Running on holiday: you don’t have to When I work with a runner, I ask them for any holidays they have coming up and we plan their training around it. Sometimes, for runners who have a hectic regular life because of work or caring duties, or both, holidays can mean more time to train and [...]
5 Reasons You're Not Running Faster You're running too fast For distance runners (that's you if you're training for anything from a 5k to a marathon or beyond) you're training for endurance. You need good aerobic fitness. In order to train your body to go faster in your aerobic zone, you need to slow right [...]
Summer of Speed - a faster 5k and 10k Last weekend I ran the Regent's Park 10k. It's one of my favourite races, partly because it's held every month throughout the year, so I know that I can turn up when I think I'm in good shape and I want to have a crack at [...]
London’s Best Half Marathons One of my Tuesday night runners asked what the best half marathon in London is, which led to a discussion about all the races we’ve done. When we thought about it, there’s quite a few to choose from. So here, in no particular order, are our favourites. Those I’ve run also [...]
Manchester Marathon 2019 I’ve written a review oh the Greater Manchester Marathon for the next issue of Women’s Running magazine. So the following is the story of my personal race. I paid for my entry. It’s always difficult to decide on a race strategy. I always wish there was a fairy that could tell me [...]
When I didn’t start running I moved to London in 2006 and, at the time, the only people I knew who lived here were my flatmate and a soon-to-be ex boyfriend. I wanted to start running and I wanted to meet people. I remember looking in Loot, the free classifieds paper where you found new [...]
Marathon training weeks 11-14 Last Sunday I finished my run, had a shower and headed out for lunch with my family. I ordered a glass of Prosecco and toasted myself. I’d finished peak week of marathon training. I’d just run a 20 mile long run. I’d done the hard work, and that was worthy of [...]
Marathon number 17 - keeping going [Ad] This post is sponsored by Arla Protein. We’re only a few weeks out from Manchester Marathon and I’ve been comparing my training logs of previous races. My training is nowhere near the mileage it was before Edinburgh Marathon in 2016, it can’t be right now because I don’t [...]
East London Half Marathon 2019 This post is in two halves: my personal race and then a review of the race itself. Skip to that if you’re here to find out if you should sign up. Back in October I ran the Royal Parks Half with a goal of running sub 1:45. It had been [...]
Breastfeeding and running I’m writing this one-handed on my phone while feeding my son after getting home from a 10k race. So excuse any typos. Below is my experience of running and breastfeeding. I can’t speak for anyone else’s experience. When I was pregnant and we went through the prenatal classes and discussions, I was [...]
