BBC Olympics host Gabby Logan has opened up on the difficulties she is facing at home after her children moved away for the first time.
Gabby Logan, who is helming the BBC’s Olympic Games broadcasts, has shared a heartfelt family update about the challenges she’s faced after her twins moved out for the first time, confessing that it’s “really hard”.
Her son Reuben, 19, is upholding the family’s sporting legacy having just resumed pre-season training with his rugby union squad, Northampton Saints, this month.
Gabby disclosed to The Telegraph how palpable his absence is in the family home: “Reuben has just gone back to pre-season. He creates a lot for one person.”
Cracking open the refrigerator recently, she was struck by its spaciousness, noting:
“I opened the fridge the other day and it suddenly looked tiny… I recognised its contents. But we miss him, his noise and chaos.”, reports Wales Online.
Sport runs in the veins of the family, with Gabby herself having competed as a gymnast before an injury put a stop to her trajectory. Meanwhile, her husband Kenny Logan graced the rugby field, earning 70 caps for Scotland.
Terry Yorath, Gabby’s father, also carved a name in sports history as a Wales international football player and lent his talents to clubs including Leeds United, Coventry City and Tottenham Hotspur.
With her son following in such formidable footsteps, Gabby now watches her daughter Lois take flight from the family nest, embarking on a career in show jumping with her sights set on Loughborough.
Reflecting on the quiet that’s settled over her once-boisterous home, she remarked: “I came back from work recently and I thought, ‘This is the future – I don’t know if I can live in a house this quiet’.
“It’s a big step change. (But) I’ve got to embrace it. When you have kids, you want them to fly, have their own lives and be independent.”
However, Gabby acknowledged that watching her children move out also offered advantages, as she now has more time for herself and her partner, remarking: “When I went to Berlin for the Euros, it was the first time I had not really written any schedule for anybody. I just said goodbye and walked out of the door.”
She even managed to return to her sports background, recently completing a marathon, sharing with the South Wales Evening Post: “I read that Piers Morgan says he still feels 30 and I think I’m somewhere in my mid-30s, probably. I know I don’t look it but that’s where I feel I am.
“And I’ve just run a half marathon and it was almost in the same time as when I did one in my early 30s. I don’t feel that different.”
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Source: Los Angeles Times (edited)
