Kate Bush was on to something. She knew the impact hill training could have on running performance, so much so that she wrote a song about it. In all honesty I hoped that she and the thousands of other hill training devotees were wrong and that it wouldn't work. Unfortunately it does. I say unfortunately [...]

When you wake up to bright sunshine it's easier to get yourself out of bed and into your running kit. Today the sun shone through my window and I had a 10-mile run on my mind. Despite the sun in the sky the ground was still muddy. So muddy in fact that my legs ended [...]

Getting quite nervous now.

There were three good reasons why I shouldn't have run on Wednesday night.1) It was about a million degrees in Wimbledon - well maybe about 28C by the time I got home2) I'd woken up in the middle of the night with cramp in my right calf and it was still really sore3) It was [...]

While I'm please with my current situation, running three times a week clocking up between 10 and 12 miles per week, I feel a little as though I'm not getting anywhere. I'm not pushing myself and am therefore not breaking we ground. For example my longest run so far is the 6.2 miles that I [...]

Nine weeks until my first ever 10k and now the going is getting tough. I've figured out that I need to add half a mile to my long run of the week every week for the next nine weeks.If I say it fast it doesn't sound that much, if I run it slow it probably [...]

I'd been doubting whether I should still be referring to myself as 'Lazy girl' as my activity level has shot up in recent months. Last week, following my injury, I decided I should rest for a week. After thoroughly enjoying my rest I've realised that 'Lazy' is a state of mind and not just a [...]

 The next day I was surprised that I managed to run for 20 minutes yesterday, but even more surprised that I'm not hobbling around today. Any sort of exercise for me in the past has usually meant walking like John Wayne for a couple of days after. What's even more worrying is that, for now, [...]

 Lazy girl credentials A quick google search brings up hundreds of books and blogs written by 'lazy girls'. Many of these are not what I'd term 'lazy'. I've never been overweight but I am unfit and incredible lazy. From getting out of bed in the morning to even convincing myself to go to the gym [...]

The story so far The aim of this blog was to be a diary of my training as a complete novice at running as I attempt to run a 10k race, hopefully followed by a half marathon and then the full 26.2 miles of a marathon. I may have cheated a little already, because knowing [...]