Feb 11, 2019 | Active Travel, Race Recaps, Race-cations, Running
This post is in partnership with Kaneka. ‘I’ll be happy with a sub 1.45’ I’d been telling people in the days leading up to the Phoenix Half Marathon. Having looked up my previous half PB and discovering it was from the North London Half in...
Oct 28, 2018 | Race Recaps, Running
Another week of training and I have to say I am LOVING the process of marathon training right now. I listened to a really great podcast by Rogue Runners (recommended by a reader) and instead of seeing a BQ as something I am so far from, it made me see it as something...
Oct 15, 2018 | Race Recaps, Running
Another week in the books. I wanted to give a massive shout out to James (aka Shoulder Runner) for running a 14+ minute PB this weekend, whilst chatting with him on Insta – and planning our dream racecation – I asked him what had made the biggest...
May 28, 2018 | Active Travel, Race Recaps, Race-cations, Running
I’m already awake when my 4.30 am alarm goes off. Unfortunately, this isn’t pre -race nerves, and instead the frequent trips to the bathroom suggest that not all is right with my stomach. Nevertheless, I continue with my morning pre race routine, choking down two...
Apr 3, 2018 | Active Travel, Race Recaps, Race-cations, Running
Good pre long preparation is not a 12.00 a clock bedtime & 3 hours sleep after 3 glasses of fizz and a small side salad. But it was partly my own fault (partly the noisy radiators in the Air B & B keeping us up all night) so I had to roll with the punches,...