How to Keep Going When you Really Want to Stop Running.
I had a question from a follower who has done a Couch to 5k and has a 10k race coming up. Whenever she gets to six or seven kilometres her…
I had a question from a follower who has done a Couch to 5k and has a 10k race coming up. Whenever she gets to six or seven kilometres her…
Even though I love running, I often find it hard to motivate myself to go and do it. You’d think that when a window of opportunity arose within a chaotic,…
Are you too busy to run? Do you struggle to find the time to train? When you’re running are you constantly thinking of all the things you need to do…
Stitches are a right pain! I haven’t had one for ages and the other day, out of the blue, bang! A horrible, crampy pain in my right upper abdomen that…
I was interviewed for an article the other day and I was asked, ‘When did you start calling yourself a runner?’ I know I’m most certainly a runner now, it’s…
Do you feel freezing cold after you run? Are you shivering on the finish line? Maybe you’re ok but then an hour later the cold feeling kicks in? You are…
What I’ve learnt is that most runners don’t warm up before they run! My blog about why to warm up led to the realisation that most people can’t be bothered,…
Do you warm up before you run? Is it really necessary to warm up, isn’t a slow first mile enough? Will adding a warm up to your run really make…
Do you find the first part of your run really hard? Does it take a while before you feel comfortable? That’s certainly the case for me. No matter what distance…
One of my most popular blog posts is ‘Dogs as Running Buddies‘ which I wrote over three years ago. Since then I’ve seen more and more runners getting dogs and…