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This week I have been mostly – not entering the London Marathon ballot
This week saw the opening of the ballot for the 2016 London Marathon. Hundreds of thousands of people will have entered for their chance to run one of the worlds most iconic races. This year, my name...
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Running for fun
Back in April I talked about how I was going back to basics and learning to run again. Having built up my confidence, and frankly got a bit bored of steady running on the treadmill it was time to take...
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Sports nutrition – marathon edition
Earlier this year I wrote a post as part of the Run With An Idea debates which posed the question ‘Are Sports Nutrition products a waste of money?’. My opinion on this is clear – there are certain...
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A funny old thing
Here are some facts. 1) 10K is my nemesis distance. My 10K PB is 1:10:45. I have run faster 10Ks during 10 mile races and half marathons, for some reason I have never been able to match those...
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Playing away with the Asics Gel-Hyperspeed 5
I am quite a loyal consumer. If I find a product or a brand that I like that works for me I tend to come back time and time again. I’ve been using the same brand of make up since my 20s and the same...
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Dirty weekends
Warning – if you’ve come to this post on the basis of the title expecting a *particular* kind of content you may be disappointed. I haven’t really run more than a couple of miles at a time since May....
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Missing marathon training?
Everywhere I look people are marathon training. My Twitter, Instagram and Facebook feeds are absolutely full of it. Post long run selfies, tales of furthest ever runs and pictures of recovery brunches....
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Chatting about strength training for runners
Last night I took part in a webinar with a fab lady called Julie Creffield aka Fatty Must Run who is a blogger, running coach and campaigner for plus sized runners. She has a virtual running club The...
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The Colour Run
Yesterday I took part in the Colour Run at Wembley with my 12 year old nephew and literally thousands of other people. We ran, walked, stopped for colourful selfies and had generally had great fun on a...
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Yoga for Athletes
I used to practice yoga quite regularly when I was marathon training, finding it a really good way to balance out the effects of pounding the pavements for hours on end. In the last year or so yoga has...
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#WeRunLondon
On Sunday morning I took part in the Nike Women’s 10K #WeRunLondon in Victoria Park in East London. It was the first race that I have trained for ‘properly’ since the London Marathon last year. I went...
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2015 reflections
As 2015 draws to a close I’ve been reflecting on the last 12 months and all the things which have happened. Here’s a bit of a recap. I started the year by trying out the 90 Day SSS plan by Joe Wicks...
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