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I finished the Chicago Marathon

I finished the Chicago Marathon

Oct 11, 2015 | Marathon Majors

Thank you for all your lovely messages, tweets, instagram comments and emails. I so appreciate every single one. Just stopping by quickly to give you the good, the bad and the ugly about today’s race: The Good – I finished and saw my Mum and Tom multiple...
Volunteering at a Marathon

Volunteering at a Marathon

Oct 6, 2015 | Running

When I’m taking part in a race, I try hard to thank the volunteers and spectators as I run past. Their support is invaluable, and the only reason I’m able to race in the first place. They’ve got up at the crack of dawn, well before I’m up...
An Update

An Update

Oct 4, 2015 | Uncategorized

I love those ‘if we were having coffee’ updates, reading them makes me feel like we’re catching up as old friends do. So this post will be a little bit of a life update, on my knee, my marathon thoughts, and the next few weeks! If we were having...
Chicago Marathon Training Week 15

Chicago Marathon Training Week 15

Sep 28, 2015 | Running

And TAPER. This couldn’t come at a better time after yesterday’s bailed run due to some knee niggles, I’ve been suffering with them on and off throughout the training cycle, but I’m hoping that it won’t be a huge problem on race day....

Tokyo Marathon 2016 Here I Come

Sep 17, 2015 | Uncategorized

When the alarm went off for Project Awesome yesterday at 5.20am I spent the first minute or so checking social media and looking at my emails (bad habit, I know). But one particular email caught my eye. EEK! I have been counting down the days for the Tokyo Marathon...