Yesterday was not a good day. After the high of Sunday, having my best race experience ever, it was a bit of a come down. It started of well. Well it started of lazy. I spent most of the morning in bed chilling and writing my blog. Then I went on a little run/walking tour […]
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I got this
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 […]
Almost half way there
Saturday in the start of my first 10in10 (10 marathons in 10 days just in case you were wondering) but it’s also my 75th marathon and the 26th of the 52 marathons in 52 weeks. So when I complete the next 26.2 miles I’ll officially be half way though the challenge. Rather than dealing with […]
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 […]
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 […]
9 lessons learnt from the back
On Sunday at Bath Half marathon the last 248 runners didn’t get a medal or t-shirt. The race had 15,000 entrants but ordered based on a dropout rate that assumes that at least 2,500 runners won’t turn up. A risky business, I assume to reduce overheads, increase profits and limit the risk of being left […]
Loveto.run in fashion – Primark’s latest
I love the new colour schemes for ladies sports clothing at the moment. There’s a lot of pale orange and grey that almost looks like dance wear. This grey top is £5 and has a mesh weave on the back. I tend not to like running in t-shirts because I get too hot so I’m […]
13 medal crazy Disney adventure
2017 is hopefully going to be a pretty chilled year in terms of running. A few races a month and a focus on training to improve speed. I really want the sub 25 5k and then maybe work on my 10k and half times too. For people who know me it probably sounds really out […]
4 days
The United Nations think that the world population reached 7 Billion on October 31, 2011 (others disagree). Apparently, according to a 1960 article in the US journal Science, dooms day is four days from now on 13th November 2016. The article, which I haven’t read completely cos my eyes won’t work today (I miss reading), says that […]