After 6 months phaffing around with this stupid ankle injury of mine, that seems to encompass: achilles tendonitis, bursae inflammation, over-pronation, over-tight calfs, and messed-up biomechanics generally, I’ve now got a lot of experience when it comes to talking about injuries. Friends and family tend to get bored silly very quickly. Here’s a few suggestions [...]
Running, Creativity, Travel
Phase 2
I put a couple hours into the Traildreamer blogbook this morning. I think I have a new direction for the project. Which is exciting. I’m calling it Traildreamer Phase 2, because the themes of the original block of the blog don’t seem so relevant anymore. That fight is over, a new one is beginning.
I’m not [...]
Running Gems: Trail Run in the Highlands
It’s all just too glorious. My ankle is actually still out of action (still!!!!), but I’m making sure I get out there in some form or another. This track goes for miles. Life doesn’t get any better.
Back Again
I’m back. Honestly, I am. For those of you out there who’ve been following me for a while, and have kept checking in from time to time on the off-chance that I might have posted something, all I can say is sorry for being otherwise occupied for the past couple months. But my life is [...]
Into the Groove
I cannot believe that a whole month has passed since last time I posted here. I’ve been busy, obviously. A big wedding, a big move, no internet for several weeks, a new job… it all adds up to no blogging. But things are settling down again now, and I’ll get back into [...]
High-Gloss Voluntary Simplicity
There’s something contradictory and cool about Tinymine, a blog I discovered a week or so ago. It’s voluntary simplicity, from a glossy perspective. And I’m surprised to find I love it.
I’ve always come at Voluntary Simplicity with a very minimalist, make-do-and-mend approach: less is more, focus on ‘enough,’ possessions weigh you down and curtail your [...]
5 Good Things About Cycling (For People Who’ve Forgotten)
My busy life is getting out of hand! New job, new home, brother’s wedding… there just aren’t enough hours in the day to find time to blog as well.
So, my (brief) message for today is… cycling rocks. Not news to many, but a fabulous reminder for me. My running is still on the back-burner, but [...]
4 Secrets of A Surveillance Society: The Power of Inconvenience
I’m quite enjoying this low-profile, under-the-radar-living thread. I started to think about the ways that low-profile lives are monitored and restricted. Here’s a few:
1. Packing-plastic.
You need to have a credit card, even when you don’t need one. When travelling in the UK/Australia anyway, almost any accomodation requires a credit card. Even when you turn up [...]
How To Live Under-the-Radar
Over at Code Name Insight, there have been a couple of interesting posts recently (see links here and here) about how to live a ‘low profile’ life, below the government’s or other authorities’ radars.
This is pretty radical stuff, if it’s something you’re setting out to do. And quite honestly, if that is something you want [...]
5 Amazing Places to Run in Australia
Right, let’s just imagine for a moment, that you’re taking some time out. Getting away from it all. You want to run, and you want it to be amazing. Here’s 5 random places in Australia that, if strung together, make for a tremendous trip.
(Most of these routes are mostly off road, so no traffic, and [...]
