Journey with Julia

As I drove away from the mountains, just as in the poem I wrote about yesterday, the last three weeks disappeared in the ‘wake’ of my new pathways unfolding…. I drove away and the preceding weeks were gone… And the place, the people… It is as if they no longer exist because I am gone….

Eternal Beauty

I am just off to meet Maggie, who with Jack, her husband, are my support team to run barefoot across Spain… Maggie and I are going to make a vlog over coffee – always good – I am looking forward to hearing what she has to say about the adventure we have embarked on… It…

Surya Namaskar

I found myself locked in the hotel, when I went to leave for my run this morning! The stairs I usually take led today to a locked side gate, and the door to the reception of the hotel was also locked – and the lifts weren’t working either. I went back up to my room,…

Going Beyond Boundaries with … Julia Chi (Episode 4)

This week Julia talks about winning the Dublin Marathon in 1985 – and she also talks about running as a meditation on the move – and the metaphor of the running journey and the life journey from birth until we leave our body… Julia Chi Taylor is a lifelong runner. She has been running races…

Going Beyond Boundaries with … Julia Chi (Episode 3)

In the week after the London Marathon, Julia talks about her first marathon in 1982 and some of her ideas about training to run 26.2 miles… Julia Chi Taylor is a lifelong runner. She has been running races for 50 years since the age of 12. She ran at international level from the late 70’s…

Going Beyond Boundaries with … Julia Chi (Episode 2)

Julia Chi Taylor is a lifelong runner. She has been running races for 50 years since the age of 12. She ran at international level from the late 70’s to early 90’s representing GB and England in races from 5k to marathon. Her fastest 5k in the 80’s was 15.50 and her marathon personal best…

Going Beyond Boundaries with … Julia Chi (Episode 1)

Julia Chi Taylor is a lifelong runner. She has been running races for 50 years since the age of 12. She ran at international level from the late 70’s to early 90’s representing GB and England in races from 5k to marathon. Her fastest 5k in the 80’s was 15.50 and her marathon personal best…

Going Beyond Boundaries with … Sinead Roberts

Sinead established her sports nutrition company Feed Fuel Perform in 2018. She describes her work as “Helping athletes optimise performance through nutrition tailored to their training, physiology and lifestyle.” She continues ​We are what we eat: what we eat and drink becomes the building blocks of our body and the fuel we run on. So…