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Harri

Rugby knees and a new relationship with protein.

Swansea, UK · Swansea, thirty-six, PE teacher and former rugby player, both knees rebuilt.

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46 entries, and Harri is still writing.

  • Just Wednesdays

    Sunday 10 May 2026week 83content energy 21 reply

    Notes for the week. Wednesdays are just Wednesdays now. Steady, coaching, lifting. Reduced to a maintenance dose. Same day, same fridge, less of it. Two years. My only news…

  • Come back in a year

    Saturday 13 Dec 2025week 62pleased energy 41 reply

    Notes for the week. Iron and B12 both low. Treated. The difference in a fortnight was not subtle. Improved. Three years of results side by side. A trend rather than a moment,…

  • Laces

    Saturday 5 Jul 2025week 39grateful energy 54 replies

    Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me. That has not happened in about four years. Coached a full training session without sitting down. Got down on the floor and…

  • An hour on the floor

    Saturday 31 May 2025week 34pleased energy 41 reply

    Notes for the week. Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of how that sounds and I do not care. Up the stairs at work twice without stopping at the landing. I stood at…

  • Two lengths, badly

    Monday 26 May 2025week 33quietly delighted energy 21 reply

    Sat on the floor and played for an hour, and then got up. That was the entire reason I started, and I have now done it. Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me.…

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30 Jun 2026 — What is your circle giving you at the moment?

The pharmacist who caught something on my prescription and stopped me. I think about that moment most weeks.

31 Mar 2026 — Where did you find help this month?

My son, who is fourteen and made me a cup of tea without being asked.

26 Mar 2026 — What was the best thing about today?

My shoulders came down from around my ears at some point in the last month.

22 Feb 2026 — What is going well that you have not stopped to notice?

The thing I noticed is that I am tired of noticing things. Some weeks I would like to just get on.