How My Running Has Improved
The results of Sunday’s race were published last night. There I am at the top (of the second page ). I signed up with my maiden name. I’m not entirely sure why, but I think it has something to do with the fact that I haven’t changed my name in my passport yet. I get [...]
Workouts From the Blogging World & March 2013 Fitness Challenge: Week 3 Update
Oops, I completely forgot to recap week 3 of my March Fitness challenge last Friday. Never mind, better late than never. As I suspected, since I started travelling properly just over a week ago, working out has been more of a challenge, but I don’t think I’ve done too badly. Friday – day off (this [...]
What Motivates Me to Exercise When Travelling
Yesterday Jimmy and I finally did some quality planning. Looks like we’ll be in Spain tomorrow! We also attempted to go to another chateau, but it was closing when we arrived and the grounds were gated off, so we couldn’t have another picnic in the chateau gardens. Sad times. We had to eat dinner in [...]
An Afternoon Walk Around Arcy-sur-Cure
First thing yesterday I did my final workout for my January Fitness Challenge. It was a good one. There’s nothing like 30 minutes of jumping around to wake me up! My legs are feeling it today. I worked all morning until my stomach told me it was time for lunch. I whipped up some houmous. [...]
Five Tips for Finding Motivation
It seems recently I’ve misplaced my motivation for doing, well, anything. I’ve especially been neglecting exercise, apart from a few runs and one hike up a volcano (which was hard work, but no excuse to not exercise for a week). On a recent trip to Vietnam I walked around the city but as soon as [...]
Finding Motivation to Exercise Tip 5: Stop Making Excuses
Despite having grand plans to go for lots of lovely runs when I visited home last month, it didn’t happen. I just wasn’t organised and I didn’t plan ahead. My intentions were good, but I found myself using the excuse of being too busy to go running. I could have easily got out of bed [...]
