Quick Question – Why do I get a stitch when I exercise?
Stitches can quite literally stop you in your tracks. It’s hard to ignore a dull yet stabbing pain which takes your breath away, hurts more as your feet hit the…
Quick Question – How can I stop hay fever affecting my exercise?
I’m beginning to sneeze already! As soon as March kicks in and the tree pollens start to appear, hay fever can begin to interrupt exercise. If you’re unlucky, the sneezing,…
Quick Question – How can I stop needing to poo when I exercise?
The last Quick Question blog answered the conundrum of why exercise makes you need to poo, so now let’s figure out how to stop it! Can you stop the runner’s trots…
Quick Question – Why does exercise make me need to poo?
Are you one of the many people who find that once they start doing some exercise, particularly vigorous stuff like running, you get a sudden urge to open your bowels?…
Active Women Interview – meet Katie Holmes
More and more women over fifty are increasing their fitness levels and discovering just how much they can do. From a health perspective, it’s a wonderful time of life to…
Running Finds You When You Need It Most
I have this theory that running finds you when you need it most. Let’s face it, starting to run is really hard. Going from walking to constant running takes time…
Quick Question – How do I prevent blisters?
I covered whether you should pop your blisters and how to treat them in the last quick question so let’s consider how to stop getting them in the first place….
Quick Question – Should I pop my blisters?
Love them or hate them, feet cause an awful lot of bother, especially if you lead an active life. Even with the best fitting shoes, you can still find you…
Active Women Interview – meet Nat Scroggie
I’ve been tweeting for six years, enjoying the banter with others and then suddenly, bam, up pops Nat aka ThisVetRuns. From her first tweet in April 2018 she had me…
My Top Five Blogs of 2018
I’ve absolutely loved my blog this year. I set myself a goal of doubling the number of views my posts get and I’d achieved that by October. Goal officially smashed!…