The last instalment of Phil's London Marathon series sees him reflecting on race day. I was feeling a little nervous. I guess most people would be if they were trapped in a pen with a giant bear. Luckily for me it was Paddington bear and he was adjusting the race number on his duffel coat. [...]

After Charlotte finished her first marathon on Sunday, I asked her to share some words here. Here's her advice to budding marathoners. Last Sunday I joined the ranks of London marathon finishers. I ran a consistent pace all the way, and even persuaded my tired legs to speed up fractionally at the end, whilst raising [...]

One of my least favourite things to do is shop for bras. It's up there with going to the dentist and getting my hair cut (I know a lot of people enjoy the latter but I just don't get it). So when I find a bra I like, I tend to bulk but and stick [...]

On Saturday night I have two marathon runners (Phil and Cathy) to feed and entertain and keep calm before they run London the next day. As well as feeding them carbs I'll be putting on a film to keep them quiet and induce good dreams. Here's some suggestions I had. Run Fat Boy Run  This [...]

Yesterday I spent much of the day watching the Brighton Marathon tracker app. I had four runners taking part and a couple of friends running, and it was exciting viewing. Everyone finished and I asked one of those runners, Lisa, to write a few words about her race. I have always been a bit of [...]

It's April, which means that Sundays this month are chock full of marathons. For the past four years I've run at least one of them - last year I was greedy and ran both Manchester and London. I wrote a lot of marathon training plans at the start of this year and with each one [...]

London Marathon is getting closer, and Phil's training runs are coming to an end. He shares with us what he's learned about running marathons. When a Lazy Girl badgered me in to going for a run five years ago I never imagined I would run a marathon. That was for other - fitter, shinier and [...]

Can you remember your first run? Are you still waiting to go for it? Last week I asked people to share their memories of their first run on my Facebook page. It's easy to look at other runners and think that they find it easy, that they've always been able to run as far or [...]

Today is my Runniversary. Eight years ago today I put on my (badly fitting) trainers and went to the gym. To say I never looked back would be a lie. There were plenty of times in those first months when I wanted to quit. But the difference between this and all the other times I'd [...]