Woody Wonders

Our lives are constantly evolving so we have to re-focus when our circumstances change Around 10 years ago I was at the peak of my fitness, I was never a great runner but I was a decent runner and even won a few prizes in local races.  A few years ago I noticed that my times weren't as good despite feeling like I was still putting in the effort.  I used numerous excuses at first such  as 'well, I've had a busy week / not trained as much / not eaten as well etc etc'.   It took me some time to realise and accept that my times were getting worse because I'd been running for 20+ years, I'd hit my peak, maintained it for a good few years but I was now coming down the other side.   This had zero reasons to do with my age by the way, I'd simply reached my own physical limitations over the period of time I'd been running.  You can start exercising in your 50's, 60's and beyond and still see huge improvements.  Don't ever use age as a...

Sport changes lives .... .... I've witnessed it first hand and I've also experienced it myself.  My blog this week is a small step in helping to spread this message far and wide. This weekend the delightful Mr Bob and myself have been at our annual British Athletics Supporters Club event.   We’ve been attending for the last goodness knows how many years and during that time we’ve had the privilege of meeting some amazing British athletes, both up and coming and gold medal winners. One very notable year was when we got the opportunity to meet Jessica Ennis-Hill shortly after she’d won her fabulous Olympic gold medal in London.   How she coped with the expectation of the whole nation is beyond belief. The weekend is also an opportunity to meet up with lots of people who we’ve become good friends with over the years and the great thing is that every single person who attends already has something in common, we all love athletics, so it’s not hard to strike up a co...