Messing about in boats
‘Bad news. The lake’s got blue green algae.’ A serious disruption for my kayak instructor and his watersports centre,...
What could possibly go wrong?
‘Shall we try something else?’ Brian said as I shuffled inelegantly out of the sprint kayak and onto the...
How I learned to throw
For the past 10 months I’ve been cycling past Sutcliffe Park Athletics Track on my way to work. One...
10,000m – fuelled by food and memories
The last time I ran 10,000m was about a year ago when I was training for my first, and...
More show than jump
I grew up in a small village and fox hunting was a feature of life. Some people loved it,...
An (almost) equestrian event
My mother was firm: ‘I’m not happy about you doing the equestrian events.’ She wasn’t the only one. When...
Caption competition!
One week ago, 6 August, I took part in the London Triathlon – my first sprint triathlon: swim 750m, cycle 20km, run 5km. At the swim exit, Marsha (one of my open water swimming coaches at RG Active) spotted me and recorded my swim exit for posterity. The competition Take a look at the video […]
‘Breath-taking manoeuvres with a hand-held apparatus’
A combination of ballet, gymnastics, dance, and apparatus manipulation. That’s a definition of rhythmic gymnastics I found online. The...
Row, row, row your boat
I grew up close to Oxford but not close enough to develop a rowing habit. So my closest connection...
Slightly in sync
In a quiet moment during our friends’ wedding (Hello Judith and Deborah!), Cecilia asked: ‘Have you seen the Spanish...