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Once again I doubted myself! My knees are a nightmare of agony but I managed to push through and complete the week with the aid of my trusty knee supports. Week 4 is a big step up from last week. A total of 16 minutes of running and 15 and a half minutes of walking […]

Goodbye to July, the end of the school term (such as it was!) and the beginning of the summer holidays. Family: more lockdown easing has allowed us inside my parents’ home and the children have also slept over. Matthew is fully into trainsets again (inspired by my dad) and we have spent time together making […]

I hadn’t planned to write this post. After all, we have just endured 18 weeks of lockdown, so another 6 shouldn’t be too hard, surely?! Thursday, the first official day of the summer holidays, and boy, did it DRAGGGGGG! Time for my favourite thing: write a list! Here is what I want us to do […]

How little we could have imagine back in September 2019 how much life would change just 6 months later. Matthew and Anya said goodbye to their teachers and friends on 20th March 2020 and I expected them back after 6 weeks: that was the expectation amongst staff in the schools I work in. No one […]

Week 3 of the Couch to 5k regime is a weird week as it is EASIER than last week! There is the same amount of running (total 9 minutes) but in bigger chunks, 2 runs of 90 seconds like last week but then 2 runs of 3 minutes. However, to counter this, there is a […]