They're a demanding bunch the gods of the marathon. Not content with taking your weekends, your sofa time and your money they demand more. This weekend I've prayed at the marathon altar and made two significant sacrifices in the hope of marathon glory.Friday night, it was time for a new pair of heels. But black [...]
Forget everything I've said about how you should go out running when you first think about it and get it over and done with, because on Sunday more procrastination was needed. In fact more procrastination would have saved me from a most peculiar running injury. In case you didn't look out a window at the [...]
FW: Brighton BlogSporty Girl recaps the sacrifices made on the road to her awesome marathon debut.With 2 half marathons under my belt, and basking in the glory of my sub 2 hour victory last October, I knew it was time to up my training in preparation for the Brighton Marathon which I had entered for [...]
Looking awesome while running is something I've mused on several times before now. It's often difficult for non-runners to realise that being sweaty, red-faced, panting and possibly covered in mud and snot is exactly what awesome looks like. That's why I've made this running t-shirt, to avoid confusion.If you think you'd look extra awesome wearing [...]
Testing out new running products is fun, but there's one thing I'd not been looking forward to trying: Tiger Balm Red. Because giving it a proper test would mean having an ache, pain or strain that needed something rubbing on it.Brighton Marathon came and went with nothing worse than two black toenails to show for [...]
Getting yourself race ready isn't complicated. Hard, yes. But complicated, no. There's really only three things you need to remember: eat, sleep, run. And so with just 32 days until Edinburgh Marathon I've written myself a post-it as a reminder to take these things seriously.EatRemembering to eat isn't hard, you try and stop me forgetting. [...]
A lot of runners worry about losing their running fitness if they have to take time out from training for a long period because of injury or circumstances - some even worry that their three-week taper period before a marathon will leave them less fit come race day. It's understandable that you want to protect [...]
People that say "You'll be glad of the rain, it will cool you down" may be trying to be helpful, but have clearly not run a marathon, and definitely not run one in the rain. Wet running kit is heavy, it sticks to you and it chafes. That is not the ideal recipe for a [...]
Many runners detest the term 'fun run'. They think it describes an organised run of less than three miles where most people are running (or mostly walking) in fancy dress and raising money for charity, but not really concerned about how quickly they finish the course. But I'd like to reclaim the term. I'd like [...]
Slightly annoyed with the Brighton Marathon organisers for making us go down there the day before the race to collect our number, SportyGirl and I decided we may as well enjoy our daytrip to the seaside. The decision not to send out race numbers in the post was clearly profit driven and designed to get [...]