'You were the talk of the town' - our breakfast companion commented - 'everyone was very worried about you - you were lost and then you were found, and there was much relief all round'... It was 9am and we were sitting chatting on the...

I’ve awoken to a glorious spring morning and I am off for a run along the prom; The Brighton marathon seems along time ago now, and my only legacy is a ‘Hugging injury’! I had just finished the race and was chatting away to Jane and...

With the Brighton Marathon approaching I’ve felt it necessary to run some miles; thank goodness for my friends! I’ve been running a regular 15 miles with Matt on Tuesday mornings; Rob and I have been running for over two hours most Thursdays...

This week, it seems I am writing part of my running blog about not going running... I somehow seem to have taken three days off running for no reason, which is pretty unheard of! In fact, because there is no reason, it is a total departure from anything...

The Eastbourne half marathon heralds spring; each year it seems to be a bitterly cold day, or a wet one, or a windy one – and then the following week in comes spring – gently with a warm breeze and bright blue skies with clouds scudding across...

Monday I am sitting with the sun streaming into my kitchen – but I am in a different kitchen to where I sat last Monday morning… I have moved house! I lived for eight years in my old home and now I am in a new flat, and the history...

I am sitting in a square in the sun in Torremolinos with a cafe con leche beside me... Ten years ago I spent a month on the Costa del Sol sitting in bars and restaurants with a cafe con leche beside me then. I was writing my book 'Running to learn'...

I am back in the gym again and I’m loving it. In recent months my strength training has taken the form of naked kettle bell exercises at 6am in my sitting room! Try these Strength Training Tips for Runners . It is the way I have been finding...

A week of celebration saw me arrive at the county championships having not been to sleep until 4am that morning! I have started the New Year with, it seems, a new set point. I have seen the hour of 1am and 2am and 4am (twice!) more times since January...

This has been a New Year I will never forget. As one year drew to a close and another emerged, it felt like something bigger, better, brighter was imminent; it felt like years and years of journeying has brought me to here - a bright plain stretching...

A rainy Saturday afternoon, I’m driving to ‘Little Common’, Bexhill; it must be Sussex League time again! I have been racing around that course for over twenty years and I can honestly say that last Saturday was one of the most enjoyable...

Running early on a spectacular, but freezing cold winter morning towards Birling Gap, the sun was sparkling low over the sea. Winter Running: Clothing and Safety Tips. Fi and I were having a chat about our never ending morning runs, the way we see...

I love sitting in coffee shops watching the world go by – idling time away - it always feels creative and constructive, even when I'm not doing anything at all. It feels a space full of possibility, with the road less travelled opening up ahead...

Recently, I had the most wonderful day celebrating the marriage of my very special friends, Nick and Stephanie; it was the most fabulous occasion and needless to say I enjoyed dancing the whole night away. I fell completely in love with one of Steph’s...

Sunday Morning I am ‘five miles high’ flying back from Belfast. It's a bright clear morning and I feel alive and energised after an amazing couple of days. The Stig, my cab driver who drove me to the airport, told me about himself...

Fi and I ran round around nearly all of the Beachy Head Marathon last Saturday, despite the fact that we weren’t actually competing in it! We had a glorious adventure day and we felt very ‘famous five…’ Marathon Training Plans...

My friend Jane accompanies me on many races to not run them! She has become an expert at carb loading for mountain races and marathons; and catching trains and planes to venues all over the world. She is booked into 'not run' the New Year's...

Tuesday I am enjoying my morning coffee and about to run to meet Fi – I hope she is ready for her ‘photo shoot’. When I mentioned to her I had bought my little arm band and was all prepared for the running bug photo additions, I heard...

Today I ran with my iPhone strapped to my arm! I never run with a phone! This has sometimes concerned folk a little, especially as in the past I ran miles and miles alone. In truth, it is not something I would necessarily recommend – it really...

My good friend and running partner Fi ran a personal best for the marathon on Sunday in three hours, nine minutes and three seconds. Yet, on Thursday afternoon we still hadn't even had an opportunity to meet up yet! We often find that in the few days...

Today, I was running across the golf course at 6.30 am and I met Miriam, running towards me with her running partner, John and his black lab. Miriam is the wife of my friend Rob who I run many miles with, 'you're running towards the storm,’...

Matt Shore, Mr Kettlebells of Eastbourne has just asked me whether I want to do intervals or just a steady run when we meet for our run tomorrow – at 5.45am! I replied that I want to do a steady run, as I’ve gone off intervals! Gone off...

On Friday morning Fi and I started at 6.15 am at the Congress Theatre to run along the seafront together. It was a still sea with the light shimmering on it. We spoke of the beautiful blue moon that had woken me up at 2.30 am shining through the window...

I seem to be running a lot of miles this last week or so! My friends are all training for various autumn marathons and I keep saying ‘yes’ to joining them for runs! In the last week, this has seen me run 18.5 miles with Rob, who is training...

I met Rob at the Lamb today at 7.30am. We both looked up at the hill ahead (which takes at least 12 minutes to run up!) and couldn’t face it, so we turned and ran to the seafront and Whitbread Hollow instead - staying low! I couldn’t face...