Year 2017: New Challenges & New Dreams
Try new things, try the things you are scared of. Learn, fail, fall, fail again. Make glorious mistakes, grow, keep going forward. Don’t worry it isn’t good enough or what others think. Push y...
Inspiration
The Race Against Time
To my Beautiful Children It’s been two years exactly since I last wrote to you my precious little Bears (for reference: last article to you, also my first ever blog: “Mummy, why do you do so...
“Mummy, why do you do so much sport?”
Mummy, why did you get up so early to go for a run in the dark? Mummy, why do you climb so high?” So many questions…. So few answers… To my beautiful children. Even before you could talk, I coul...
Quitting My Job to Chase My Dream
Another day in the office in a skyscraper in Canary Wharf… perhaps one of the last … I come out of the meeting with my boss thinking “What have I done?”. I’ve just resigned … My head is bu...
Spend Your Time Wisely… Surrounded By Those Who Inspire You
I was very fortunate to spend last weekend in France in the company of my teammates from Team Trail CimAlp. It was one of the most inspiring weekends I’ve had in a while. Spend your time wi...
A Trip Down Memory Lane… Our Adventure ‘Racing Around the World’
In 2007, Rob and I decided to take a year off work (hmmm, a recurring theme – I’m definitely not made for the corporate world!). We felt young and free, we wanted to make the most of life, we want...
It’s Hard to Talk About Yourself…
Just over 18 months ago, I started this online and social media journey to share my sporting adventures with my friends. So many friends actually seemed interested in my crazy sporting adventures as...
Wrapping up 2016: Looking Back and Forward
As the end of 2016 approaches, it feels like the right time to reflect on the year. And what a year 2016 has been for me!! 2016… So many events completed, challenges and goals accomplished, succes...
My New Lifestyle: You Only Have One Life So Follow Your Dreams
My New Lifestyle and Current Emotions “If your dreams don’t scare you, they’re not big enough” – Mohammad Ali Nearly two months into my new life without holding a “normal” job...
Breakable but Unstoppable: 9 Lessons I Learnt From My First Mountain Race Ultimate Trail 55
1. Choose a race that suits your bigger goals I’ve been wanting to run a race in the mountains for a while. Not that easy logistically so it has taken me some time to organise. The one I chose i...