A while back my left foot started hurting. A bit of pain down the outside edge. I rested, didn't run for a bit, it persisted but I started running again. Three weeks ago the pain started again but this time in my calf muscle and down to the ankle. Tight muscles, I thought, and didn't … Continue reading On injury, identity, and life after running
Category: life
On a solo summer
Late last year Paul found out about a really interesting volunteering opportunity, on a turtle conservation project in Cyprus. He applied, and honestly I didn't have high hopes, as his direct experience was pretty limited and I figured there would be so many applications the chances of him being accepted would be slim. But he … Continue reading On a solo summer
My money diary – a week in the life
One of my favourite things to read online is money blogs, whether personal finance, frugality, or how to retire at 30 (it's totally possible apparently). A fairly recent discovery for me was Refinery29's Money Diaries, where readers submit their personal spending for a week and others comment on how awful it is that they spend … Continue reading My money diary – a week in the life
March – a recap
I suppose the fact that it's taken me until the 21st of April to get this recap of March together shows that perhaps, it wasn't the best month, and April has felt like a bit of a whirlwind. So here's about everything I can remember: It SNOWED. AGAIN. The Falmouth half marathon got cancelled. Because … Continue reading March – a recap
On weekends, and ‘leisure time’
I have a love/hate relationship with weekends. I love not being at work. Like, really love it. Pretty sure in another life I'm the housewife of a banker or something, perfectly content to potter and fill my days doing whatever, whenever. However, this is the capitalist hellhole of the 21st century and so I spend … Continue reading On weekends, and ‘leisure time’
