Across the UK people are growing facial hair this month for male cancers. I, not through my lack of ability to grow facial hair if I wanted to, have been taking on a much more difficult challenge: not running. No-run-vember as Cake of Good Hope christened it, shares with it the same principle at the [...]

LazyGirl lent me Murakami’s What I talk about when I talk about running and I found it pretty dull. Jogging a bit, blah, listening to Jazz, blah blah, thinking about my race times, Zzzz. I didn't run at the time and imagined my own jogging thoughts would be “When can I stop/When can I stop/Great, I've stopped.”Having [...]

The last time I did an overseas race it was a half marathon in Bangkok and it's fair to say I didn't prepare that thoroughly. With less than two weeks to go until the Venice marathon, and with a PB on my mind, I'm starting to get organised and leave nothing to chance.Here's my race [...]

On those last long runs of a marathon training cycle I repeatedly tell my legs that if they just stick with me for a few more days, they'll get a month off of running. Everyone does recovery differently, but one of the things that frustrates me is seeing people train hard for a marathon and [...]

Dear Marathon GodsYou've been very kind to me this year, you've given me a lot of things. There was that half marathon in Bangkok that you rescheduled perfectly to let me do it a few days before flying home from my travels. Then you let me do two marathons in six weeks while I also worshiped at [...]

The upside of the end of summer and and the days getting darker is that it's the perfect excuse to update your running kit. As the shorts go back in the cupboard for the winter months and the high visibility jacket comes out, maybe it's time to treat yourself to some winter kit.When it comes [...]

Do you want to know how to run faster? Well it’s lucky you stopped by because I’m about to reveal the secret of speed. Are you ready for it? The secret to running faster is: running faster. You’re welcome.In all seriousness we all, at times, think there must be a secret technique or method to [...]

There's a few good essential things to remember when doing interval training: do your intervals at the correct pace, don't go out too hard on your first interval and keep them consistent, focus on your form and running tall, and remember your watch.I had forgotten the last of these pieces of advice when the time [...]

Want to train with Jessica Ennis? Yeah, me too but I hear she's pretty busy at the moment what with all those interviews about how to be a badass gold medal winning heptathlete and, you know, training for a gazillion hours a week. You can, however, get a game that will allow you to train with [...]

You're probably familiar with this picture, you're running along trying to keep at a certain pace when three people are headed towards you walking side my side and blocking your path. You get closer thinking one of them will notice you and drop back allowing you to pass, but the closer you get the more [...]