Getting Started With Ultra Running

In September 2019 I had gained a whole stack of confidence after entering the marathon, completing 2 1/2 marathons and lost a stack of weight I clicked on a website 😱and I pressed the button to enter an event. A 7 hour event 😱 Surely it’d be a fab way to just have a stack …

My First 20 Mile Run

Starting on this journey back in January, where I couldn’t even contemplate running a marathon as I puffed my way around a 1.5 mile circuit, I would have been in absolutely awe of the person who would get to running 20 miles within the same year. 20 miles is a LONG way! When you think …

6 Stone Lighter

Well, here we are – eeeekkkk!!! GOAL ACHIEVED! I didn’t even know that this was the goal at the beginning. It wasn’t even a goal a few months ago. When I set out in 2019 I wasn’t able to see and visualise exactly where I was going. I would have found it very intimadating and …

Nailing The Long Run

I’m starting to increase the mileage and get the miles in the tank as part of my marathon training. Whilst I’m not up to my highest mileage ever in one go yet I’m only just over half a mile away. This week was going to be my second time over 15.5miles. The first one went …

Ormesby Hall Trust 10 – Race Report

I think I kinda found out about the #trust10 by accident and after a little google search (other search engines are available but I’m not sure anyone uses anything other than Google or Safari right now 😂) I found that there was one reasonably local to me. The Ormesby Hall #trust10. Ormsby Hall is a …

Langdale Half Marathon Race Report

I entered Langdale 1/2 because hubby was going to run the full. I didn’t enter at the same time as him as it was billed as the toughest marathon in the UK and that slightly daunted me about the 1/2 at that stage. I wasn’t up to a super toughie when he entered. As the …

Redcar Half – Race Report

When I initially signed up for the Manchester Marathon in April I KNEW I was a million miles away from where I needed to be. Only a couple of months into my return to running, still very overweight and hitting that button to sign up made by bottom clench. I knew I needed an interim …

Middlesbrough 10k Race Report

Middlesbrough 10K was gonna be my first experience of acting as a PACER. I was super excited to volunteer for this one. It’s something I’d NEVER done before and was really keen to support other runners around the 10k course. When I popped up my hand to do this I made sure that I selected …

Hydration

Yes, I know, I know 💤💤💤 we all know we should be nailing it but perhaps don’t quite get there. It’s been a primary focus for me this year. Hydration is super important to keeping me on track. We know the benefits ~ better skin, increased clarity and the removal of mental fogs, we feed …

Hygge Head Bands – A Review

I bought a couple of Hygge Bands for my marathon training. Sweat band/bandana, hair band ~ they are a multi function kinda item and you can use them in whatever way suits you best. When they arrived I was really pleased – incredibly vibrant (I do love funky kit), little packets of loveliness, light weight …