Tag: fitness
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“Running Really Does Get Easier,” Said No Novice Runner Ever
There’s no doubt in my mind that what this year’s fun run is really about is another narcissistic attempt to deny the physical evidence that my body is as old AF and, well, a bit buggered. The papers – or “the news” (as my millennial daughter corrected me yesterday morning because she has never read…
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Aqua Aerobics: Welcome To The Middle-Aged Club Of Fitness
Firstly, I believe that this is an appropriate opportunity for me to issue a formal apology to those women that do aqua-aerobics, that I may have slighted in the past with a secret snigger of immaturity as I swaggered past them, head held high, towards the fast lane of the pool. Because yesterday, I joined…
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A Helpful Safety Guide To Public Swimming Pool Etiquette For The Illiterate
Dear Person Who Cannot Read/Swim, As a staunch supporter of community public services, I have commandeered myself to remind you of the swimming etiquette in our local public pools. For while the lifeguards are confident to chat for hours with Kardashian-esque 20-30 year old, svelte swimmers in itsy-bitsy bikinis erect signs with suggested swimming styles/speeds…
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The Reality Of Those Damned Middle-Aged Fitness Resolutions
We’ve reached the end of the first week of January, so I wondered how everyone’s doing with their fitness resolutions? Or are you, like me, surreptitiously gorging on carbs and quaffing wine when no-one’s looking? I’ve been walking/jogging for the past ten days. I say ‘jogging’, but my pace is actually somewhere between a fast…
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Meet The New Middle-Aged Sports Girl
So the diet’s going well. Not really. Some of you might remember that I’ve been trying to shed a few of the mince pie kilos for a few weeks now. Holiday Jogging by Mihhailov at http://www.flickr.com Not in a rash, drinking-nothing-but-shakes kind of way, because I’m not a complete fruit cake. Did someone just say…
Louisa Simmonds 