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Runna Coaching App Review

Runna Coaching App Review

If you’ve been following any UK based running influencer recently (or actually, any fitness influencer it seems!), you’ll probably have heard about the Runna Coaching app. They have made a big splash in the running world here in the UK and is gaining traction abroad...

Reflections on Big Sur Marathon & Training

Reflections on Big Sur Marathon & Training

It's been 10 days since I ran the Big Sur Marathon and my first marathon since 2019. During the race I started to reflect on what had gone well in training for marathon number 14, plus things I'd change in terms of both training and preparation for the Chicago...

Benefits Of Running In The Morning

Benefits Of Running In The Morning

If you have ever read a ‘day in the life’ of an ultra successful CEO, you’ll hear them getting up at 4am and running or working out with their personal trainer in their home gym, catching up on all the important Global news, meditating and having a wholesome...

Best Half Marathon Training Plans

Best Half Marathon Training Plans

I'm sure I'm not the only one who doesn't actually have a race on the calendar right now. Sure, I've looked at some possibilities, from local 5Ks to the Chicago Marathon and my rollover place from 2020 but it's hard to feel confident that any of them will actually go...

Racing is Back!

Racing is Back!

Racing is Back! I never thought I would be so excited to sign up for races! And these aren't big marathon majors, or even marathons. These are local 5K and 10K races (although to be honest, I'm not ready for anything further than that right now!) My goal over the next...

How Fast To Run Your Easy Runs?

How Fast To Run Your Easy Runs?

After such great feedback on my podcast episode with Amanda Brooks on Low Heart Rate training, I wanted to talk more about easy runs. Because too many of us are running our easy runs TOO FAST! Many of us make the mistake of running the majority of our miles in a kind...

Benefits Of Running In The Morning

Benefits Of Running In The Morning

If you have ever read a ‘day in the life’ of an ultra successful CEO, you’ll hear them getting up at 4am and running or working out with their personal trainer in their home gym, catching up on all the important Global news, meditating and having a wholesome...

The Best Marathon Training Plans for Your Spring Marathon

The Best Marathon Training Plans for Your Spring Marathon

The countdown until the big Spring Marathons is on... 115 days until the London Marathon. 102 days until Boston. 101 days until Brighton Marathon. 94 days until Manchester Marathon. A lot of the London Marathon training plans start this week, 16 weeks out from the big...

Best Half Marathon Training Plans

Best Half Marathon Training Plans

I'm sure I'm not the only one who doesn't actually have a race on the calendar right now. Sure, I've looked at some possibilities, from local 5Ks to the Chicago Marathon and my rollover place from 2020 but it's hard to feel confident that any of them will actually go...