I am thankful to say I have never been stuck out in the wilderness, I have never had to build a fire, but after a quick google it goes something as follows: 1. Find small dry materials to use as tinder (things like dried grass, leaves, shredded tree bark) 2. Find dry, medium sized pieces of wood to server as … Read More
New Beginnings
It seems very fitting that after almost two months of silence on Nat On A Map that I release my blog today. What day? Sunday, no. The day of rest, no. This is the day that would have been the biggest day of my life to date; The London Marathon. By now I should be somewhere near 1/3 of the … Read More
Out of the Gait
No no my dyslexia isn’t kicking in! You read that right! It’s time to talk all things GAIT. To be honest until I started training for the marathon this word was totally alien to me. So I wanted to explain a bit about it. You don’t have to be running a Marathon for this to be relevant, if you are … Read More
I will bend, I will not break – Ins and Outs, Ups and Downs
I will bend, I will not break offers an insight in to the darker times I have faced so far as a first time Marathon runner
Where are we now? Marathon Update
So I may have over promised on my regular blog updates. But I hope I can be forgiven. I underestimated how challenging it would be to work full time, see friends and family, organize Christmas bits and bobs and train for the Marathon! So I will try and keep this brief. Running is like the ocean, sometimes it comes in … Read More
Life Begins at the end of your comfort zone
This was meant to be a travel blog, and whilst 2019 has been an amazing year with amazing holidays, I haven’t written about them! In 2020, big things are happening, starting with the London Marathon! Over the next 6 months this blog will be home to information about the charities I am running for and for my thoughts, rants and … Read More
Mara-FUN
In 2018 a friend suggested something mad, something so unrealistic, so ridiculous that I said yes, because I knew it would never happen. It’s not possible, it’s not something I could complete or achieve. There was nothing more to it. To google, the website, fill in your information Always on auto pilot, submit. Think nothing about that form I filled … Read More