Imagine being so fit...
… that if someone asked you to run a 10k right now, you could do it without a second thought.
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Emacs Notes
This post is my set of notes about using Emacs and it will evolve over time as I work out how to do new things. The notes will be very personal to me and my use of Emacs but they might be handy for other people so I thought I... [Read More] -
The Taunton Trail 10K
I have a goal to run four 10K races in 2026 and this morning I ran the first. It was the Taunton Trail 10K which takes place, unsurprisingly, in Taunton in Somerset. The race is run along the banks of the canal and river and so is very flat which... [Read More] -
VO2 Max And Lactate Threshold Results
At the end of January I underwent a VO2 max and lactate threshold test. You can read about it in a previous post. Less than a week later I received the results and I was very pleased to discover that, in addition to the facts and figures, it included training... [Read More] -
VO2 Max And Lactate Threshold Testing
One year ago today I took delivery of, set up and then climbed onto my brand new Zwift Ride and had a brief ride to try it out. This was the second step of me turning my lifestyle around (the first being to change what I ate) and it kicked... [Read More] -
Downtime
Over the last year in particular I have started to use my blog to track things like my fitness goals and projects. Last week, towards the end of 2025, I saw lots of people posting lists of books, video games, TV shows, films, etc. that they had enjoyed during the... [Read More] -
The Fear Of Change
This time last year I was spending a lot of time thinking about my own mortality and about how I wanted to change my lifestyle. I needed to do something about my weight and fitness and had done for a long time. I had friends and relatives who had lost... [Read More] -
10K
On 14 December I did my first 10K. Both in terms of distance and event. [Read More] -
Slow Running
Back in August I said that I needed to get better at slow running. It was a bit of a throw-away comment back then, but I am now actually focusing on slower running to improve my aerobic base so it feels like a good time to write up some thoughts... [Read More] -
A Good Week
At the moment my social media feeds seem to be full of fairly negative news and so, largely for my own mental health, I’ve been tending not to read it too much. For the last few weeks I’ve been really busy at work and so, when I step away from... [Read More]