When I first started this blog back in 2017, I wanted it to be focused on running as a life style and on improving myself.

I was deep into podcasts, especially ones like Rich Roll and feeling like I was listening to all this information about self improvement and not actually doing anything about it.

So I started this blog with the aim of implementing some of it and documenting it here.

Over time, the running slowly took over. This page is now almost dedicated to dissecting races I’ve run or at least started!

But the self improvement, life improvement, conscious living part of it is still here, simmering away in the background.

And boy have I made some mistakes by blindly following something I heard on a podcast or read on the internet.

I could sit here and say that’s part of life, living, learning and messing up, but some of it could have easily been prevented by either the podcast providing more clarity or more research and information actually being available on the topic.

I feel like my biggest lesson over the past seven years has been to automatically take everything you hear with a grain of salt. I’m sure the misinformation following the US election and the pandemic helped with that.

It’s hard because you don’t want to be that person who automatically dismisses everything, how are you going to learn and improve that way, but you also don’t want to be gullible and taken advantage of, especially when it comes to your health.

I’ve blindly followed and fallen prey.

I can’t blame them, I didn’t look any further into it.

I guess I’m lucky that I didn’t fall for every trend.

It’s clear they are trends. I’m sorry if you disagree. The older you get, the more you see the cycles. Running is good you’ll burn calories and loose weight, running is bad it eats your gains. Carbs are bad they cause diabetes, carbs are good, eat 100g per hour! Fat is good, fat is bad, fat is really bad, no fat is good, oh maybe it depends.

What I’ve learnt over the past 7 years, is that there is no one size fits all, there is no best, only what’s best for you.

You don’t have to go rogue like I did and get a genetic test to try to work out what will work for you, you can just go on how you feel.

It’s important to learn and keep on trying. My advice, if you are going to make a big change that may have health implications, start small and do your research. Find an actual expert, not someone on the internet and not your GP!

But go ahead and experiment with your training, try more cross training, try double thresholds if you have the time and energy, try 80g of carbs per hour instead of 60g.

Start that compost bin, plant some veggies in the garden, audit your wardrobe or keep track of how much money you are spending on running or brunches or stuff that doesn’t matter.

What do you have to loose? Some changes are only positive, just be cautious which wagon you jump on because you are the only one making sure that wagon is right for you.