May is skin cancer awareness month so what better time to write about protecting our skin from the sun. Since I am clueless about new products and developments and simply go for the same old brands all the time, I asked my friend Michele for help. She recommened mineral sunscreens that are environmentally friendly. Michele knows […]
Thursday 29th April 2021 will go down in history as the day I cycled 100 km for the first time ever! It was my second attempt at a century after the Windsor ride proved 10 km too short. Heading out for the second attempt felt more daunting as I was going solo with Justin having […]
Easter holiday was the ideal time for me to work towards my April cycling goal. One of my favourite ways to build up the distance is to explore the Thames on the bike. I want to share those routes with you today. The routes are not challenging as they are mostly flat and therefore ideal […]
April saw the start of my cycling challenge and I have been building up the distance cycling around London. The original goal was to cycle 600km, but after the first week I upped the goal to 800km because I got such a great start🚴♂️ . I wanted to share some of the routes with you […]
I expected to complete two challenges in March: Callanetics and the splits. However, at the beginning of the month I did something to my right leg – overstretching perhaps – so I thought it best not to push it. For the same reason, I only did a couple of runs in March and cycling-wise, my […]
I think the fact we entered the first lockdown a year ago this week has prompted many people to take time to reflect. Who could have predicted what was ahead and that we would still be in yet another lockdown a year later? For me, this time of the year also marks another ‘anniversary’. I […]
When I had my really shitty night’s sleep after the Covid jab, I realised how much better I have been sleeping lately. It also reminded me of how terribly chemo and radiotherapy affected my sleep. Problems Sleeping During Cancer Treatments I first wrote about better sleep in my old blog when I was in the […]
Those who follow me in Instagram might already know that I have decided 2021 is a year when I will set myself monthly self-improvement and/or wellbeing challenges. The challenge for February was to Run Every Day. Other than the obvious reason – madness, why did I decide to run every day? That is a bloody […]