Two years ago I was training for an ultra marathon. The race was 80km long and took us through Paris. But despite being in the middle of a major city, it was 90% trail. Up until signing up for that race, I hadn't done much running that wasn't on concrete. I knew I'd have to [...]
"Come on Chaser" I called out to the woman from another London club who'd started to walk ahead of me on a hill. "We can't let these other clubs beat us on our home turf!" She began running again and we shared a smile. We were into the last mile of the South of England [...]
I chat to inov-8 athlete Nicky Spinks who, last year, became the fastest person to run a Double Bob Graham Round. Nicky (49) marked the 10 year anniversary of her breast cancer diagnosis by running the 132-mile Lake District route, which included around 54,000ft of ascent, in a time of 45 hours and 30 minutes. Wow! [...]
Everyone remembers their first time right? Beforehand you have so many questions but you're embarrassed to ask some of them for fear of seeming inexperienced and getting laughed at. And after it's done you feel like a different person. You walk a bit taller, that's when the soreness has subsided and you can walk properly [...]
A quick word on making progress in running. Because it doesn't always go the way you expect it to.
On Saturday my friend Josie ran her first ever cross country race. Like most people, she was nervous about dong cross country. But along with Laura Stewart I reassured her that there was nothing to worry about. Josie let me stick a microphone in her face before and after the race, and you'll also hear [...]
Starting running is hard, no doubt about it. Keeping going through those first early weeks and getting to a point where you start to enjoy it takes a lot of perseverance. Throw dark evenings, cold weather and the occasional bit of rain and snow into the mix and, well, it's no surprise that the sofa [...]
Thanks for the feedback on last week's vlog, here and on Facebook. Even if you just took the time to watch it, thank you. This week I'm talking about changing one small thing in your week. Let me know what you're going to change this week.
This morning, instead of writing a blog I recorded a quick video and shared it on Facebook page. I was feeling a bit overwhelmed and though the feeling might be something other could relate to. This is the first time I've recorded a blog like this. It was very spur of the moment, no make-up, [...]
Just like that, Christmas was over and it was New Year. December was a busy month for me, I had a lot of training plans to write ready for runners to start training in January and although I spent a lot of time staring at the calendar, January has crept up on me a bit. [...]
