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No, I’m not going to burst into a rendition of the old S Club 7 song that my girls loved so much when they were in Primary School. Karaoke is not on the 60@60 list! Yesterday I went up the Shard in London, Britain’s highest building. I don’t like heights as you know but afterContinue reading “Reach for the stars 🌟”

One thing they advise you to do if you want to run better (and improve your balance) is to do exercises that strengthen your core. So I have incorporated “planks” (press ups without the up and down) into 60@60. 60 x 60 seconds but over a number of days. I’m not sure if it gotContinue reading “Core strength…”

I was looking back through some of my journal entries for the 60@60 year this morning (sadly not as comprehensive as they could be). It was a reminder of the hilltops and the valleys; the moments of achievement, the amazing gifts coming in but also periods of nothing happening, of tiredness and despair. In myContinue reading “Highs and lows.”

Last night I thought I had better use up the leeks so turned to Google and made a Leek and Butternut Squash Crumble. It was a trifle dry and tasted much better with gravy tonight. But it is my 60th different recipe so that was quite a mini-achievement and was activity 57 ticked off. What’sContinue reading “Leek and Squash Crumble..”

Well, here comes the sun 🌞 I hope that you are enjoying the very warm temperatures that have arrived along with the start of the school holidays. Yesterday evening I went to East Beach about a mile from home to do my 60 strokes in the sea. I had been a little apprehensive because theContinue reading “Summer is here..”

I was reading a blog last night by one of my daughters former teachers. He was explaining how in the 2012 Olympics six of GB’s medals were won by an inch or less. He also explained how coaches such a Dave Brailsford in cycling emphasise the 1% improvement to performance. It’s often at the marginsContinue reading “The extra 1%”

Southend has the accolade of having the longest leisure pier in the world at over one and a third miles. It was built so long in order to reach the deep water Channel for the steamers from London. So to run down it and back again seemed like a good thing to do for 60@60!Continue reading “Keep on running…”

Well I think everyone knows what a goal is after last night’s rather tense game. Even if it was a soft penalty and a follow-up tap in it still counts! I didn’t post last night as I thought you would all be fully occupied! But what is a goal, other than something we want EnglandContinue reading “Goal!”

Adrenaline. It’s a hormone that enables us to respond to potentially threatening situations, that puts us in a heightened state of readiness. Adrenaline sports are essentially those with a level of perceived risk (though it’s football and running that have given me injuries!) This weekend has been 60@60 adrenaline weekend where I first of allContinue reading “Adrenaline”

It’s Wednesday already! This weekend coming up is perhaps the most challenging and/or most exciting of the whole 60@60 year. Friday afternoon is white water rafting at the Olympic Centre in East London followed the next afternoon by speeding at 60mph down England’s longest zipwire at the Bluewater Centre in Kent. What have I letContinue reading “Double challenge weekend”