Breaking through the wall – Beating the post Marathon blues
Apr23

Breaking through the wall – Beating the post Marathon blues

It has been a while since I’ve updated the blog. I really enjoyed writing in the lead up to my marathon debut at Cadbury. I was going to write about my Singapore/Thailand Holiday but never quite got around to it (I might still do it because I have so many stories I want to share). I don’t know quite what happened but I seemed to have hit a wall after achieving 42.2km in January. It all started when I got back from holidays...

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Spring in the air but not in my step – Week 6 of Maratraining
Aug16

Spring in the air but not in my step – Week 6 of Maratraining

Sometimes you have those weeks where you feel tired and are lacking a bit of mojo.  This was one of those weeks for me.   Corporate life has had a few challenges this week but I managed to get on top of them (sort of) and this spilled into my running life.   The kms I’m running are slowly creeping up and some niggling pains are starting to spring up.  Despite the challenges, I kept my eye on the prize and that (plus a little...

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Myer Makeup Mayhem
Dec04

Myer Makeup Mayhem

Thoughts on my first world makeup crisis, customer service and saving the state of Tasmania…one purchase at a time. I need to preface this post by saying that for me makeup shopping ranks right up there with bra and jean shopping as one of my least favourite things to do. To be honest I would rather go to the dentist than have to deal with the choices, the sales people and the egos of makeup counters – it is certainly a lot less...

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Corporate punk or just punk?…..The waiting game
Nov12

Corporate punk or just punk?…..The waiting game

I am slack.  I was so pumped about starting this blog.  I have so many ideas and as November is the international month of blogging (so I’m told anyway) I had the great idea of writing a post each day.  Oh, if you could only read my mind and keep up with the miasma of thoughts! I made a cracking pre-start in Melbourne and even got my first comment…YAY! Then disaster struck on the final day of my shopping trip.  I got a...

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