I’m a morning runner. I get up, I write some stuff, I run. Or I get up, I run. Sometimes I procrasti-write. Sometimes I procrasti-work. And then I find myself squeezing in an afternoon run. I’m rarely more than 1km in, when I realise I hate afternoon runs. Exhibit A: …
I’m going start by bragging. This year I trained for and ran a marathon. That’s right 42.2 kilometres. I’ve run a couple of half marathons before, but I started about 9 months ago, from a comfortable 14km. I built up… 2km a fortnight, until I hit 36km. And then, on …
I’m not sporty. I got tennis elbow after one tennis lesson. I shut my eyes when a ball comes towards me. And so it pains me to write my second “What I learnt” with a sporting theme. But here we are. While I’m not sporty, I do run. And for …
I like to chew my pen. It’s not cool. Especially when someone asks to borrow a pen and you have to hand them one with bite marks. Because you don’t have any without. But it’s part of my writing process. I chew while I think. I start most stories with …
This week’s Captain Obvious epiphany comes courtesy of junior hockey. When things get tough in junior hockey, there’s one thing that coaches and parents all yell – STICKS DOWN!!!! You see, there is no chance of saving a goal, hitting your own goal, or anything, unless your stick is where the …
