Writing

When hobbies die

15 Oct 2025

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I’ve always considered myself a hobbyman. I get into things in a big way and they invariably take quite a hold of my life (and bank balance). Now in my mid-to-late 30s, I’ve had quite a few over the years. Minor hobbies can rumble along indefinitely, such as playing football once a week, big major ones tend to come and go. Burning bright but eventually fading into insignificance.

A peak training month in a sub-3 marathon build

24 Apr 2025

running

Following the format of my Oxford Half Marathon training series of posts, this is a run-through of an intensive month in a training block for a sub-3 marathon attempt on 27th April 2025. March covered weeks 8 to 13 of a 16-week build.

2024 in review

16 Jan 2025

It feels good to start the year with another year in review post. My third now. Reflecting on goals set 12 months ago is a good way to analyse personal progress and reassess changes in priorities.

If you’re not moving forward, you’re regressing

4 Dec 2024

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I think about this quote a lot. It could be dismissed as being in the bracket of toxic “hustle culture”, after all, there’s comfort in routine and the status quo. Repeating the same thing over and over can feel like it’s working and will continue to work in perpetuity.