Hectic schedules and eating on-the-go means that we don’t always get the recommended five portions of fruit and vegetables a day. I’m certainly guilty of this, despite eating a healthy(ish), well-balanced and varied diet (and by varied, I mean the odd pizza), I still feel I’m missing out on some of the key nutrients I …
I did it on the bridge – Humber half marathon 2018
Last weekend I took part in the East Yorkshire’s biggest half marathon – the Humber Bridge Half Marathon. It was the third time I’ve run this and this year was completely unprepared. I’ve spent the last 11 weeks recovering from an injury, so I’ve done very little running in terms of distance and a lot more gym based stuff. I had no goal time …
How to train for your first marathon
I’ve never been the sportiest person, and my running journey began in my 30s. When I signed up for my first marathon, I didn’t even own a pair of trainers. People laughed, thinking I was insane, but six months later, I ran it. The challenge of covering 26.2 miles both excited and sickened me. I …
For the love of it…
Social media, I have a love-hate relationship with it. It’s a great way of finding like-minded people, people to ask/share advice with, and people training for the same events as you. It can be a great source of information. I’ve met a lot of lovely people online that I would now class as friends. It …
Top events in Yorkshire
It was all happening in ‘darn sarf’ last weekend with the Westminster mile and the Vitality 10K in London. You were guaranteed a bad case of FOMO by looking at everyone’s social media posts. It did, however, it get me thinking about how many great events we have up here in Yorkshire. London may have the …
Liverpool Rock and Roll 2018
This race is one of my favourites – you could say it was made for me. I run, I love music, I love Liverpool and your race number includes a beer ticket – what more could you want? I was taking part for the fourth year running. The Rock ‘n’ Roll series is a whole …