The Secret Diary of GF, aged 34 and a half…

Injury. Why not? It is winter after all. My body has a way of taking all of the hard work from the Spring and Summer and switching the reset come Winter. Back to zero. Start again. I like my body…
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Myths and Truths

It’s Half Term in Cumbria. Ahhhhhhhhhh, beauty. This means daytime telly. Top Gear on ‘Dave’, Jeremy Kyle being Jeremy Kyle (i.e. a self-righteous prick) and Mythbusters. ‘Mythbusters’ is my inspiration as I sit here on the couch. Couch. What a…
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The Importance of ‘Could’….

….and why ‘potential’ is the greatest athletic gift. “You’re never as good as anybody says you are”. So said Eoin Morgan, England’s ODI cricketing captain. He should know, England have just yesterday been beaten by Scotland; a team ranked 13th…
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Reflections: Old Life/New Life

I’m just in the death throes of an old way of earning. In a few short weeks I’ll be jumping from one frying pan into another very similar frying pan, albeit one that I feel more alive to. Nearly six…
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Fashionable Food and Fads

I have recently had a fairly stark realisation that ‘the man’ has (had) firmly got me in ‘his’ grip. This epiphany came about slowly at first but has now exploded into a true awakening, pretty much as a result of…
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The Fellicionado ‘Movingpicturesmith’ Awards 2015

During the hours of darkness there’s nothing more I enjoy than watching a film (well, there are a couple of other things but for the purposes of this post let’s politely ignore what they could be). In keeping with the…
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Anatomy of a Hawk

Scottish National XC 2014....also muddy
My time in Scotland is drawing inexorably to a close and with it my membership of, without a doubt (and sorry Ambleside – you’ll understand), the best running club I have ever been a part of. Those that know me…
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If you’re ever in Oxford……..

An old friend of mine (we got history) has been travelling the globe for the past few years. She writes. She travels. She ‘travel-writes’. Recently her travelling has taken her back to sunny ol’England and our fair isles in general.…
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Durisdeer Hill Race 2014

Great day this. Warm though…….said as if now being warm is a problem! It shouldn’t be, but for fell running it can sometimes be too warm. Can’t please everyone!Still a great day though. I was in two minds whether to…
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