While I was in France last week, not running and eating lots of cheese, I got chatting with a woman who was a nurse in the UK. Despite not being a runner or having any inclination towards becoming one, she began to lecture me on the subject. I was willing to hear her out - [...]
There's a huge debate that has been ongoing in the running community since long before the invention of the iPod: whether or not it's 'OK' to run to music. Discussions get particulary heated around the question of whether iPods and the like should be allowed in races or not. Today's news that music has been [...]
To kick off the Lazy Girl Top Ten can't live without (well at least can't run without) pieces of kit is the humble cap. During the past few weeks of sunny weather I've become good friends with my new cap. It's much more practical than sunglasses for keeping the sun out of my eyes while [...]
I've been in the south of France for the past four days. Despite packing my running kit and a bag full of good intentions, the 35C temperatures and abundance of good wine meant I did no running at all. Back in Blighty now and I'm off to do 5 miles this afternoon. Just after I [...]
Some interesting reading from Chicago has made me appreciate my Lazy Boy. It discusses how your training for a big event like the marathon affects your relationships with partners and family. Some people in this article discuss 'getting permission' from their spouse to go running. I'd never considerred anything of the sort. I can't imagine what [...]
This weekend I was at a friend's wedding and didn't take my running shoes with me. Instead I packed my dancing shoes and, while I probably clocked up a fair few miles on the dancefloor, running wasn't on the agenda. So last night, feeling pretty bad that I'd only managed 4 miles on Sunday evening, [...]
It's 15 weeks until my half marathon and in the past two weeks I've run less than 15 miles per week - not much to blog home about, I think you'll agree. I've learnt a fair few things about running in the past two years (and a lot since my first half) and I know [...]
The sun certainly had his hat on yesterday - unfortunately I didn't, as you may remember I threw my cap into the crowd on the home straight of the Brighton Marathon and haven't got round to buying a replacement. This I came to regret yesterday when I lined up for the start of the South London 10k [...]
Last night saw my first post-marathon run - 3 miles around the streets of Wimbledon. It was good to be out in my trainers again. I had 21 days (or 3 weeks if you like) off after the Brighton Marathon and for me that meant complete rest other than a couple of cycles.Some people take more, [...]
Mission accomplished: running my first marathon It took two years and many hundreds of miles to get there, but on Sunday 18 April I crossed the finish line of my marathon. I'm not sure what I expected it to be like, but it wasn't how I imagined it would go. If you can believe this [...]
