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?
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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 »
No it’s not easy, and for the most part I want a medal simply for putting my running shoes on. So let’s stop pretending it is and find some solutions for making it more manageable.
It’s never as easy as just getting out the door 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 »
Are you done with seeing yourself as a failure? I 100% am. So yesterday I wrote a provocative blog post called To the Man in the Van Thank You, all about being shamed on Tuesday night when I was training out on the streets of East London as part of a CrossFit Session. The response
Is it REALLY easier to fail than not try at all? Read More »
Oooooohhhh New York. Concrete Jungle where dreams are made of right? Damn Right. I can’t remember exactly when I decided I want to run the New York City Marathon, I actually think it was before I figured I might like to run London more than 10 years ago, and I’m not even sure why, because
The TCS New York Marathon Review Read More »
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,
My fitness journey started for real back in 2006 after returning home from a week long weight loss bootcamp in Devon at a time when I couldn’t even run to the top of the road I lived at…I came home 6lbs lighter, with some new ideas for food and a surprising enjoyment of running up
The TFTR Retreat 2016 Read More »
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
Did you know I’ve been on the tele? Read More »
This morning while working hard to maintain a consistent pace around my breezy and damp local parkrun I thought to myself Wow, if I’m finding this tough how the hell am I gonna cope with tomorrows planned 15 miler? As you may know I am marathon training, with just 56 days 5 hours and 32 minutes to
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