Sport – Francesca's Thoughts

17/08/2016

My To-Do List for 2020

Last week I got philosophical/grumpy about what it’s like being mere mortal during the Olympics, and in the spirit of WINNING THAT GOLD MEDAL, here is a list of ambitions I would like to have fulfilled by the next summer Olympics. There are other, more personal, things as well – but these are the things I want to brag (and complain) about Continue reading

August 2016, Books, Lists, Sport, Travel, Videos

2020 Olympics Tokyo, Brexit, four year goals, Indifferent Ignorance, Patreon pages, publishing goals, screenwriting goals, travel goals

12/08/2016

Is It Just Me or Do the Olympics Prompt a Breakdown

I’ve been having really odd reactions to the Olympics so please help me out and tell me if you’ve experienced anything similar (no, I’m not talking about checking out the Team GB diving team, although I do encourage you to do that). When I’m watching TV, usually with a plate of food or a cup of Continue reading

August 2016, Complaints, DISCUSS., Sport, TV

‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’, 2016 Rio Olympics, check out the GB diving team, Indifferent Ignorance, PE lessons are scarring, Rio 2016, Rio Olympics, setting goals for life

04/08/2016

The Lazy Person’s Guide to the Olympics

I have lived through several Olympic cycles, and I can actively remember the last three (Athens: I was in Greece at the time and the Greeks were so into it. I was eight and hated sport. Beijing: I was in Greece at the time and the Greeks were less into it. I was 12 and hated sport. Continue reading

August 2016, Lists, Sport

2016 Rio Olympics, attractive people at 2016 Olympics, how to be lazy during the Olympics, Indifferent Ignorance, Olympics for people who hated PE, out LGBT athletes at Rio, Rio Olympics schedule BBC, Rio2016

13/07/2016

Run, Run, Bunny, Run

Morning. On Monday I bought some trainers. I wasn’t in the market for trainers. Well, I’ve had my old ones for about eight years and they no longer fulfil their function as shoes, so I was keeping my eyes open – and these were sat in the bargain basket in Aldi, cheap but not shitty (a venn Continue reading

(All Hail) Creation, July 2016, School, Sport

buying running shoes, Indifferent Ignorance, learning to run, my legs hurt, trying to exercise