Is it all about the race bling?
How many of you out there race for a medal? Sure, most of us enjoy earning a nice shiny piece of metal attached to a ribbon at the end of a race, but is...
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Ultras, injuries and a 30th birthday
Ultras, injuries & a 30th birthday. This pretty much sums up the last 2 weeks for me. I’ve been seeing a lot of people on Instagram running ultra marathons in the last couple of...
Having to shift my focus
So recovering from an injury isn’t easy. It obviously isn’t easy physically but also mentally. Because of this, I’ve found myself having to shift my focus from running, at least for the time being....
Building a stronger body
I was going to do a post this week on how well my recovery from injury was going, but those plans went out the window last Thursday. So instead of focusing solely on my...
The last 5 months
After promising to keep this blog up to date during my marathon training, I ended up failing miserably due to life’s amazing ability to take you on a rollercoaster ride. So without further a...
Marathon training wk3 – Back to the grind
This week was marathon training week 3 and it was very much a case of getting back to the grind after the PB joys of Gloucester half marathon. The week started off with a...
Marathon training has begun!
So now that my marathon training has begun for the inaugural Newport marathon I thought I’d post about how its going so far. I’ve never run a marathon before and I’ve also never followed...
Dealing with the weight of expectation!
As I sit on my sofa, Strictly on the TV and Isabelle up way past her bed time due to a cough and being “scared of the dark” lol, I’m looking forward to tomorrows...
So long and farewell August!
This month has been pretty shite so I’m pleased to say so long and farewell to August! For those of you that actually read my ramblings, you will have noticed a distinct lack of...
Not the weekend I had planned!
It’s the first weekend of Steph going back to work after the end of her maternity leave and it was certainly not the weekend I had planned! I came off nights Saturday morning and...