by Eugenie Verney | Jul 18, 2018 | Making Waves Blog
I’d never been to Hayling Island before but had heard lots about it. My swimming mates and my stand-up paddleboarding mates all rave about this spot on the English Channel coast so when an impromptu outing popped up, I didn’t think twice. With my partner, I set off on...
by Eugenie Verney | Jun 12, 2018 | Making Waves Blog
One of the big benefits of running is that there’s not much kit involved. Shoes are obviously the biggie, but once you’ve got those sorted the rest is really just about clothes to match the seasons and maybe a hydration pack once the miles crank up. Same goes for open...
by Eugenie Verney | May 16, 2018 | Making Waves Blog
The last time I raced a 10k was nearly a year ago and I’ve not been clocking anything much more than 5k in one go since then. It was therefore pretty clear as I stood on the start line of the All Nations 10k at Dorney on 12 May that I would be winging it. There’s...
by Eugenie Verney | May 10, 2018 | Making Waves Blog
You know when an inanimate object just feels right? Well, so it was when I first took out what is now my very own stand-up paddleboard. I’d been heading towards getting a board — yup, seemed to have got irrevocably sucked into this now! — but before I committed to the...
by Eugenie Verney | Apr 18, 2018 | Making Waves Blog
Sometimes what’s neatly lined up in your head just doesn’t quite match reality. And so it was with my first proper standup paddleboard race, the Head of the Dart, on Sunday 15 April. We’d all been looking nervously at the weather forecast and doing that thing where...