Tag Archives: exercise

Nothing but flowers

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Shaun

There was a moment yesterday when the world and all of its craziness just melted away. I was lying on the edge of a cycle-track just a few miles out from Haddington in East Lothian, staring up at the blue … Continue reading →

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Just visiting ..

Posted on August 26, 2012 by Shaun

It’s hard to believe. More than 300,000 visits to this humble wee blog. Amazing, Thanks for all your interest. We’ve plenty more posts to write yet … once we get the time! So thanks for sticking with us. Bookmark on … Continue reading →

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Tour de Farce, maybe, but we’ll Pedal for Scotland

Posted on June 24, 2012 by Shaun

Cycling was never my thing as a kid. I enjoyed it enough dodging about on the streets with friends, steering between the shards of broken glass that inevitably littered the bleak, concrete housing scheme where I grew up. But they … Continue reading →

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Father’s Day

Posted on June 17, 2012 by Shaun

Dressed in rumpled jeans and a monster faced hoodie pulled up over his light brown locks of hair, my son came bounding into the kitchen this morning sending poor Oz, our dog, scampering for cover. His eyes were beaming, sharing … Continue reading →

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Mister Motivator. Is that the missing link?

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Shaun

I think it’s psychological. It must be. Every time I pay to join a gym I go once or twice then drift away. Over the years this has included Greens, Esporta, LivingWell, LA Fitness and a few council run ones … Continue reading →

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Four months to a four hour marathon? Hmmmm.

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Shaun

I’ve just finished a book called Four Months to a Four Hour Marathon. Appropriate as that’s pretty much all the time I have left before Amsterdam. By now I should be absolutely flying, and had hoped to have one and … Continue reading →

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Egging myself on this Easter Sunday

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Shaun

I went for a run today. And it was lovely. It was only 5k but each split that sucked the breath from my body and cascaded beads of sweat down my back and brow seemed glorious. Because for the first … Continue reading →

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Officially kicking off my St Columba’s Hospice charity fundraising effort

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Shaun

This weekend I kick start my training towards the Amsterdam Marathon buoyed by the prospect of maybe doing a little good. I have adopted St Columba’s Hospice charity for my fundraising efforts as a thank you for the help they … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Thank Yous

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Shaun

I’m pretty sure when Iain and myself sat down for a coffee in Edinburgh’s West End little over a year ago we were both sincere in our aspirations for Two Fat Laddies, but a little playful too. We knew that … Continue reading →

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Numbers, programmes & time to step it up

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Shaun

Queen Margaret University proved good friends to Iain and myself last year. The team were there from the start with a kind word, bags of enthusiasm and real interest in how we were doing along with all kinds of advice … Continue reading →

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