When I decided I was going to run a marathon, I didn’t know anyone who’d run a marathon. I have an uncle who’d done a few when I was a kid, but nobody in my peer group ran. At least not more than a couple of miles. I trained for the marathon by myself. I [...]
I've been running. After months of triathlon training, I've come back to where it all started and been focussing on running. I ran 10 miles before work one morning, ran to or from work three times in week and run on both Saturday and Sunday. And it's been a lot of fun. In just under [...]
An email popped in my inbox from a triathlon organiser. I’ve heard good things about this race, but haven’t done it. “Enter now for 2015! 1000 places sold out in 36 hours last year.” My finger hovered over the button. Do I want to race it? It sounds good. I don’t want to miss out. [...]
My good friend Helen has been doing a few races recently. Here's how she got on. As you read on Lazy Girl’s blog, I’m no way near fit enough to be doing the amazing things that she does – but I am the healthiest I have been for a very long time. So, after my [...]
Three of my runners, Lucy, Abigail and Ellen, took on the Women's Running 10k in Finsbury Park on Saturday morning. Here's how it went for Lucy (right). As race day approached, I became increasingly nervous – what if I couldn’t make it round the whole course? What if I let myself down, and more importantly, [...]
When I first moved to London nine years ago, I lived in Ealing for two years. I went back there this weekend for the first time since moving away for the Ealing half marathon. The race started in Lamas Park, just a few hundred meters down the road from the flat I shared with my [...]
Let me take you back to October last year. I was on a plane, flying to Frankfurt with Liz, Katie and Jen, together as 'Team Rainbow'. I hate flying so I tend to distract myself with books, music, films or mindless speculation about marathons. It was the last weekend in October, which is somewhat of a [...]
My friend Helen is pretty special. If you've read my book you'll know that physical activity is difficult for her. I'm not just talking about the way that it's difficult for some of us with a large dose of lazyitus, I'm talking having to be really careful. It would be easy for her to use [...]
Looking back at my 2014 calendar there's hardly been a weekend this year where I've done nothing. Training, races, more training: I've clocked up a marathon, half marathon, 10k, the run leg of a 70.3, Olympic triathlon, half-iron triathlon, attempted Ironman and my 'iron person', as well as a couple of sportives. It's been fun, [...]
My first 10k It's almost six years since my first ever race, the Wimbledon 10k. It had taken me six months to go from non-runner to getting to that start line and on race morning I was nervous. So nervous that I forgot my timing chip and despite only being a few minutes [...]
