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The London Marathon Expo

21st April 201821st April 2018 Fitness, Running Abbotts world majors, london marathon, marathon, marathon expo, New Balance, OOFOS, Virgin London Marathon, vlm, vlm18

As I write this post is it less than 24 hours until I am running London – AHH! On Thursday I headed up to London to the marathon expo to collect my bib, chip and

Maranoia Is Actually A Thing

16th April 201816th April 2018 Fitness, Running 26.2, fitness, london marathon, maranoia, marathon, marathon majors, marathon running, marathon update, run, running, vlm, vlm18

It’s normal for me to get butterflies on the morning of a race but never have I ever been this nervous about a race before. Its 6 days until the London Marathon and I already

TWO WEEKS TILL LONDON

7th April 20187th April 2018 Fitness, Running fitness, london marathon, marathon, marathon majors, marathon update, Rimmel London, running

Holy cow its only two weeks until the London Marathon! I am absolutely crapping myself about this race as I pasted the point of not being prepared a long time ago. That being said I

Hello 2018.

11th January 201811th January 2018 Fitness, Lifestyle law of attraction, london marathon, marathon majors, resolution, running

January 11th 2018. Its somehow already the second week in January and rather than getting back out there and jumping on my Marathon schedule, I am still slobbing around indoors eating leftover chocolate from Christmas!

Autumn Kit Picks

11th November 201711th November 2017 Fashion & Outfits, Fitness, Running activewear, autumn running kit, clothes, marathon training, outfit, running, running kit, winter clothes, winter running kit

The weather quickly changed here in the UK last week; the clocks went back and then BOOM! The bitter cold, wet weather hit the country meaning all us runners started freezing our tits off during

The Royal Legion’s Poppy Run

8th November 20177th April 2018 Fitness, Race Reviews, Running 5k, armed forces. army, fitness, poppy run, racing, remembrance, remembrance sunday, royal legion, run, running

Last Sunday I took part in the Royal Legion’s Poppy Run in Chelmsford with Hulk. I have been dying to race with Hulk ever since we got him, so it was a great coincidence that

How To Train Your Dog To Run

6th November 20176th November 2017 Fitness, Lifestyle dog running, husky, pets, running, running with your dog, training

Dogs love to get outside and run off energy round the park, so they make great running partners. My Husky loves to run alongside me every morning, and now he is in the routine I’ve

Off Season Plans

3rd November 20173rd November 2017 Fitness couch to 5k, fitness, london marathon, marathon training, running, training, Triathlon

Although I have not blogged since the beginning of the year properly, I have still been competing where I can. Life took a sudden turn in July (just as I started to get my mojo back for running and

Why I Am Deferring My Great North Run Place

5th September 201719th September 2017 Fitness, Lifestyle fitness, GNR, great north run, running

I decided to enter the ballot for the Great North Run in honour of my Nan. Of course, along with the other 10 million people that enter, I didn’t think I would secure a place

What I’ve Been Up To.

29th August 201729th August 2017 Fitness

My last post was just short of three months ago and as much as I’d like to blame that all on life getting in the way, the truth is I lost my mojo following a