Today I remember People whose blood feeds battle fields To fight hate and intolerance The innocent put in harms way And an innocence forced to be lost For someone else’s fight The human and animal cost of war And what it is still costing That those fought where people too With blood that’s much like […]
4 days
The United Nations think that the world population reached 7 Billion on October 31, 2011 (others disagree). Apparently, according to a 1960 article in the US journal Science, dooms day is four days from now on 13th November 2016. The article, which I haven’t read completely cos my eyes won’t work today (I miss reading), says that […]
Able…
Sometimes there’s lots of things I want to do. My list today probably has 50 billion on it. I would love to be able to do one of them but I can’t. I’ve been ‘broken’ (as my husband calls it) since Sunday. Half way round Dublin marathon. Usually I know it’s coming but I didn’t […]
Inhuman
To me there are two types of people in the world, those who laugh at the X Factor auditions and those that don’t. I’m not the former. Before they get on TV these people (who sometimes seem to need psychological help rather than a publicist) go through auditions and are told by producers how wonderful […]
Video obsessed
So I’ve started something new. Videoing my runs. Not all runs, just ones that I think others may find interesting. On my cruise last week I did a video showing what it is like to run a lap of the ship as well as a few places that are great for running whilst you’re in […]
1000 Race Miles in 2016 – (Almost) one w
I haven’t written anything in a while. Like blog posts, race reports, anything. I don’t even post on Facebook anymore. Partly because I’ve been struggling to get the words to come out of my head in any type of seniscle (I know that’s not a word but it should be) order and also because I’m […]
It’s not about me – The Tour and the uni
I don’t know much. Pretty much the only things I know anything about are politics and running. Knowing about politics hasn’t been that useful until recently. Whilst I understand politics I have to admit that I don’t usually pay that much attention to it. I don’t respect anyone who can’t make an argument without the […]
The One Arm Robot
I haven’t posted for a while. I had an amazing holiday with pretty okish days. It’s rare that I only get a few bad hours in a week so must be paying for them now with one bad day after another (and lots of missed races). I’ve spoken to a few people recently who also […]
Is ignorance bliss (and better for you)?
I’m having trouble sleeping tonight. Today I came across a new condition/illness, whatever you want to call it that has symptoms very similar to mine. I stopped looking up symptoms a long time ago. Every few days for the first couple of years that I was ill someone (mostly James) would find something new. Some […]
Dumbo Double Dare needs to sell out (ran...
Seriously, like Run Disney races used to sell out all the time in hours. I am now obsessed with checking if Dumbo Double Dare is sold out. It isn’t. The longer there are entries available the more I want to go but I can’t cos I can’t go to stupid America on my stupid own […]