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Outlaw 2019
Posted on August 7, 2019 4 Comments
This is going to be long, not as long as it would’ve been mind, but bear with me none the less. I’ve tried to write this a few times and I’m concerned there isn’t a way to do it without me sounding over dramatic. But after a lovely comment from someone about my blogs I […]
Penultimate
Posted on July 22, 2019 Leave a Comment
I’m sat scrolling through my Strava, trying to remind myself of all the things I’ve done to get to this point. It feels so surreal sitting here with just days to go before I line up in that cold water waiting for a mass start that I’m sure will fill me with fear. I’m mostly consumed […]
70.3 and me
Posted on May 29, 2019 2 Comments
I stood pretty much glued to the floor looking out at the lake, trying to watch for someone who was floundering like I do. Of course nobody was, this was the ironman distance swim, and they were all professionals. My heart sank. I wanted to run away, but I knew I couldn’t. I knew what […]
2019 – Tri It Out
Posted on January 6, 2019 Leave a Comment
The start of 2019 brings to an end a few months of trying out Tri training and begins the start of a more focussed and dedicated iron(wo)man training plan, and with it a chance for me to return to more regularly scheduled blogging.
12 Months and a Million Miles
Posted on December 10, 2018 4 Comments
This time last year I was getting ready to run the 12th (or 13th) of the 12 marathons in 12 months challenge. That seems like a lifetime ago, a dream land that I once lived in, a thing that if I did it now I’m not sure I could, or would!
Finding forward
Posted on July 22, 2018 Leave a Comment
It’s been 6 weeks would you believe it?! 6 whole weeks since i took a super duper run around rome and realised I was capable of moving again. Since then I’ve been running with zero pain, well not zero pain, but only the good pain, the pain that means your pushing and working hard. I can’t […]
12/12 Portsmouth Coastal Marathon
Posted on December 20, 2017 Leave a Comment
From the moment I set foot in Portsmouth I was happy, it was going to be a good day, filled with no expectations or concerns, just running the 26.2 for the last time in 2017. The day before I’d spent at the BBC studios being interviewed for national radio, I’d talked about suicide, running, and the year […]
Downslink Ultra 9/12
Posted on October 2, 2017 1 Comment
I’ve written this thing out what feels like a thousand times and haven’t quite found the words to do it justice, to do me justice. I rocked up at the start line feeling more nervous than I had in a long time. The feeling I used to get at the start of a marathon, the […]
Marathon in a Day
Posted on August 2, 2017 Leave a Comment
When I first sent that message to my dear friend asking her if she thought I could run a marathon and she came back saying 100% yes, I didn’t believe her. I went through 20 weeks of training with highs and lows and injuries. I found myself on that start line still not believing her. […]
Lunartic Marathon 6/12
Posted on July 24, 2017 Leave a Comment
Running a marathon at night gave a whole new feel to the pre-marathon set up. My normal nervous morning routine of force feeding myself porridge and downing a coffee would now be a full day of waiting around for the clock to strike 8pm. I ate my biggest meal at lunch time, my normal […]
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