Well, well, well , It has been a while!! over 3 months since I have really wanted to write or have felt I have had anything to say. Anything to say that you'd want to read. I have put the odd post and comment on social media and Strava, but not in the... Continue Reading →
Brathay Day 2
We started today in the rain, just a shower which soon eased up. I began the run with a little blister which wasn't causing any discomfort and I tried to stay at a steady pace. It was a lonelier run today and I spent quite a bit of time with myself. I'm hard work in... Continue Reading →
Should you need us Brathay 10 in 10 day 1
A great start to my 10 in 10 today with a bang on 4 hour run. Before the marathon started behind the scenes there were a group of volunteers and Brathay staff making sure that we were well looked after. They are there to support you whatever you need. Hence the today's t-shirt 'Should you... Continue Reading →
8 weeks untill I’m due
That's right in 8 weeks I am due!! I've been expecting since late July and now we are nearly there. I cannot be induced and there is no fear of the imminent arrival making an early appearance. Since July I have been making plans and researching what everyone else in my situation does and... Continue Reading →
Oh the pain….
No not the legs, not the muscle soreness from strength and conditioning. Bloomin TOOTHACHE!! and the loss of a major run from my major important to me, running plan. It has been going well, really well. Runs have been good, I even managed a reasonable 10k last week and my body has been feeling strong after... Continue Reading →
Always on my mind
Little things I should have said and done, I just never have the time 10 marathons in 10 days and the £5000 I would like to raise It's always on my mind!! With the dulicid tones of Elvis in my head, it has occurred to me this week that despite where I am or what... Continue Reading →
Just a bad patch!!
'As endurance runners we all know that we will hit a bad patch and you've just got to get through that bad patch to carry on' This is something that one of my fellow team 10 in 10 said in their video about the 10 in 10, or something similar and I've interpreted it this... Continue Reading →
What! You’re going to run 10 marathons in 10 days? #10in10
Oh yes I do believe I am. I've spent a few years making excuses, why not to enter it and then, this year in the year of just do it, I've only gone and done it - I applied, put together my fundraising plan, detailed my running achievements and then waited patiently to here. Well... Continue Reading →
A runner Not a writer
I describe myself as a runner, my passion, my love, my life. Light bulb moment! I'm a writer too. I write, not always with style and grace but I write and I love it too. I write for some of the same reasons I run, for space, time, to manage my thoughts . Head space... Continue Reading →
Coach’s Questions day 15: do you think I can?
Do I think you can? Answer these questions Do you believe you can? Do you have a mental idea of how, some kind of plan? Are you determined to make it happen? Answer this one again. Do you believe you can? IF YOU ANSWERED YES Then yes 9 times out of 10 YOU CAN I'll... Continue Reading →