The lady of the lake!

Well a couple of weeks have gone by since the cake bonanza and I have made progress with another couple of challenges. The park run remains a constant challenge but I completed my 14th this  last weekend – it’s going to be a long old haul to get to 50! My biggest pleasure over the…

50 cakes – that’s not enough, lets sell 203 instead!

Saturday saw me starting the day with a park run – I have yet to regain my previous PB but am slowing moving towards it again – so all is well. After this now familiar start to the weekend I started to organise the cakes I had cooked and friends, family and colleagues had kindly…

Homage to Miss Forbes

Well it must be 40 years ago when Miss Forbes wrote in my school report something like “Catherine’s cookery is tasty and competently made, but she really must spend more time and effort on its presentation” The words stung and stayed with me – I felt hurt and that I had been dealt an injustice.…

Taking stock

Well, I’m 4 months into my 50 challenges so I thought I would just take stock of how I’m doing and remind myself of all the challenges I have given myself. As I am making the rules up myself I am wondering whether to allow myself to substitute some as the opportunity to rise to…

Smashed it 1:09:19 – the power of the mind!

Well, yesterday saw me swimming, cycling and running in Great Yarmouth – the East Coast Triathlon – the end of a pretty momentous week for me. I have learnt so much through this exercise malarkey – so much about myself – such huge moments of self and genuine doubt and then digging deep to find…

Standing there, looking around.

There has been much consternation locally about the placing of some splendid Anthony Gormley sculptures on the roof at UEA – which got me thinking.. students have accused the university of being insensitive for placing these life like bodies on the edge of the roof at a stressful time for them – perhaps inadvertently suggesting…

10 days – and here I go again!

It’s been a while since I’ve blogged and I have been spending time running, cycling and swimming in preparation for my next big challenge – the East Anglian triathlon at Great Yarmouth on 22 April. This is but a baby triathlon – a super sprint. That doesn’t mean high quality short, fast and intense –…

From Stody to Stodgy

It’s been two weeks now since Stody and I have really dined out on it but since then haven’t stopped eating! The observant amongst you may have noticed my challenge of losing 50 pounds in weight (from my heaviest). Exercise really doesn’t make that much difference it’s the calorific input that does (surprisingly!) and I…

Blimey!

Well, quite frankly, I can’t think of a better thing to do on a rainy, cold March morning than to get up and join over 400 people running across the muddy Norfolk countryside. I was apprehensive about the Hunnybell run at Stody having never run the distance (8k) or cross country before. My friends and…

Splash the cash

Well it’s just two days before the cross country run at Stody – rain is forecast and I admit to feeling just a bit apprehensive. I would have liked to have covered the distance before the run but have still only managed  just over 5k in one go and this one is 8k cross country.…