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1 down, 15 to go !!
Week 1 all done ….check ! If the next 15 go like that, jobs a good ‘un! Ok so I’m not that fooled, my real though is thank god the first week was spot on as I feel I’m not… Read More ›
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And so it begins – the journey of a middle aged marathon runner
This is it, week 1 , day 1 of my 16 week VLM training programme. I feel like I’m a complete beginner, but I’ve been running 6 years now after deciding aged 40 I needed a new challenge and thought… Read More ›
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101,000 Calories …….thanks running
Of course a New Year has to be onward and upward, 2015 will have highs and lows, they all do, but life’s what you make it and I have a sickeningly optimistic outlook on everything, my capacity to remain upbeat… Read More ›
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Time for the Turkey Trot
Half Marathon number 4 in my repertoire seriously needed something different, how many Robin Hood’s get boring…..well 3 actually. You can’t be part of the Nottingham running fraternity and not hear about the December Turkey trot. Its a challenge, its… Read More ›
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cocoa maple brazil nut truffles
Originally posted on lift.laugh.eat.repeat…:
I want to start by taking a quick bit of this post to say MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY HOLIDAYS to all of my readers. I am so thankful for every single one of… -
Running in my Buff ! Well Yowie actually
Nothing like an exciting birthday gift to brighten your special day and although this year I surprised everybody by not asking for running gear. I never tire of it but my ‘running drawer’, yes I have one…..is bursting. I have… Read More ›
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Run Slut – if you’ve got trainers, I’ll run with you!
Actually that would be a good T shirt slogan. So Ellie was busy with her Monday night shuttle to the Leicester Tigers. Her talented boys are clearly getting in the way of training; I hate how life does that. Dark… Read More ›
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My heart loves running …..good job !!
I do love the science behind running, reading the latest training trends and I love trying to understand the bio mechanics of the human body. If I had my time again, it would be as a sports science expert or… Read More ›
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Vegetable Juice – It won’t be my way to a PB!
Nagged endlessly by my daughters to get a ‘juicer’ and buoyed along by a recent huge supplement in the Sunday paper that juicing would make me slimmer, more mentally alert, more beautiful, who wouldn’t want to give it a go?… Read More ›
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Colds and Kettle bells, I curse you both !
Alas the fickle fortunes of the runner! It’s a roller coaster to one minute feel on top of the world with a hard earned sub 2 hour half marathon and then spend 2 weeks in the running doldrums with the… Read More ›
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