You might have found me via my blog, via my harp or via some other means.

You might know of me as a regularly last-placed runner, a harpist, a serial Instagram poster or a (now former) rescue greyhound mama.

You might even have met me in real life, in which case you will know the number one truth about me, which is that I am very small.

Here are some other things that are true about me...

Name:                

Katherine Harrison

Nickname:         

Harrie (shortened to H by people from London or Essex for some reason)

Flower/Charliepiece/Love/Chuck/Duck if you were my gran. She also occasionally used to call me Laura (one of my aunts), Sylvia (another one of my aunts) or Lynda (my mum) too but nobody minded as we knew who we were. She never called me Christine (the other aunt) as she moved to Canada before I was born.

Superhero alias:

Little Miss Daredevil (one of the later Little Misses and Mr Men)

Age:                      

Older than I look – I’m 45 and I can’t quite get my head around it.

Height:                                

5 foot nothing

Hair colour:        

Constantly changing - usually somewhere between black and red, with just a few wisps of grey - thank you Grandad Horgan for the fabulous hair genes.

Eye colour:         

Hazel

Theme song:     

Where Love Lives by Alison Limerick

or You Got The Love by Candi Staton

or Don’t Stop Movin by S Club 7

or Jump by Madonna

Style icon:        

Imelda May, or my dear friend Donna who is the coolest person I know

Ultimate joy:     

Running in the mountains especially leaping over bogs and sometimes falling in. Any time my bull terrier Yoshi is sitting still. Riding my motorbike when it’s not too hot and it’s not too cold.

Proudest moment:

Passing my motorbike test first time aged 17

Lowest slump:  

Summer 2010 - the wedding that wasn’t. Buy me a couple of GnTs or a large Corryvreckan and I will tell you the whole sorry tale.

Brag-worthy accolade:

I am the only harpist on the planet to have raced a motorbike competitively

Arch-nemesis:  

I could tell you but I’d have to kill you

Arch-angel:        

My friend Laurie

Ultimate quote:

Don’t wait for your ship to come in, swim out and meet the f**ker! (Barry Sheene)

Signature catchphrase:

I’m so excited I might actually go pop!

Power-chakra:

Umm I had to look this up - I’m a Virgo which apparently suggests my power chakra is my throat chakra.

I’m very into facts and clear communication so that seems about right.

Totem animal:

Lion

Nondenominational prayer for the world:

My main one is unprintable, otherwise treat others as you would wish them to treat you, and always park considerately.