The weather has been pretty nasty this week, on several occasions I’ve glided into work like I was auditioning for Dancing on Ice (more like Bambi on ice). The icy conditions couldn’t have come at a worse time as my marathon plan officially started this week. So, in the interest of safety, running has been …
Christmas was exciting as a kid. The days when you used to circle things you wanted for Christmas in the Argos catalogue, hoping your parents might see and tip off Santa. As an adult it’s stressful. The main problem is what to buy people. Lucky for you I’ve saved you the hard work and rounded …
There is a new endurance event in town…. Christmas shopping It’s that time of year again, the shops are packed with people frantically ticking off a gift list as long as their arm. You queue for what seems like hours trying to find the one remaining parking spot to find you can’t squeeze in it as …
The coffee chains have rolled out their Christmas cups. The shops are full of festive knitwear. I’ve had to de-ice my car windscreen twice this week. It’s officially winter. I may not be a fan of the dark nights, but I really love running in cold weather. It means I keep moving – it’s too cold to stop. The …
Autumn has arrived. My race diary is empty until next year and my marathon training plan doesn’t start just yet. What now? Time to ‘fall’ in love with running again… Here are my plans for the Autumn season. Build up the mileage up again. For me, autumn is more of a bearable temperature for running – if …
The Virgin London Marathon ballot was drawn this week. As predicted it was a no for me – I really wish I had the same luck predicting lottery numbers. A record 386,050 people applied this year for the 17,000 (ish) places which made it a 1 in 23 chance of being accepted. If, like me, …
