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...
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! 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...
Do you remember when you first started running and a certain distance feeling totally unmanageable, that now you can do with relative ease? I remember thinking 3 miles/5K would never feel easy. Ok, right now it doesn't feel exactly easy, but it has before and it will...
I’ve written before about how beneficial I think hiring a running coach can be. It’s an extra expense but if you can afford it, it’s definitely worth thinking about, especially if you've set yourself big running goals. Running is such a personal thing and the...
After taking a number of weeks of running VERY easy due to my IVF treatment, I feel a little like I'm back where I started at the beginning of January, albeit with slightly higher weekly mileage. Some days, I find it really hard to stay positive when my easy runs are...
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...
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...
Do you remember when you first started running and a certain distance feeling totally unmanageable, that now you can do with relative ease? I remember thinking 3 miles/5K would never feel easy. Ok, right now it doesn't feel exactly easy, but it has before and it will...