Having had to do many, many extra hours at work over the past few months, I have had very little time to run, walk or just about anything else. As a result, my fitness has declined, my health deteriorated and my weight and clothes size increased.Luckily, and at long last, we have some new staff…

Legs are a little achey today after yesterday’s parkrun – but not too bad, not bad at all, really. Still on nights, I decided that I’d walk into work this evening and chose a route along the Birmingham Fazeley canal. By the time I’d reached the canal at The Tyburn House pub it was getting…

With a couple of events pencilled in on the calendar, I needed to devise some sort of training plan to ensure that I will be as ready as I can for the challenges ahead.Using all the resources at hand, I have come up with what I call … the plan !  The main event is…

Strange SymbolsWhat is this strange symbol that has appeared on my Endomondo?It appears to be a man who is running !After work, this morning, I left the car in the works car park and set off towards the Grand Union canal and for the next fifty minutes ran and walked to The Ackers and back.Trying…

Since my last post, back in May, all my plans have basically gone out of the window.As some may know, I work as a maintenance engineer. Being part of a small team involves a fair bit of flexibility having to do a few extra days to cover colleagues’ holidays. However, when the team of five…