Yesterday, Facebook Memories reminded me that it was the nine year anniversary of my first ten kilometre race. I wasn't A Runner back then, of course. I led a much less healthy lifestyle which mainly revolved around watching repeats of Airline with my idiot ex-boyfriend whilst getting legless on supermarket real ale, then ordering Domino's. … Continue reading My First 10k Race
Category: running memories
Brighton Half Marathon, 2016
In three weeks time, I'm going to be running the Brighton Half for the second time. The first time was one of the best days of my life. I've never actually written a post about it before, because it sounds a bit like a twee inspirational fat girl running story, and I hate those, but … Continue reading Brighton Half Marathon, 2016
2017 in Running
2017 started very badly with my withdrawal from the Barcelona Half with two weeks to go. Having missed so much training through injury, I knew there was no way I could run it within the time limit, and I decided to cut my losses and defer until 2018. I write this post with six weeks … Continue reading 2017 in Running
The Great Yorkshire Pieathlon 2016
This is a post I wrote exactly a year ago which popped up in my memories today. I thought you might appreciate it. I am from London. I do runs that start in places like Trafalgar Square and take you across smooth, wide roads with not so much as a pothole in your way. If … Continue reading The Great Yorkshire Pieathlon 2016