Wow, Wow, Wow, Wow, Wow…what a night. Yeeesshhh, I haven’t uttered those words for a number of years now, not since my young free and single days of going out Saturday and sneaking back home in the daylight on a Tuesday afternoon!! Last night I took part in a phenomenal event. My first 10K of […]
After last nights Nike “we run the night” 10k I stand by my viewpoint that any event run by Nike is set to be a good one!! They just need to offer larger tshirts and then I would be completely happy!!
Is a race a race if… A. Nobody receives their timings B. There is no hard evidence of who came where As I sit here getting my kit together for tonight’s weownthenight 10k, including lacing my timing band to my shoe, I am filled with the dread of what happened this morning…I just can’t stop
Today marked my first proper race since giving birth in January, well that’s how I was supposed to approach it…like a real race. It was in fact a cancer research race for life 5k event supported by ITVs Lorraine Show under the banner of #mumsontherun. For my readers not in the UK this is like
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I’ve been meaning to write this race report for a while, so long in fact that some of the detail is a bit sketchy in my mind. But I’ll give it a shot!! It was a few years back, maybe like 2007 or so I think I’d done 2-3 races at this distance so I
The time I got knocked over by an AMBULANCE Read More »
This time last year I was just starting my tapering (ark at me!!) for my very first marathon, I was probably in the best shape I’d been in many years, I was running 10 – 20 miles per week and thoroughly enjoying my running. Now?? I am probably 3 stone heavier, am quite unfit, have
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My alarm went off with a start at 5.45, and it was only a matter of seconds before I remembered why I was up so early. I turned to find my bed empty as my other half had decided to sleep on the couch as not to wake or disturb me during the night. I’d
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I remember the first time I ever pulled a fast one to get out of running. It was back in the 90s, my year 9 school sports day. I was running a 3000 meter race (I think), at Terrance Macmillan Stadium, I’d done no training (what’s new), it was hurting, I was struggling at the
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Lets think about it…you are never looking at your best when you are running, right? Well I know I’m not. Theres the Lycra for a start, now I’m not talking a one piece suit, but running leggings are a must for me…to stop me from wobbling all over the gaff, then there’s the shirt…some times
Smile for the Camera Read More »
Yesterday I, along with 5000+ other lucky individuals got the chance to be the first to cross the finish line in the London 2012 Olympic Stadium, when we took part in the National Lottery’s Olympic Park Race. Now I have seen the Olympic Park numerous times before, (Due to my job) I must have been
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