I've always written. When I was young I used to write stories. I had notebooks full of stories and a typewriter I used to bash out scenes on. Then when I left university I started getting paid to write. I wrote for newspapers and magazines, some more exciting than others. I worked for many years [...]

Great Eastern Run 2016 My mum held out her arms. I stopped running and she gave me a hug. "I'm ok. It's just hard." I'd stopped running at 7.4 miles into the half marathon. The past 50 minutes had been a mental battle. I'd had lots of lovely messages in the week before telling me [...]

People who share their workouts on the internet get a lot of stick, often unnecessarily. Yes, there can be a lot of boasting, a lot of posing and a lot of egos. But there's also a lot of bravery. In any aspect of your life, if you have a goal that you want to work [...]

This week started out crappy, and didn't get much better until Sunday. I knew it would be a rubbish week. It was supposed to be 'peak week' but it also coincided with hospital appointments and tests (nothing running related and not-pregnant, which is what most people assume once you're past 30). So I did what [...]

I've lived in London for 12 years now. And like most people who live here I have moments of loving it and being frustrated with the city. In those 12 years I've lived in most postcodes and zones from 1 to 3. It's a big place, but running and cycling around it makes it feel [...]

I've used the treadmill quite a bit this year. I know a lot of people hate running on treadmills, and I was formerly in Team Treadmill Haters. But not anymore. While a run outside, somewhere scenic would always be my number one choice, sometimes the treadmill is the more realistic option for me. This past [...]

There will always be an excuse not to do something. I really didn't want to run yesterday. I was hungover, I was tired, I'd got a train back from a wedding, a late night of drinking and dancing the night before and I wanted to sit on the sofa and do nothing. It took me [...]

We've made it to week seven and (I think) this is my first missed workout. I cut one short the week I hurt my back but this week there was no speed work. Oh well. I knew there was a chance this would happen. I was away from Thursday to Monday having a great weekend [...]

This week I was running through the park when a conker fell from a tree missing me by about a foot. My first thought was 'that would have really hurt' swiftly followed by 'Oh crap, it's nearly Autumn'. The Great Eastern Run isn't the only sporting event taking place in Peterborough in early October. The [...]