I've said goodbye to Hyde Park, I've said goodbye to the hashers and I've said a lot of tearful goodbyes to my friends and family. On Friday 4 November I'm off to Australia and South East Asia for four months on the next big adventure. It's a bit scary stuff but very exciting.The first thing [...]
A great honour has been bestowed on my this week. On Tuesday my last outing with the City Hash House Harriers for four months was marked by my official acceptance as they grabbed me tightly and hugged my firmly against the sweaty, beer-soaked bosom. After around ten outings with the hashers they have given me a hashing [...]
Guest post by Ali. Lazy girl has been sort of mentoring me in my first forays into running. About three months ago I decided I ought to do some exercise. That’s a lie – I’ve been ‘meaning to do some exercise’ for a very long time but I’ve always put it off – I’m too [...]
Hyde Park has been a huge part of my running this summer. Like a silent running buddy it's been there on my long runs, never late and always goes the distance. Need water? Stop at the sculptural water fountain in the north of the park. Toilet stop? No need to hide behind a bush here. [...]
It's fair to say that there were three very good reasons for signing up to do a VO2 max test. Firstly it was free and if you decline something that's free it actually costs you money - which sort of makes sense. Second of all I was a little bit curious about what all this [...]
The 24 hours leading up to a race have always been a stressful and anxious time for me. Have I remembered by running shoes? Did I pack my race number? Where did I put my timing chip? All this nervous energy is wasted energy that won't be put to good use where it matters: on [...]
A crisp autumn morning is good for two things, staying in bed admiring the blue sky from the comfort of under the duvet or heading to the park for a race. I chose the later of those two things on Saturday and took my legs (still wearing shorts) for a 5k in Brockwell Park.The ParkRun [...]
Paula Radcliffe speaking at the Nike Run Club in Stratford on 13 Oct. Filmed by lazygirlrunning.com
Running can be pretty cheap if you can manage to reign in your spending on overseas races, expensive compression clothing and the latest must-have gadgets. And this week two stores will be helping make it slightly less expensive to run through the winter by hooking you up with some of the cheapest kit going. Aldi [...]
Coming away from the Great Eastern Run at the weekend without a PB (unless I resort to claiming it as a half-marathon with a cold PB) means I still have two PBs to find and less than two weeks to find them if I'm to bag myself an awesome this autumn.So race listings have been [...]