For a long time I have been feeling really tired. So tired that I struggled to run more than five miles and when I got home from work in the evenings I didn’t have the energy to do anything. In fact, most nights I could barely keep my eyes open past 8pm and some evenings […]
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In my last post I revisited by 2020 health and fitness goals, so in this post I thought I’d also update my 2020 lifestyle and travel goals. 2020 travel goals update All my travel plans for this year have been cancelled for obvious reasons. Although we are allowed to travel again within the UK and […]
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Back in January I blogged about my health and fitness goals for 2020. At the time Covid-19 was a disease that was barely being talked about, so, of all the things that I thought could have prevented me from achieving my health and fitness goals this year, a global pandemic wasn’t one of them. But […]
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As a marathon runner I’d normally dismiss my 5k runs as junk miles. It’s a distance I’ll run before work when I haven’t the time to get a longer run done, or on the treadmill where one minute of running feels like an eternity. So when I was talking to my PT about what to […]
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This post was originally going to be an update of my marathon training during June, but this changed when the Edinburgh marathon, which I was set to run in September, got postponed to May 2021. I completely understand why it has had to be postponed again and, although I’m a little disappointed that I won’t […]
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Over the last few weeks I’ve slowly been getting back to my normal, pre-lockdown, life. There is still so much we can’t do and I’m really, really missing the gym – even lifting heavy weights! But gradually normality seems to be returning. I’m already back in the office during the day, which personally I prefer […]
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Today was another lovely hot and sunny day. I love the sunshine and I’m definitely a sun worshiper. I will happily spend all day, everyday out in the sunshine and one of the best feelings is the heat of the sun on my skin. But when it comes to running in hot weather, even I […]
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This week I officially started training for the Edinburgh marathon. Originally I was supposed to run this marathon back in May, but, due to the pandemic, it has been postponed to September. At the moment it’s still due to go ahead, but I’m being a little pessimistic and I’m expecting that this year’s race will […]
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This weekend I’ve felt drained and unmotivated to run. Although the weather hasn’t been great – cold and rainy since Friday – I think some of my lethargy has been down to the easing of the lockdown. It sounds strange, but actually being allowed out more has meant that I want to spend more time […]
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Sorry, I’ve been really quiet on here for a while. It took me a few weeks to get used to the new way of living when the UK lockdown was announced, plus as a journalist this has been a really busy time for me work-wise. With so much going on, updating this blog got pushed […]
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