I can tell you exactly when I knew I could run a half marathon. It was New Year’s Eve 2013 and I was running what was, at the time, my longest run. Just shy of 8 miles. Running 13.1 miles in one go had until this point seemed like a serious impossibility even though my […]
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It’s Tour (and a bit) time
Sometimes I’m my own worst enemy. Take the Tour of Merseyside for example, it’s six races over seven days which ends up as 52 miles in total. The first time I did it I thought it seemed impossible. I was building up up to running the Dopey Challenge (my ultimate goal when I started running) […]
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 […]
A new reason to run
Today I had the pleasure of meeting some amazing people at Warrington Disability Partnership as part of my 52 marathons in 52 weeks challenge. When I decided to run the 52 in 52 I knew it would be a one off huge challenge for me. For some crazy people I know, running 26.2 miles […]
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 […]
Start spreading the news… the New York m
Yes, that’s right, it opened yesterday for entry into the draw and will remain open until the 17th February. I vowed not to do any marathons in 2017 after doing so many last year (but still next to nothing compared to some of the 100 marathon club people). 23 in a year was hard work for […]