NHS Foundation Trusts: A Governor’s Tale part 2 of 3

Innovations on my watch All governors are different with varying backgrounds and experiences. Many have a strong urge to improve their Trust’s delivery of services, but this is the role of the Board and Management and not for the Governors. They are there to scrutinize! When I joined the Council I recognised that there was …

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Family, People, pm, running

The Running Age – Coming to Running at 40, 50, 60, 70!

Aged 57 or 58 I looked at the results from my first public run and I was astounded to discover that everyone over 40 is considered a ‘veteran’! The running fraternity used to discriminate against women; is ageism also rife in the sports community? The London Times newspaper is fond of health and fitness articles …

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Coming to running: ‘That’s Lyth’ – Going the distance!

For all runners, but especially older runners I’m an advocate of ‘long and slow’. There are plenty of events to challenge you, from 10k, marathons and half-marathons, 50k, 50 miles, 100k, even more. Training for distance running requires some special considerations. The body adapts to what you do. Run 10k over and over again and, …

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Events, Places, Scotland, TGO Challenge, UK

Torridon to Aberdeen – TGOC 2022 part 3

A couple of days earlier I was with the famous TGOer Andrew Walker who quoted an even more famous (now deceased) TGOer Andy Howell regarding my day 5 plan as ‘the armpit of all TGO routes’ or some similar discouraging remark. I’d planned a line towards Drumnadrochit with pathless stretches joining one or two tracks. …

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