It was volunteer week recently. I work in the health and social sector where without volunteers we would be pretty lost. Also, being involved in sports, this heavily relies on volunteering. And I am sure this is true for many different things. I found a couple of definitions of volunteering; “freely offer to do something” […]

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Many runners will have heard of parkrun and parkrun tourism. I sort of fell into parkrun tourism, there had been no specific objective with it to start with as I don’t tend to do this. However, this year I decided to set myself a target for the first time, to have reached 70 different parkrun […]

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So months of training had come to an end and I had done my final long run of 13 miles which felt great, two weeks away from London. Cue waking up Monday morning, and me feeling some sciatic symptoms and then when walking down stairs and feeling a sharp pain in my calf. I shrugged […]

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So I am guessing most people who use forms of social media will have seen people post about things like #transormationtuesady and #flashbackfriday. I have not really posted things like this either presently or previously. I have followed people that demonstrate amazing progress and that change is possible, and too right they should be proud […]

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So it’s come to that time where us spring marathoners are thinking about tapering. It’s time to reduce the training, build up energy levels and get ready for lacing up on that start line. For some a marathon is something that is a regular calendar event or even a short run for those ultra-runners. For […]

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It is 5 weeks till London marathon now….not long to go for those doing their Spring Marathons. Mileage is ramped up, tiredness and fatigue present, niggles being kept at bay, but we are ALMOST THERE! We said goodbye to one of our running greats recently, Roger Bannister, someone who many runners/athletes aspire to. I was […]

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I am currently training for London Marathon, 22nd April, which at times does not feel soon enough as I feel like I want the long runs to be over, and at other times feels far too close! This will be my 3rd marathon and I find that with each one I do, the training becomes […]

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So January is done, the first month of the year, for many a month to start new year’s resolutions or working towards goals/milestones for the year. I was talking to my friend last night about mileage with running, and it got me thinking. Often at the end of months I see people on strava, Instagram […]

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Winter training for me is often about XC events, and I love these and each year aim to take part in the Thames Valley XC league. I also love Thames Valley League for the fact that the men and women run together and the same distance. It is all about running equal. I missed the […]

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