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November 16, 2020
It was Monday morning 8am, and there was nobody in the sea. I didn’t know…
November 15, 2020
I realised earlier today that I have been living a bit of a secret life….
November 6, 2020
It’s taken me a while to know what I should write in this blog post….
October 19, 2020
I have been in Rhodes in Greece for just over a week. I came to…
October 4, 2020
I sat this morning with the rain tipping down contemplating a run, much like I…
September 3, 2020
This blog post was first written and published almost 10 years ago…on Saturday the 5th…
August 17, 2020
If you have been reading this blog for a while you will know I am…
August 13, 2020
Do you ever get a little seed of an idea and then before you know…
August 10, 2020
Fear has always been a useful emotion for me. Ever since I was a kid,…
July 27, 2020
When I first started The Fat Girls Guide to Running a whopping ten years ago…I…
July 21, 2020
Many of you will know that during the last few months I have found exercising…
May 15, 2020
Seriously, I would never have carried on running for all these years if I was…
April 26, 2020
My name is Julie Creffield I am a runner…but it has been weeks since my…
March 30, 2020
So it has been over a week now since the Corona Virus really started to…
March 23, 2020
Hey you guys. It’s 6.30am here in East London, and I am at my desk…
March 20, 2020
I just took Rose to school for the final time…which sounds so dramatic. But it…
March 18, 2020
I stayed at home all day Sunday instead of going out for my 16-mile run….
February 25, 2020
Can you believe February is almost over? I know it’s a short month but OMG…
February 24, 2020
I am often told “You’re nuts” Yep completely un PC, along with “Crazy”, “Insane” and…
February 11, 2020
You know what it’s like. The weather is grim. Your motivation is at an all…
January 22, 2020
I have been writing about being a plus-size runner for a whole decade, but you…
January 6, 2020
There are currently 200 women signed up to my popular beginners’ programme 5 weeks to…
January 3, 2020
And breeeeaaaaattttthhhhheeee So it’s 2020…a whole new year, a whole new decade. And so it…
December 30, 2019
This has been quite a difficult blog post to write. Mainly because I didn’t have…
December 13, 2019
I don’t do party politics. But I do, do politics. Politics is everywhere around us,…
December 12, 2019
There are 20 days left of this decade. Holy cow…where did all that time go?…
November 28, 2019
Or passing onto your loved ones so they know what you want for Xmas hint…
November 11, 2019
Yesterday I went for a run. I have this rule in the winter (and yes…
October 30, 2019
This time last year I was making a mad dash to the airport after getting…
October 21, 2019
October is always a tense month in the running world. Tense for those holding their…
October 16, 2019
I remember the moment clear as day that I first announced I wanted to run…
October 15, 2019
Can you remember when or how you learned to swim? I can’t really. I guess…
September 29, 2019
One of the most frustrating aspects of running is that it doesn’t take long to…
August 30, 2019
I have just spent the most incredible week at the most incredible place on earth…
July 31, 2019
I never get it when the first thing people ask when you complete an important…
July 29, 2019
In 2005 I started working for Newham Council Back then I was not into Sport….
July 26, 2019
We have women from our community all over the world, and I love nothing more…
July 22, 2019
Let me take you back 6 weeks ago. I was busy with work, a bit…
July 9, 2019
Now that is not a phase I imagined I would be saying. “No more Marathons”…
June 19, 2019
I can’t tell you how much I have been resisting writing this post. In fact…
May 27, 2019
Did you know we have our very own app? Well its hosted via an american…
May 15, 2019
There is nothing I like more than bringing awesome women together. It’s what I do…
May 1, 2019
Buckle up…it’s gonna be a long and bumpy one. Marathons are strange things…a bit like…
April 29, 2019
So you run a marathon yesterday. And today you don’t know what to do with…
April 28, 2019
I can’t tell you how excited I am. I am like a puppy let out…
April 23, 2019
I’ve never felt like I completely belonged to the running world. I know this is…
April 3, 2019
In just 25 days time I will be lining up with thousands of other runners…
March 30, 2019
I wasn’t sure if I would run this weekend. I have had a cold and…
March 29, 2019
This months runner of the month has simply been blowing my socks off for the…
March 22, 2019
I was lying on the floor of A&E. If you ever want to get looked…