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Why I Run

I run for myself. I run for my family. I run for my colleagues. I run to allow my brain to filter the day’s noise. But mostly, I run for myself. I have a rough running schedule taped to the fridge, so my wife knows when I’m aiming to go out. By 8pm the children […]

On Running

I’ve become a runner. One of those people. It all started back in 2016 with an invite to lunchtime “run club” at work. It got me away from my desk, around the city, and talking to colleagues I often didn’t interact with on a normal day. I found it was good fun. My colleagues Emily […]

Lockdown Communique

First blog post in six years, that must be a new record right? Putting aside the current global pandemic a lot has happened to me personally in the last six years: Sold our flat and bought a sensible house, with a garden and everything Had not one, but two children – both boys, now 4½ […]

Scout & Molly

Does this thing still work? Guess I fell out of love a bit with blogging. I’ve done quite a bit of tweeting, a lot of DIY at home, bought a car, and did a lot of work at, er, work. In other news, we got two lovely cats.