14 April 2013 was a strange kind of day. It began with me worrying about my knees. They were really achy after my long Moonwalk training walk the day before and I was more than a little concerned that I’d picked up an injury that could jeopardise the Moonwalk. The day ended with an injury worry of a completely different kind. Continue reading late night phone calls are never good news – first published 14 April 2013
Mid March 2013 and the office was all geared up for a visit from the President of the United States. Obviously not the President of the United States, just the president of our parent company but, from the fuss and tidying, he might as well have been. It was also the day of Gigi and Gail’s redundancy meetings so the mood was fairly sombre and nervous. Continue reading The president of the USA , bad news and coffee – first published 14 March 2013
DOMS, or delayed onset muscle soreness is the bane of the long distance runner or walker. Back in February 2013, when I was putting in the long miles of Moonwalk training, people were beginning to ask me if it troubled me and how I dealt with it. The answer to that question is way more complicated than you’d expect. Continue reading drizzle, coffee and the truth about DOMS – first published 26 February 2013
3 to 6 June 2015
Typically, after a windy, mostly wet weekend, it was bright and sunny on Wednesday morning. Not quite the heatwave from Spain the weatherman had promised but enough to make me wish I didn’t have to spend all day stuck in an office. All I could do was make the most of the sunny walk to work. The first thing to make me smile was the sight of a black swan on the river. They’ve been absent for a while now and I’ve missed them. Continue reading A strange kind of week
At the end of January 2013 the weather wasn’t playing nicely. Gales, rain and abandoned umbrellas filled my walks to and from work. At work the RNLI saga continued, much to my exasperation. Some weeks seem to be nothing but a series of irritations and this was one of them. Continue reading The calm after the storm – first published 30 January 2013
Something that needed urgent attention if I was going to finish the 2013 Moonwalk was my feet. Twenty six point two mile walks take their toll not to mention the countless miles of training walks that come before. Feet are much neglected things. We stuff them in socks and shoes when we get dressed in the morning and then forget about them unless they cause us pain. Then again that could be just me. Anyhow, part of the Moonwalk master plan included a bit of foot pampering.
Continue reading feet, shoulders and cake – first published 13 November 2012
21 December 2014
Somehow Christmas has crept up on me when I wasn’t looking. Perhaps this has something to do with losing four days to flu. So Sunday found me with presents to buy and lots of miles to walk if I wanted to make the hundred by the end of the month. It seemed a good idea, then, to combine the two things and walk the five miles to the Swan Centre in Eastleigh. Continue reading Mansbridge, last minute shopping and making up the miles