Category: Technology

So here it is folks the news you have all been waiting for… Today I have launched our exciting Too Fat to Run 2016 Pitch to Rich crowdfunding campaign….yipeeeee!!! Yep, we are up against hundreds of other UK businesses to get the attention of Richard Branson himself and raise some much needed funding to develop…

Did I ever tell you the sad tale of the running machine that lived behind my front room door? No? Ok, here it is…. A few years back I thought it would be a good idea to buy a running machine, I’m not exactly sure what prompted it because I didn’t have any children at that…

When it comes to testing new bits of kit I am pretty much up for anything, and it is one of the best perks of being a fitness blogger but when the request came through to test a Me Mover I was excited beyond belief and I simply couldn’t wait. From the images I saw…

So in 2005 after coming dead last in a race and feeling remarkably cross that the finish line had been dismantled before I arrived I started a running blog. At the time I didn’t really know what blogging was, but figured I would use it like a diary and see if it would motivate me…

Running is cheap they say, all you need is a pair of trainers and a sports bra and you are good to go, so you think great and you get started…but wait whats this? What are all these flashy gadgets I see on peoples wrists? The regular updates I see on their social media profiles?…it…

When I first started running there was one thing I simply could not leave the house without and that was my headphones and preferably a gadget to pump loud music through them. I know many people enjoy running to music but my addiction was ridiculous. If for any reason my ipod stopped so did I….

When I first started running I didn’t even know what a Garmin was never mind really understanding how it could help me in my training, and it wasn’t until I had run my first marathon in 2012 that I treated myself to one thinking that it would be invaluable in my new role as “Proper…

Last night I went for my first self-induced run in ages. What I mean by that is for the last few months I have pretty much been running because I had to, I have either been racing, or training others and of course taking part in parkrun to try and get my time under 30 minutes,…

So I had a real Matrix moment today. I was sitting on the steps of Westfield Stratford soaking up the sun whilst enjoying my lunch and killing some time before my mums on the run session which I lead in the Olympic Park each Wednesday. I was watching the crowds buzzing around Stratford tube station…

I started this blog in September 2010 after deciding I was going to run a Marathon in 2012, my first ever post was called When will I learn and it was about coming dead last in a 10K race. This was my first ever attempt at blogging and I had no idea really what I…