How to choose the RIGHT fitness planner for you
Thinking of buying a fitness planner to help you stay accountable with your goals…read this first
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My Fitness Review for 2022
It has been a whopper of a year…come and have a look what I have been up to.
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My BIG FAT move to the Countryside
I moved 40 miles down the road and am having the full countryside experience…and falling in love with fitness again.
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Is parkrun really that scary?
Well, I guess if you went along the weekend just gone it might have been, but in today’s Halloween inspired post I want to explore what the fears are around going to parkrun are and how to overcome them. I did my first parkrun in 2008 with a friend. The movement was still in its
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The joys of being a parkrun Tourist
I love parkrun I do I can’t deny it. I love its simplicity. I love how inclusive it can be. And I love that it is always there, even when I am not. And most recently I have not been there that much at all. Saturday mornings have become problematic for me…with my 4 and
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How I knocked almost 10 minutes off my 5K time?
This weekend I ran the fastest 5K I have run in a while, a LONG while. In fact the last time I got anywhere close to this time was about a year ago when I was bang in the middle of my London Marathon training…and probably a stone or two lighter too. Saturdays run was not
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What exactly is a tail runner?
Over the weekend I went to the amazing phenomenum that is parkrun* *note the small p folks, its never a big P with parkrun Now you may be thinking “So what you ran parkrun?” 85,000 people run parkrun every week in the UK, and you have been running it for years Julie, you did your 50th
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10 easy (ish) ways to start running
So today we are going back to basics and simply reviewing the very best ways to begin your running journey with some suggestions for how to start…none of them are particularly easy, but nothing worth having in life is right? 1. Just start running today – As in put your trainers on this very minute and
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My 50th Parkrun
My first ever parkrun was a bit of a trek across town, I was meeting a friend at Wimbledon parkrun…and at that point I didn’t even know there were ones closer to me in East London. I was incredibly nervous lining up with what appeared to be proper serious runners and within moments of the
What is One Big Fat Run?
I have always believed that having a race in the diary is THE best way of motivating yourself to run and to stick to a training plan, but what do you do if you are not quite ready for an actual race, or the thought of running with other people scares the living hell out of
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