When planning a weekend away, one of the first things I now think of is: 'Which new parkrun can I visit?'. I love visiting different parkrun venues, with the comforting familiarity of the system mixed with the chance to discover some beautiful new locations. I'm currently working towards my 'parkrun tourist' challenge, awarded for running... Continue Reading →
This Sunday's race was a race with a difference! Unlike every other race that I have been to where you try to run a fixed distance in the fastest possible time, in the Adidas 1hr City run, you try and run as FAR as you can in one hour! Set over a 1 mile loop... Continue Reading →
Walthamstow is my home parkrun. Less than a mile away from my house, it was here I had my first introduction to the joys of parkrunning, and here I have returned over 70 times so far to run and volunteer. The parkrun is going from strength to strength, with a wonderful and dedicated core team... Continue Reading →
It's six weeks until the London Marathon, and I am reaching the peak section of my training plan. This week, my planned long run again took me into previously uncharted territory, with a scheduled 30km run for the Monday! I planned out a new route, an out-and-back stretch of the Lea Valley canal, where all... Continue Reading →
It’s 10 weeks until the London Marathon 2019 and I am well into the heart of my training plan. It’s at this point that the weekly long run starts getting into the previously uncharted territory of greater than half marathon distance. This Sunday, I headed out nice and early for for my longest run to... Continue Reading →
When I first told people that I had a place for the 2019 London Marathon the most common reaction (after ‘How exciting!’) was ‘Oh but the training will be a total nightmare‘. People couldn’t wait to tell me how gruelling it would be, how time-consuming, how isolating, how painful. So it was something of a pleasant... Continue Reading →
Training for a UK spring marathon means that the bulk of your training miles need to be done in the somewhat bleak, wintery months of January – March. In reality this means running in the dark, cold, rain, and sometimes the snow! Now, before this year I was a bit of a fair weather runner.... Continue Reading →
It’s week 5 of my London Marathon training plan – the time is flying! I’ve been roughly following the Virgin Money London Marathon 2019 training plan, which this week called for a long run of about 6 miles. I’ve been doing well so far, managing to stay a few steps ahead of the plan, so decided... Continue Reading →
At the start of each year I like to set myself some goals, and writing them down publicly is the best way to make sure I actually stick to them! 2019 will be a big year for me, and here are the top 6 things I want to achieve in this next chapter of my... Continue Reading →
Each New Year I like to set myself a list of challenges for the year ahead – more on my 2019 goals shortly – but before that it’s time to check back on the goals I set myself this time last year, and see how far I’ve come towards meeting them. Here’s a breakdown of... Continue Reading →
