Highschool reminiscing…

...can be a dangerous activity when undertaken alone. However, if you have say, a few friends who are doing this with you, then it can be thoroughly enjoyable. I recall feeling like I didn't quite fit in. I wasn't able to categorically declare myself part of a particular 'genre' of high school goers but as …

Speed-Walking 26.2 Miles

When Teoh suggested joining the Moonwalk Scotland, I wasn't sure if she was completely serious. I didn't doubt her capability of walking 26.2 miles in the pitch black darkness of night for at least 6-7 hours over the hilly terrain of Edinburgh, but I did question her motive(s). Keen to encourage her sudden interest in …

My First Running Group: The Rotherhithe Runners

A lot has happened in the past few months...my humble running beginnings have morphed into something wonderful. I realised I actually look forward to some of my runs - and a big part of it is down to a group of runners called the Rotherhithe Runners. Started by two seasoned runners, who happen to be …

Solo Tripping @ 3 Mths: Part I

The biggest surprise I found about Motherhood, in those early days when V1 was still tiny, wasn't that she hated sleep. Because she did hate sleep. Gosh. Anyway, it was that my introduction to Motherhood felt strangely isolating. I wasn't expecting to feel this way given that I joined an NCT group of lovely new mummies and …

London Winter Run 2017: 10 Km

The run up to this race was fraught with the worst cough I've had in the past 5 years. Training was going well considering I only started in earnest just before New Year. Then I had the cough that refused to go away for a week and worsened as we celebrated Chinese New Year. 5 …

3D2N Paris, Baby! 1st Girlie Weekend Post Kids

This is for all mummies out there. I think it's time you took a break. Not just any break, but a girlie break, with a girlfriend (or three, depending on how you roll). Yes, it'll be difficult to arrange. Yes, your husband/mother/mother-in-law/aunties/uncles/every-Tom-Dick-Harry-Jane-Sue-Harriet might try to 'psycho' you out of going. But you owe it to …