About Me

Born in Scotland. Currently living in Streatham Hill, London.

In 1996 I sustained a back injury and was told by a chiropractor that I'd never run again. I ran my first marathon in April 2004, followed by my first triathlon, and I run every day. I ran two marathons and a triathlon in 2004 and three marathons and a triathlon in 2005, and a marathon in each of 2006 and 2007. My best marathon time is 03:47:39 – pretty good for someone who'd 'never run again'! Always seek a second opinion, and never give up hope – the human body has an extraordinary capacity for healing. I refer you to Dr Liz Miller for advice. My advice would be to not listen to chiropractors and go to a physiotherapist instead.

It's become a bit of a mission of mine to help other people with back and knee problems and to help healthier people get more from their running. I recommend you read Slow Burn by Stu Mittleman. Several people have taken me up on it and it's changed their lives for the better. If I can do it, so can you!

I also do a bit of Magic* and Scuba (PADI Advanced Open Water), and (lately) some skydiving.

Qualifications

HND Business and Finance, specialising in small business enterprise, 1990
Postgraduate Diploma, Marketing, 1991
Diploma of the Market Research Society, 1991
MA in Marketing, 1992
Practitioner in NLP, Richard Bandler and Paul McKenna (also studied Hypnosis), 2003
Graduate, Anthony Robbins Mastery University (life-coaching) 2003
Numerous courses in journalism, 2003-08
MA in Creative Writing (Novels) at City University's School of Journalism, 2007

*Don't ask me to do any for you. I'm not a performing monkey.