Darren Checkley – Page 6

July 28, 20250Comments

Perfect problems.

You can have the most detailed training programme in the world and not achieve anything if you don’t follow it. You can spend hundreds of pounds having a diet plan, buying

July 14, 20250Comments

Exposed by tomatoes.

Fran had a rearrange of our pots in the garden at the weekend to try and ripen the tomatoes she had planted. Inconveniently for me, she moved them under the pull

July 9, 20250Comments

Castles, Eagles, Dragons and Wizardry.

We’ve had a really busy week at Dad school. On Friday, we went to Warwick Castle; it was brilliant as always and they have started their summer programme. We started with the

June 30, 20250Comments

Being less fragile.

I’ve had a really full on week. I had a quarterly meet up with my coach on Friday in Leeds and because I was heading up North, I booked a treatment

June 23, 20250Comments

Sometimes it takes a little patience.

On Thursday, our friend Terry invited us all to try fishing. Fran and K, joined his wife for a lake swim first while me and A got cracking. I haven’t done any

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Coaching

Health

June 9, 20250Comments

Sunny Hunny

We’ve just got back from a fantastic weekend in Hunstanton aka Sunny Hunny according to a local guide book. We were pretty lucky with the weather, it only poured with rain

June 2, 20250Comments

It was ever such a long way.

One of the joys of social media is the memories section. Over the past few days, mine have been showing photos from a triathlon I did a couple of times in

May 30, 20250Comments

I feel like I’ve been hit by a train.

I’ve been back at Jiu Jitsu for the last couple of weeks, just doing the class and learning part to allow my broken thumb to heal a little more. Although

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Coaching

Nutrition

May 23, 20250Comments

Indecision could be the right decision.

We’ve just had a lovely couple of days around Ironbridge, exploring the history of the area. Yesterday, we were in the village of Ironbridge and had a walk over the bridge

May 20, 20250Comments

A little wipe was all it took.

There are times when I feel every minute of my age. There are times when I still feel youthful; youthful in mind that is, I’m sure my body didn’t hurt this

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