In just over a week, I'll find out whether I've got a place in the London Marathon. It's a long wait: from applying to getting in and then to lacing up your shoes at the start line takes a year in total. For many new runners unaware of the timing and hoop jumping that goes into getting a [...]
A few weeks ago I tweeted that I was a huge fan of the new cycle superhighways that we have in London but maybe Boris should consider implementing running superhighways. Many a true word is tweeted in jest and I'm beginning to think my idea is more than necessary.I'm a one world without borders kind of [...]
Not legging, not tights, not capri pants - but shorts. And the Nike Tempo running shorts in particular. Of course there are months in the year where fear of frostbite prohibits me from wearing these but, and this may surprise some of the international reader who think of England as cold and wet 95% of [...]
Terry Fox statue. Victoria, BCWhile travelling through Canada recently I stumbled across a statue of runner Terry Fox in a park in Victoria, British Columbia by the start of Highway 1. I hadn't heard of Terry Fox, but his story moved and inspired me. Here's what it says at the base of the statue."Terry Fox was [...]
I'm not proposing a huge footrace between the two countries because, let's face it, the US would win that one. Unless instead of lining up the population of both nations for a quick out and back course we both chose one person to represent our country. Then maybe the UK would have a chance (although [...]
I'm back in Blighty with the pavements, lifts and toilets after two and a half weeks of sidewalks, elevators and 'washrooms'. I've been to Seattle, Vancouver and a few places in between, and while I was there I tried to fit in some training for my upcoming half-marathon.Moving around a lot meant travelling light, so [...]
Lazy Girl is on holiday, or should I say 'vacation'. Yes I'm stateside and managing to put in a few miles here and there courtesy of hotel treadmills.It's not my first trip across the Atlantic but it is the first since I became a runner, and I've noticed quite a few differences between the UK [...]
Looking out the window today it seems odd to be raving about how important to my running a bottle of sunscreen is. But there's not manu items that feature in my Top 10 that can protect your health quite like this one. So while I may only use it for a few months every year, [...]
My first proper running shoes.When I first started running this was a question I'd ask myself and people I thought could tell me the answer all the time: "when will it get easier?" Some of my first runs outside were really hard and had me aching for days after. I hoped, but didn't know, back then that [...]
If only I'd had my porridge!Or maybe that should be 'running out of fuel'. Yesterday the weather was predicted to rain from about midday, so I decided to break with my tradition of laying in until midday on a Sunday and go for my run at 9am. But in my excitement at actually sticking to [...]