What have you done today to make you feel proud?
Are you acknowledging all of your wins in running and in life? If not then you should.
What have you done today to make you feel proud? Read More »
Are you acknowledging all of your wins in running and in life? If not then you should.
What have you done today to make you feel proud? Read More »
Lessons from a decade+ in plus size fitness I want to start of by saying, in 2010 when I started writing the Fat Girls Guide to Running…the term Plus Size Fitness was not even a thing. We had just about started to use the phrase plus size when it came to fashion…and when I put
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October is always a tense month in the running world. Tense for those holding their breath waiting to see if they have got their longed for place in the London Marathon. And those with their fingers crossed that the place they applied for in the ballot…hopefully isn’t successful ha ha. It causes much tension too
So you didn’t get a place for London??? Read More »
I wasn’t sure if I would run this weekend. I have had a cold and a chest infection all week, and aside from CrossFit on Monday, I have pretty much spent the last 7 days on the sofa trying not to cry as my to do list just gets bigger and bigger. With just 4
Shouting at me to run does not work…EVER Read More »
Sorry…I mean FUCK YOU!!! Apologies for the profanities but there is no other way of expressing how angry I am right now. While doing 400 meter repeats on a cold, dark and wet night last night at the end of a 6pm CrossFit session, a man exiting a silver van took it upon himself not
To the man in the van from last night…thank you!!! Read More »
First things first…is don’t panic. Now look…let me be frank with you. You know you should have started before now, and I know you should have…but hey, shoulda, woulda, coulda. We are where we are right? Now before I give you some advice about what to do if you find yourself in the first week
Haven’t started your marathon training yet? Read More »
So it’s two whole weeks since I ran the New York City Marathon. The hype has died down, my jet lag has gone…and life moves on. Already I am thinking about my training plan for London 2019…and thinking about my goals for that race. As marathons go, New York City Marathon was a big one. Unlike any
Its NEVER just about the running Read More »
I love sport, I always have. At primary school, I tried every sport and physical activity going, rounders, cricket, football, ballet, athletics, judo, taekwondo, barn dancing, brownies, tap dance…run outs, knock down ginger, climbing trees, running away from trouble. I loved to move my body. That was until I started believing that my body wasn’t
Is sport really for EVERY body? Read More »
So I guess you can gather that I am the kind of person who enjoys BIG challenges. Nothing I do is ever small, or unassuming. I am always about pushing the barriers, stretching myself to the limits…seeing what my body, mind and spirit can achieve. This often means BIG ADVENTURE, and sometimes, just sometimes it involves
My next EPIC fitness challenge Read More »
6 years ago my life changed FOREVER. Actually, that’s a bit of a lie, it was way back in 2005 when I first got the crazy idea in my head that I wanted to run a marathon…it just took me a while to realise my dream, and yes over the past 12 years I have
Too Fat to Run? at the London Marathon 2018 Read More »