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When did you last…

When did you last hear something that made you happy? Today I was told: ‘I think we can see you again in 12 months.’ And it made me happy. Very happy. In February 2013 I finished chemotherapy treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma and I’ve been meeting with my consultant – or one of her haematology team […]

January 9, 2018

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Looking back, moving forward

Rituals. We all use them to mark events or celebrate dates. At this time of year I like to...

February 21, 2017

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Cancer, on stage

I have a serious theatre habit. And the programmes I’ve collected, from pretty much every production I’ve seen over...

November 6, 2016

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On the buses

Athletes, Olympic and otherwise, often get a bus tour of their town or city when they arrive back home...

August 31, 2016

Sailing

Firm hand on the tiller

I was starting to think I might not be able to complete Freyathlon. The first date I set for...

August 30, 2016

Athletics - field

How high? How long?

‘Please tell me there’ll be a video,’ one of my work colleagues said when I told her I planned...

August 29, 2016

Triathlon

Swim Bike Run Eat Sleep. REPEAT.

Of all the Olympic sports, the triathlon has been the one that’s given me sleepless nights. I wasn’t too...

August 29, 2016

Taekwondo

Exercise for the body and mind

Speed and agility are the hallmarks of taekwondo. To be honest, neither of them are my hallmarks. Which didn’t...

August 28, 2016

Athletics - field

She runs. She jumps. She throws.

At the Olympics, women compete in the heptathlon and men compete in the decathlon. For women: 100m hurdles, 200m,...

August 19, 2016

Athletics - track

On (and off) the track

I’d managed the 5000m, 10000m, marathon, and race walk but, because running isn’t my favourite thing, I kept putting...

August 19, 2016