The Getting Back Out There Challenge
If you are going to run a marathon and challenge perceptions, you might as well do it properly and go for one deemed as the craziest on the planet right?
The Getting Back Out There Challenge Read More »
If you are going to run a marathon and challenge perceptions, you might as well do it properly and go for one deemed as the craziest on the planet right?
The Getting Back Out There Challenge Read More »
If you are going to run a marathon and challenge perceptions, you might as well do it properly and go for one deemed as the craziest on the planet right?
TFTR at The Sierra Leone Marathon this summer? Read More »
So yesterday I spent most of the afternoon feeling sick. Like really sick. The moment I have been waiting for had arrived. The TEDx talk I had recorded back in July had gone live on YouTube…..eeeeekkk. So many emotions, What if people didn’t like it? What if nobody bothered to watch it What if people
My TEDx Talk about Living a Bigger Life is now LIVE Read More »
I turned 40 this year. The Big Four Zero!!! Like where have the last 4 decades gone? Well, I knew I wanted to do something big to mark this milestone but I wasn’t sure what. A party would have been a nice option but I didn’t have the time or energy to organise it…so instead,
Climbing up Solheimajokull Glacier in Iceland Read More »
I learned to swim when I was a kid. I was never very good at it but I could swim confidently enough for my Mum to let me and my siblings go swimming at the weekend by ourselves, and for her to be reasonably OK with us swimming in the sea as kids. I never
So we are almost there folks, the weekend that myself so many of my Clubhouse members look forward to each year. Whether they are running it, spectating at it, cheering at it…or simply watching it from afar, the London Marathon is a major celebration for us all. My whole journey started back in 2005 with
Perhaps you’ll run the London Marathon next year? Read More »
People often believe my first big race must have been a running event, but in fact this is not true it was actually a Triathlon. In 2005 I was working as a volunteer coordinator for Newham Council and one of our annual gigs to provide support to was The London Triathlon. Now I didn’t even know what
Triathlon…my 10 year itch? Read More »
You might think that with my adventurous nature and desire to test my limits through long distance running that climbing a mountain might perhaps be high on my bucket list too, but in all honesty it isn’t. I tried skiiing once and that was a sight to be seen, finding myself on a weeks long
Why you too should climb every mountain Read More »
As I cycled towards West Ham station this saturday morning I was a little apprehensive about the day ahead, the first Fat Girl Run Clinic back in June had been such a resounding success I worried that this one for some reason would be a disaster. It had been harder this time to fill the
September Fat Girl Run Clinic Read More »
Many of you will know that I don’t normally focus on speed when talking about running, because I believe as long as you run you are a runner regardless of speed, and continuously beating yourself up or comparing yourself to other runners is unhelpful and demotivating. But over the last few months I have been
How quick can you run 1 mile? Read More »