Category Archives: Athletics

Do Vitamin B12 injections help?

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Barbara

Please let me know!! I am exhausted, beyond exhausted. I could sleep for 100 years… Where is the 13th fairy godmother when you need her? I have recently started an 8 week ‘lifestyle change’ programme for ME sufferers to help … Continue reading →

Posted in Athletics, Chronic Fatigue, Fibromyalgia, Health, ME, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, Pain | Tagged 30 Day Ab Challenge, Exhaustion, fairy godmother, Groundhog Day, Postaweek, Vitamin B12, vitamin b12 injections | 20 Comments

From Sofa to Marathon – Week 3

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Barbara

This post comes to you live from an aeroplane almost in Egypt (actually, I scheduled it before I left…) I spoke to my doctor last Wednesday about my plans to try and get fit by doing Marathon training, while also … Continue reading →

Posted in 40, Athletics, Chronic Fatigue, Diet, Fibromyalgia, Getting old, Health, Janathon, Keeping Fit, Marathon, Neuralgia, Running, Wilson | Tagged 52-Week Project, Chronic Fatigue, Getting Fit, Janathon, Marathon, New Years Resolution, Postaweek, Sofa to Marathon, Training, Wilson | 8 Comments

From Sofa to Marathon – Week 2

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Barbara

I’m definitely on the mend, my cough and snuffly nose are much better so now that my Achilles tendon is also mended I really need to start jogging again, even if its really slowly to start with. I’m back out … Continue reading →

Posted in 40, Athletics, Diet, Fibromyalgia, Getting old, Health, Janathon, Keeping Fit, Marathon, Neuralgia, Running, Wilson | Tagged 52-Week Project, Getting Fit, Janathon, Marathon, New Years Resolution, Postaweek, Sofa to Marathon, Training, Wilson | 9 Comments

From Sofa to Marathon – Week 2

Posted on December 26, 2012 by Barbara

Last week I was quite despondent that I haven’t been able to do any running or circuit training at all due to my neuralgia & now chesty cough too. I made a resolution to spend some time looking up what … Continue reading →

From Sofa to Marathon – Week 1

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Barbara

Last week at 12.12pm, on Wednesday the 12th of December 2012 (12.12.12 12:12) I posted my New Years Resolution. A bit early I know, but because this thing is going to take me way more than a year to achieve, … Continue reading →

Posted in 40, Athletics, Diet, Getting old, Health, Keeping Fit, Marathon, Neuralgia, Running | Tagged 52-Week Project, Dysfunctional Eating, Getting Fit, Marathon, New Years Resolution, Postaweek, Sofa to Marathon, Training | 7 Comments

Exercise really does energise!

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Barbara

This afternoon it rained, really heavily. The roads were flooded again. I am tired, we went for a long walk on Chobham Common yesterday and I took Wilson for a 2 mile power walk in Horsell Common in Woking this … Continue reading →

Posted in Anorexia, Athletics, Diet, Getting old, Keeping Fit | Tagged Athletics, Circuit Training, Exhaustion, Fit4Mum, Getting Fit, healthy-living, Power walking, Running, Wilson | 18 Comments

Fit Mum? I’m becoming one

Posted on September 25, 2012 by Barbara

Finally after 15 years I have decided I need to do something about my bum, tum & thighs! Years of working or studying have finally taken their toll and I am seriously unfit! I tried a few years back to … Continue reading →

Posted in 40, Athletics, Fibromyalgia, Getting old, Keeping Fit | Tagged Beginnings, Chronic Fatigue, Fibromyalgia, Getting Fit, Iyengar Yoga, Run England, Run4Mum, Sally Gunnell | 5 Comments

The Fun Theory

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Barbara

I love this video! For me this symbolises what learning and working should be all about. When we are having fun we forget we are working, and suddenly what seemed a chore, becomes easier to complete and repeat without even … Continue reading →