Running
CategorySomething about being unstoppable
It was a hoodie-kind-of-morning when I tested the weather out of the car door with an arm. I put on the jumper and made my way to the star..
Something about carrying a baby
Two years back, I was in the final polishing phase of what I hoped would be my quickest marathon to date – a rare taste of a PB from being..
Something about my first marathons
2015 was shaping up to be the year I’d give a marathon a crack. Except my hip cracked.
Eight weeks into the 16-week tra..
Something about giving up
Do you ever have those days where your body just won’t do what you want it to?
I do.
Last week I was doing a long interval run. I ha..
Something about rhythm and flow
Athletes talk about ‘flow’ – a place where the hard, effortful, yet possible, becomes rhythmic and natural.
Sometimes, a runner will ru..
Something about a race, mercy and grace
1987 was a good year. Taylor Swift would argue 1984 was solid, but 1987 was right up there for me.
For starters, I was selected to run ..
Something about a massage (and speaking up)
Early in my endeavour to run regularly, I encountered some shin pain. I booked into the physiotherapist to see what could be done to ease ..
Something about Kings Park and McGillivray Oval
Kings Park and McGillivray Oval made me some kind of strong. Not the strongest, but strong.
There are many kinds of strength. The work ..
Something about managing expectations
Thirty years ago, on a public holiday near Wesley Boatshed on the South Perth foreshore, I went for a run. These were the days when the hi..
Something about sore knees and dysfunction
My knees hurt.
Given they’re parts of a set of legs that have well over 120,000 kilometres on the clock, this probably shouldn’t surpri..