Category: Running Kit

Can we talk short shorts for a moment? It took me a long old time to pluck up the courage to wear shorts to run in? I’m not sure why? I mean sometimes it’s bloody hot, and wearing even capri leggings just adds a whole new level of effort to a humid run. Sometimes it is…

This blog has been edited roughly 18 hours after the first version went out. A report of copy write infringement was made on Facebook for what I can only assume is the use of an ASICS photo which this piece is about. I have removed the photo and instead uploaded a photo of my running…

Running is a multimillion pound industry….so anyone who tells you running is FREE is a fool…a fool I tell you. But actually aside from all that commercial pressure to have all the latest stuff, I do think buying running kit and equipment to compliment your chosen hobby can actually help you feel better about all the…

Whoever said running was free, was a liar. I mean it is if you want to run around town with your boobs bouncing around, with sore feet and no clue of how you are doing. Yeah then sure it’s FREE I don’t know about you but I enjoy buying things which are going to aid…

Apologies for anyone with a nervous disposition or easily offended by talk of lady bits but I simply could not put off writing this post any longer. Here in the UK we are in the middle of a heat wave…it is bloody hot, so I have to write about the bane of my life…chaffing!! I’ve…

In 2013 I sat nervously in a business development centre in East London looking for some advice regarding how to turn my blog into a business, the bloke said to me, What you have here love is a hobby, its all about your ego and you will never make any money from it. Well that…

Do you remember that video that went viral in 2015 about Active Wear, you know the one that went… Activewear, activewear, buying groceries in my active wear Activewear, activewear, having coffee with my friends in my activewear You can check out the video here if you haven’t seen it. But basically it was a massive…

I have always been considered a slow runner, even when I almost dipped under 30 minutes for a parkrun (30.06 Hackney Park Run 31st May 2014) this was still pretty much considered a pretty slow time for a 5K…oh how I long to be that quick these days. But how useful is that S word anyway,…

For a long time women have been asking for an accessory they can wear while training or racing that isn’t one of our provocative race shirts and vests…like during marathon season for example, many of our women want to be identified as one of our tribe…but are wearing charity shirts or kit that is suited…

This time last year I was over the Olympic Park in East London close to where I live with model turned marathon runner Nell McAndrew, a small group of nervous plus size runners and a TV crew…and just my luck it was blowing a gale. This was the last prerecorded section before our live 5K…