Runner turned yogi

It’s been a year. A year injured, a year of no running and a year of throwing my trainers across my flat in a fit of rage (ok, I only did that once, but it was memorable all the same) and a year not blogging about running. So I thought I’d mix it up cos…

The Reluctant Trekker in Nepal

I actually hate trekking, but now I’m in a country real trekkers would be envious of … Nepal. Well, I’m here now and it would be rude not to take a closer gander at the monstrous Himalayas towering above. I was delighted to meet a Dutch girl who exuded the same if not more negativity as me…

When things go wrong in the Himalayas

I’d been in Rishikesh a week and was keen to get up north before winter set in and the opportunity gone; I must have missed the winter has already set in memo. The planned 4 day / 3 night trek up in the Indian Himalayas close to the Tibetan border began so well. It took 2 days in a jeep to…