Navigating The Niggle

There’s always been a couple of reasons why I have this blog; 1️⃣ my own personal journal of my journey/adventures 2️⃣ I’ve always said “if I can inspire, help & support just one person then that’s super positive” I am passionate about keeping an open & honest narrative but have realised this week that I …

The Injured Runner

Don’t it always seem to go. That you don’t know what you‘ve got ‘til it’s gone?  Being injured as a runner sucks! You see people everywhere running. Everyone’s a bloody runner. It doesn’t help all that much when you work in a running shop and you are passionate about helping and supporting runners all day long and want to inspire and motivate …

A Little Girl’s Running Dream Comes True

When I was a little girl I used to watch the London marathon with my parents. It was the time that the small telly was brought down from the kitchen and popped into my parents bedroom and a couple of primary school aged children would wedge their way between their parents, eat toast and watch …

The Man With The Plan

So, I was 2 blocks down. I’d ran Manchester Marathon twice and neither had necessarily gone absolutely to plan but, as with all marathon blocks, I’d learned a lot. My Dad had ran a Good For Age time which would mean he had a qualification for London Marathon at the 2nd Manchester Marathon I had …

Can I Do All The Things?

A big question really for an article.   Can I (or even should I) do all the things?  Again, like so many questions the obvious answer is it depends.  We are probably the first generation where there’s been a dialogue about having it all, doing it all and being all the things.  It might be that you …

parkrun Is For Everybody

I bloody love parkrun I do!  It brings so much to my world.  A sense of routine, community, it can give you exactly what you need when you need it, a belonging to name but a few things.  parkrun is a weekly, FREE, timed event which takes place in parks & recreational areas throughout the …

Week 1 Of The Hybrid Block

Last week was a down week.  A lighter recovery week with no intensity.  A recovery after Northallerton 10k This block is going to be a wee bit of a hybrid block.  The next marathon is 17 weeks so my intention is to work through a 10k-1/2 marathon phase and then crack on to the marathon …

Do I Need A Running Coach?

No one NEEDS a running coach, the question is more do you want one and will you benefit from one. Full disclosure, I’m not coached. I self coach.  I set my own blocks and my own sessions in advance (I will write an article about how I do it).  So let’s look at the pros …

Race Report – Northallerton 10k

The beautiful market town of Northallerton, situated in North Yorkshire, a little south of Darlington hosts an annual 10km run in association with a local charity, Pendragon Community Trust. OK, so I always thought that Northallerton was flat! I did Northallerton 10k back in the late 90s/early 00’s and I don’t remember it being anything …