All physical activity is beneficial for our mental health, but for me cycling has made a bigger difference than any other sport. For me, cycling and mental health go hand in hand. I have always enjoyed cycling, but never realised how much I loved it until I got my bike in August last year after […]
I would like to take this opportunity to wish all cancer survivors, fighters and thrivers a very Happy International Cancer Survivor’s Day! I never even knew such a day existed before my diagnosis in March 2019. Now, it is a day to celebrate myself and everyone else who has had to face cancer. Since creating […]
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 […]
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 […]
One of the worst things about finding out I have Lynch syndrome was knowing that others in my family could and would have it, too, since it is inherited. Knowing that not only I would be living life with Lynch, but others in my family would be, too. Following my diagnosis with the syndrome, my […]
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 […]
We all know that exercise comes with various benefits for our health and wellbeing. But did you know that regular exercise can help prevent certain cancers from recurring and lowers the risk of getting cancers in the first place? Since my cancer diagnosis, I have been reading a lot about the benefits of a physically […]
There are many risk factors identified for womb cancer. It is the 4th most common cancer in women in the UK. The top three are breast, lung and colorectal cancers. While researchers don’t know what causes womb cancer, they know there are factors that can increase your chances of developing it. Some of these risk […]