Julie

It’s taken me a while to know what I should write in this blog post. I noticed that over the past 8 months I have written only 14 blog posts…that’s less than two per month. I’ve even struggled to post in my groups and pages the last few weeks. Why? Maybe it’s because I haven’t […]

I have been in Rhodes in Greece for just over a week. I came to escape London for a bit, recover from the last few months…oh and write my next book “Leading from the Back” Rhodes is where I run an annual retreat, and despite having been here 4 times before I never really understood

I sat this morning with the rain tipping down contemplating a run, much like I did yesterday and the day before. I am not going to lie I don’t always enjoy running in the rain. When I’m marathon training in the UK it’s kind of a given, but with no race to train for and

If you have been reading this blog for a while you will know I am quite partial to a BIG fitness challenge. 5 marathons, an ultramarathon, 2 triathlons, a few mountains, a few tough mudders…you get the drift. But riding 100 miles on an indoor bike? Really Julie? I always fancied the Prudential Ride 100…I’ve

Fear has always been a useful emotion for me. Ever since I was a kid, I’ve always been a little bit excited by being afraid. I used to head out on my bike at aged 10 and literally cycle until I got lost, I’d climb walls, and at the beach always go out just a

When I first started The Fat Girls Guide to Running a whopping ten years ago…I was very much on a weightloss journey. I was a frequent attendee of slimming clubs, bought every diet book going and thought weight loss was the thing which would bring me happiness and success. A few years into writing the

Many of you will know that during the last few months I have found exercising outside of my home quite difficult. At first, it was pure logistics…trying to get a 7 year old to exercise at the rate you need, when you want to go out is almost impossible. Then came the anxiety attacks every

Seriously, I would never have carried on running for all these years if I was not completely reliant on the motivation of external factors to keep me active. Races Community And the ability to showoff on social media It’s true. Those 3 things have kept my hugely motivated over the last decade. My blog The

My name is Julie Creffield I am a runner…but it has been weeks since my last proper run. As we entered 2020, just 4 short months ago I was busy training for my 6th Marathon…and although a little behind, I was running a strongish 10K and had covered 13 miles a few times….plus I was