2024 is here, my 3rd year in Colorado and after looking back on 2023, I definitely want to make more of this year than I did the last quarter or so of 2023.  New goals just add a bit of focus and change course where things are going a bit awry.  I have a big unfortunate birthday comin

Loads of folks think looking back at the last 12 months or setting goals for the next 12 months is ridiculous because “January 1st is just another day”.   I get that thinking but you have to be a certain life guru type to be able to continually assess trajectory you are on

Background  This whole thing started with Manchester Marathon 2020.  I cannot quite remember how I ended up signing up for the Marathon, I think it may have been seeing a few of the other Norwich Road Runners signing up but I ended up in anyway.  After months of training  (rain, freez

2022 was massive for me, but 2023 feels like a full and proper year to go at and I am looking forward to it.  Granted, I do have some worries about the tech market and the fact my presence is directly tied to my role with my current employer but you cannot spend time worrying about th

Well 2022 has been a bit of a mega year for me, and now it is coming to a close I thought I would resume writing about the last 12 months as a way of looking back/reflecting and also gearing up for 2023. Obviously this year has been dominated by the move to Colorado at the very tail-e

Well, I have had to update this section after we have fallen out of the Champions League for the first time in twenty/twenty one years.  Still, the fact remains that my favourite way to travel Europe is with The Arsenal Away. There are some Arsenal fans that are not fussed on qualifyi

Well after my essay on my first 6 months here, I started to ponder the things I love and the things I hate about living in the US (maybe Colorado specifically) thus far.  None of these have had to be thought up, they’ve been on my mind since I have been here so this should be pr

In Swansea University (my 1 year of it before transferring to the University of East Anglia) I vividly remember printing out photos of houses in the United States and pinning them above my PC for motivation.  Then, I didn’t really understand the differences between States, I jus

I always like looking back at the year and seeing if I have managed to hit the targets I set myself. Having been doing it a few years, I always find I have hit quite a few, missing the odd one, but this year, I knew it was going to make for grim reading. I was feeling pretty good at t

I am looking forward to a packed 2020. I expect it to be a very busy one but a great one. I want to keep my goals pretty simple for next year to keep them more focussed. I hope everybody has an epic 2020 and make stuff happen time is whizzing by! Running Goals Complete Manchester Mara