I’ve probably told this story a billion times but here we go again. Great North Run last year made me so ill even before the race started that I had a really really bad experience. It was such a struggle that I thought I’d never be able to run large races again. Then Run Disney […]
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157.2 miles down, 26.2 miles to go
Tomorrow morning I will get up at 6:30, maybe 6:45 at a push. I’ll eat my porridge, drink my coffee and tea, have a banana and then get ready to go and run a marathon. I have the routine pretty much down now, so much so that it’s almost clockwork, because I’ve done exactly the […]
“We can’t have you representing our club
So yesterday was a strange day. I got told I can no longer be a run leader for ones of my running clubs. The exact words were “We can’t have you representing our club” It hit me pretty hard. Like telling Kel that he can’t have orange soda hard. Leading runs and volunteering was the […]
Fear be damned, let’s do this
When I was young I was terrified of flying monkeys along with Miss Hannigan and the Nazis amongst a billion other things including probably my own shadow. So much so that I think my biggest fear was, and still is, fear itself. Just the thought of being scared terrifies me (all you have to do […]
Sausage stealer
I’ve been thinking a lot about PMA (Positive Mental Attitude) over the last few weeks. Before getting sick I wasn’t a very positive person but I think my illness and running marathons has really changed my outlook on life. I didn’t realise how much this was true until just before my latest cruise. Holidays […]
Reality check – 52 in 52
Do you know that moment when some crazy plan that you’ve hatched starts to become a reality? I had one of those moments a few days ago when I entered Lanzarote marathon. It had always been on the plan to do a marathon then, I was just waiting for the awesome amazing woman that is […]