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About me

Elsewhere on the site are listed the things that are professionally important to me. Here’s a little bit more about who I am and how I enjoy life.

Tim London 10k

Racing

I’ve done countless 10ks, a few half marathons and five Olympic distance triathlons (in London, Bristol and Bewl). I run parkrun nearly every week and am approaching my 250th milestone.

Probably my biggest endurance test was a 10k swim down the Thames. Although I don’t know what I was enduring more – the long swim or effluent in the river. Yuck!

Marriage & family

I’m recently married and very happily so. It hasn’t always been this way however and I have first-hand experience of unhealthy relationships and painful break-ups. I’m hoping I’m the poster child for “everything will be all right in the end” but I give no false impression that it’s been a smooth journey!

We are parents to a beautiful baby girl.

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Where you find me

I live in Hertfordshire now – a rural enclave on the edge of a market town – but I’m spiritually at home in London and still spend a lot of time there with friends, for work and culture.

Pictured is the view from our living room.

Films

For most of my childhood I didn’t much care for films and my heart sank when friends put one on. I’d rather chat.

Then something clicked in my 20s – I love films now and the trusty Kermode and Mayo podcast gave me a real appreciation of cinema. During lockdown I hosted a regular Film Club which unlike, say, Netflix Party was more akin to a book club – you’d watch it in your own time and then meet to discuss. We’d usually pick a new release coupled with something older thematically linked but of a different genre.

The Banshees of Inisherin

Who knew that films could be useful for coaching? During a session on a friendship break-up I passingly voiced to my coach about the film Banshees of Inisherin. Turns out my coach had watched and loved it too – unpicking it together was fascinating and provided huge insight to my own situation.

Jazz

I love many types of music besides the ones that I’m properly trained in.

I’ve admired jazz since I was young but only began to understand how to ‘create’ it in my late 20s. I nevertheless did not master it and remain a keen and occasional amateur.