I qualified as a primary school teacher in 2006 and, since then, I've had to come to terms with the fact that I ain't all that. It's not...

Take a moment to ignore the falling trees. What’s growing at the moment? What needs and deserves to be nurtured?

More than half my life ago I studied early hominids. I was fascinated by the social evolution of early humans from tool-makers, to...

We’re still in strange times as runners. Many of you will still be pounding the streets, keeping your mileage up, having trained for...

Are you a chameleon, constantly shifting according to your mood or the prevailing wind or are you still stuck in a habit you promised to...

How’s your running going? How do you know? Which measures do you use? How far? How fast? How it feels? Whichever measure you use, make...

The plant in the picture is two and a half years old. It was bought for me as a Christmas gift from a child in my last class and started...

The Olympic Games 2020 have started! Did you know that if you ran all of the ‘pure’ running finals in the Olympics, you’d cover just over...

Has anyone ever really surprised you? Not in a ‘their Insta-life looks so perfect’ way, but in a genuinely, ‘can’t believe that’s them’...

Three times this week I have been looked at straight in the eye and asked, “Are you sure?!” and three times the answer has been,...

An instructor shows you what to do. A trainer tells you how it should be done. A coach helps you find the best way for you. A teacher...

Are you too old/slow/unfit/overweight to run? No. No you’re not. By allowing ridiculous stereotypes to judge you before you’ve even...

Social media profiles just love to give us labels! We can choose tick boxes to say what we do for a living, our relationship status,...

I love pencils. I love sharp pencils. Pencils which are broken on the inside don’t sharpen. How are you doing?

Several autumn races have been cancelled this week, including the usually popular Abingdon Marathon and the rescheduled Wokingham Half...

What is it that sabotages your plans? Covid restrictions? Cash? Barbed wire? I know that I can sabotage myself, too. By thinking I can’t...

There are dozens of places to go for training plans: coaches, internet searches, your friends. While each source will have its benefits...

I love the internet. It allows us all to share and steal each other’s ideas, influencing our decision-making and helping us when we’re...

It’s hot and, if you’re training for a particular event, there might not be much you can do to avoid running in the heat. If you do...