Life, work and running update I’m writing this on my phone while a baby sleeps on my lap after a night of not wanting to sleep in his cot. This is the new normal. I’m four months into motherhood so here’s an update on various areas of life and how it’s going. Podcast If you [...]
Nailing your race week routine We spend a lot of time planning our training, but little time thinking about creating the ideal few days before a big race to leave us calm, relaxed and ready to race. Here's a few things that I include in my race-week routine that might help you plan your own. [...]
Staying active during pregnancy Last year I wrote about my experience of running and staying active during pregnancy. And as I move into a new phase and look forward to returning to running in the coming months, I'm keeping true to the core principles - doing what's right for me, adapting to my changing body [...]
What do you need to start running? Running is a pretty simple activity and, despite what advertisers would have you believe, you really need very little in order to get started. Like starting anything new, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by the array of equipment on offer and use this as an excuse to put [...]
Step Out of Your Comfort Zone This Year I love running marathons. It wasn’t always that way. For a long time I loved sitting on my sofa, watching TV. I still do to an extent, but I do it a lot less now. Now my spare time is filled with running, cycling and going to [...]
Train with me for your first 5k I'm on maternity leave right now, which means that for the first time in several years, I'm not out in local parks coaching new runners to their first 5k. So I've come up with a plan - I'm going to help those who'd like to start running this [...]
10 Reasons to Start Running After years of inactivity and hating exercise, I took up running and, to my surprise, found a sport that not only made me fitter and stronger, but that I actually started to enjoy. Here’s 10 reasons why you should give running a chance this year and learn to love it. [...]
Running and exercise during pregnancy: my experience Early this year I asked four women to share their experience of exercise during pregnancy. Unbeknownst to them, I was pregnant at the time. So it’s only fair that I share my own... I came into pregnancy with no expectations of how long I’d keep running for, but [...]
Your Running Goals For 2018 Have you thought about what you want to achieve next year? Runners are used to having a goal and a plan for getting there, so it's no surprise that as the calendar ticks over to another year, we might spend a little (or a lot of) time thinking about what [...]
How to pace a run: 3 ways to get it just right I've written before about why it's important to run your easy and long runs at the right pace - and how most runners are guilty of running these far too fast. And I'll keep banging on about it because there's huge benefits to [...]
