Battling through the year, home and away
CategoryReflections
2023: Slouching towards being grateful
Ending another no-post year on this blog with some small crumbs of reflection.
2022: The year of staying afloat
2022: A return to normal life, travel and… an empty blog?
Reading in the rain: my books of 2021
Seven books that helped me survive 2021, and some hopes for 2022.
In just four years
It has been one long journey to the podium for Alia Saeed Mohammed. In 2010, I watched the United Arab Emirates (UAE) runner finish first in the Asia Area Qualifying Session for the Youth Olympics (top). For reasons not explained she didn’t feature in the YOG. Then from 2011 to 2014, it was all 10th