What a difference a few weeks can make. Right now, I should be starting to taper in preparation for the London Marathon. The long miles completed and just the victory lap to go. Due to the current global pandemic COVID-19, all Spring events have quite rightly been postponed or cancelled. This has left most runners […] Read more…

Lockdown. Or Locky-D as the ‘cool kids’ are calling it. Social distancing is now the ‘in-thing’.  You don’t need me to remind you that we are in the middle of a global pandemic. Social distancing measures have been put in place to reduce the spread of the COVID-19. The current advice in the UK is […] Read more…

I’m currently training for marathon number 11 – the London Marathon. Marathon training can quite be a lonely experience so I’ve found that sharing updates and progress on Instagram has been extremely beneficial. I like to follow other people that are training for the same event as it helps keep me motivated. Everyone trains differently, […] Read more…

I’m not the sportiest of people, I have never been. I didn’t start running until I was in my 30s. I didn’t even own a pair of trainers when I signed up for my first marathon. People laughed and thought I was insane but I ran it 6 months later. The challenge of running 26.2 […] Read more…