contrast to yesterday's glorious sunny day, a day made for being outdoors! Weather like today gives you an excuse to stay in and enjoy a sofa day... unless you have committed yourself to going to yoga, of course! Here we are at the end of another week, so here goes … Continue reading This week’s 5 nicest things…
Evening! It's been a busy week with work and play, so I thought I'd do a round-up in the form of this week's 5 nicest things... in fact, this is now going to become a regular Sunday post! 🙂 Impromptu dinner at Cote Bistro, Richmond with a friend on Tuesday. I do like the simplicity of … Continue reading This week’s 5 nicest things…
Welcome to #SundayTimes. Hope you're outdoors enjoying this spectacular weather! 6 months ago I wrote a blog about my New Year's Resolutions. At the time I also mentioned an article in the Metro which said that only 1 in 11 of us will have stuck to our New Year's Resolutions in 6 month's time... As a test, … Continue reading 6 months later…
Afternoon! Welcome to #TheFridayInterview & today's #TheChainofInspiration at 4pm to accompany that last cup of tea before the weekend! At the end of March, Katie Quinn of Downtown Betty, was my fifth interviewee in #TheChainofInspiration. I’m delighted today to introduce our next interviewee - Karen Munnis, a UK Fashion Stylist & Brand Consultant. Over to you Katie! Karen has over 8 … Continue reading Live in the Present
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