Olympic Athlete. Speaker. Coach. Woman of Faith.
I opened up with 6.29m and a medal. A gold one. I’m North of England 2019 Indoor Athletics Champion. Women's Long Jump Northern Champ. And hilariously, I'm probably the number one female long jumper in the country right now (we're only 16 days in, so it's no biggie. hehe). To me, that seems so small.… Continue reading Indoor Competition 1: Northern Champs, Sheffield (Jan 2019)
This 'Chunky Winter Vegetable and Lentil Soup' , which you can find in the 'Healthy Slow Cooker Cookbook' by Sarah Flower, may just become your absolute fave winter warmer this year. Try out the recipe above and find out why. It's 'quick' because it takes 15 uninterrupted minutes to chop all the veg, rinse the… Continue reading New Year Dining – The Best “Quick” & Healthy Vegan Slow- Cooker Recipe Ever!
2018 Reads – Amazon Kindle, Audible Audiobooks, Paperback and Hardcover Yesterday, I received this message from my brother: ‘How many books did you read in 2018?’ So, in response, I drew up my list, as I always do at the end of each year. About 35 books. Not one book a week as I always… Continue reading Top Reads in 2018 & What I’m Reading in 2019…
Keep updated on my 2019 indoor competition schedule here. Northern Athletics Championships, EIS Sheffield - Saturday 12th January 2019 England vs Other Nations, Vienna - Saturday 26th January 2019 Spar British Athletics Indoor Championships - Saturday 9th - Sunday 10th February 2019 https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/events-and-tickets/spar-british-athletics-indoor-championships/ Muller Indoor Grand Prix Birmingham - Saturday 16th February 2019 https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/events-and-tickets/muller-indoor-grand-prix-birmingham/ European… Continue reading 2019 Indoor Competition Schedule
Fancy an insight into my winter training diary, 2019 competition schedule and some bits of business wisdom? There haven’t been any major developments in my athletics career since my last update because I’m in the depths of winter training, but I thought something is better than nothing! What’s winter training? The hard slog. The grind.… Continue reading Winter Training – Grinding for Results in 2019!
Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull I’ve heard some people describe creativity as ‘unexpected connections between unrelated concepts or ideas.’ If that’s at all true, you have to be in a certain mindset to make those connections. So when I sense we’re getting nowhere, I just shut things down. We all go off to something else.… Continue reading Inspired by Creativity Inc. Pixar
I'm normally inspired to write by pictures that I find in my camera roll. But I've been so slack lately because, as I may have mentioned in every single post since July/August this year, my phone's back camera is broken and blurry! Sad times. So this will be a short and sweet post (I always… Continue reading Readwise – What’s the point of highlighting when reading?
Just had a good little chat with my postman. For the first time. Ever. And, it made me reflect for just a moment that we probably don't do that enough. Take time. Stop. Have a conversation with a ... stranger? But he's not... Apparently he's been walking my route for about 18 years. I've lived… Continue reading Chatting with the MailMan
A few words with Andy Baker – Longcroft School & Sixth-Form College, East Riding ‘People at an elite level need information that goes above and beyond, and that’s what you bring.’ I truly appreciate that feedback! Thanks, Andy! At the start of July, I caught up with the Deputy Head of Longcroft School & Sixth-Form… Continue reading A few words with… Andy Baker
I've not posted in a while - my last post being at the very start of September and my last one before that being at the start of August. Apologies for those of you who care or follow my blog. ‘Why have you been absent?’ You ask. To which I respond: What do I even… Continue reading Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.
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