For me, how I feel about my lunchtime run reflects how I feel about running generally. The night before when I'm packing my bag for work it seems like a good idea, in the morning while I sit at my desk I try to invent reasons why I shouldn't do it, but when I actually get [...]
The show started with Angie proclaiming that 'Week two is the hardest week'. I'm sensing that either Angie or Richard will start each week's show with a statement similar to this. Maybe Week Three will be the hardest to burn calories but Week Four will be the hardest to get motivated and Week Five is [...]
It doesn't involve going outside in the rain, it can be done in the confines of the front room and you can watch TV while you do it - so why oh why do I find it so difficult to do my core strength exercises? It's supposed to make your running form better and therefore [...]
Setting a goal can have its downsides. And I don't just mean having to put in hard work to make them happen. Sometimes there comes a point when you realise that you're not going to make it and the temptation to give up on your target becomes overwhelming. So when I realised I wasn't going [...]
Today, as I slammed my front door shut and ran down the street in a rage I was reminded why I originally started running. It wasn't so that I could get fit or lose weight or run a marathon. No, it was so that I could do things like look all scerene and medatative running [...]
If you're anything like me, there's a voice in your head telling you not to run today. And there's another one that has taken on the persona of a Boot Camp instructor and is using every insult under the sun to rouse you from your seated position into a striding one. But, and I'm assured [...]
Bums were well and truly on seats last night for the first in the series of The Biggest Loser UK. Lazy boy was skeptical at first muttering something about 'exploitation', but the tried and tested reality TV format sucked him in and by somewhere around the second advert break he was well and truly hooked.With [...]
Choosing a race to take part in can be a complex business. I’ve spent many hours trawling through race listings and reviews to find something that’s right for me. It takes almost as much energy as booking a holiday. Whether it’s your first ever race or your first attempt at a specific distance, here’s a [...]
Forget sweaty summer afternoons or balmy mornings, for me the perfect conditions for running and those winters days like today when the sun is shining but there's still a little chill in the air. Not for me "T-shirt weather", give me "two T-shirts and tights" weather.What days like today have over warm summer evenings is [...]
Many female runners think twice before heading out of the door for a run once the sun has gone down on safety grounds. Luckily attacks on runners aren't all that common, but it's down to each individual to decide where and when they feel safe running. If you do decide to run in the dark, [...]