Picking yourself up after a fall
If you've never seen this film of Heather Dorniden's indoor track race, it's well worth a watch. If you're short of time skip forward to just before one minute in.
Are you faster than these celebrities?
All the cheering and people taking photos of you may make you feel like a celebrity while you're running a marathon - but how do you shape up about these famous and famous-ish people?Katie PriceFamous for: taking her clothes off for money.7:11 London MarathonCallum Best Famous for: Being the lothario son of footballer George Best.5:30 London [...]
Kit review: Jabra SPORT wireless headphones
In the grand scheme of annoyances encountered while running, headphone wires aren't comparable with such things as people stepping out in front of you without looking where they're going; or finding the only public toilet in your local park has shut early; or even all those annoying people that finish ahead of you in a [...]
Living in running central
There's a few places in the world synonymous with running: Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, Oregon in the USA, Iten in Kenya and, as it would seem Wapping in London. I've just moved to Wapping and there's a whole lot of runners here. So many in fact that they've prompted this rather funny film.
Are you fit to run?
About five years ago a good friend of mine started running. She began with a couple of laps round the park and gradually built up to a charity 5k event and eventually a 10k. Like most people, she found the early days of running and trying to get fitter pretty tough. What we didn't know [...]
5 reasons to run with other people
1 You'll run fasterRunning with someone who is faster or a similar speed to you and you'll find yourself picking up the pace. Even the least competitive of people will start to get into race mode and start pushing themselves to go that little bit faster. Last week I went out for a lunchtime run [...]
Idiots’ Guide to Triathlon
Guest post by K, like in caKe; triathlon aficionado and writer of the fabulously illustrated blog, 'Cake of Good Hope'.Not content with being Lazy Girl Running, our girl tells me she's thinking of adding some swimming and cycling to the mix this year. She's asked me for an 'Idiot's Guide to Triathlon' to help her on her [...]
Win two places in the Rock ‘n’ Roll Edinburgh Half Marathon
Like running? Like music? Ever wondered what it would be like to run 13.1 miles through a music festival? Then enter this giveaway and you could win two places in the first ever Rock 'n' Roll Edinburgh Half Marathon on Sunday 15 April.The kind people at the Rock 'n' Roll Edinburgh Half Marathon have given [...]
Picking yourself up after failure
"Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, start all over again." Those are the wise words of another famous ginger - Ginger Rodgers sings them in Swing Time. But they're easier sung than done. How do you bounce back after failure and disappointment?Last year I ran the Robin Hood Marathon in Nottingham. I wanted a sub-4 [...]
Running on holiday
Running on holiday can be amazing: brilliant scenery, no inconveniences from things like work getting in the way and (depending on where you go) great food to refuel with. But it can be a right old pain the the backside if your training schedule makes you feel guilty and your travelling companions think that a holiday should [...]