How to stay fit and healthy during autumn

September 3, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

Now that September is here it won’t be long until the days get noticeably cooler and the nights longer. Autumn is on its way! I love autumn, it is one of my favourite time of year and early autumn usually brings with it perfect running weather. I also love this time of year as hiking […]

What is heart rate training and should you try it?

August 18, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

Heart rate training is something I’ve read and heard about for a while and, the more I’ve found out about it, the more I’ve wanted to try it. A few weeks ago, just before I properly started training for the Hertfordshire Half Marathon, I decided that it was the perfect opportunity to try something new […]

City break: Stockholm

July 14, 2019.Reading time 13 minutes.

Heading to Stockholm was a bit of a random choice. I had wanted to visit Scandinavia for a while, as I’d never been to that part of the world and was curious about what it would be like. Originally I had been looking at Copenhagen (still on my wishlist), but it was a bit out […]

My current fitness goals

June 30, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

I love being fit and healthy, but I’m not going to lie – sometimes finding the motivation to workout and eat well is tough. For me one way to stay motivated is to always have a goal to aim for. But, whereas in the past my goal has usually been a race or a competition, […]

Nutrition and fitness podcasts

May 22, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

While I don’t tend to listen to podcasts when I run, at the end of a long day of work and workouts I’m often exhausted and love taking this time to sit down, rest and listen to one of my favourite podcasts. The podcasts I follow reflect my diverse range of random interests (everything from […]

Pacing my London marathon

May 14, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

I’m not a good pacer. Whereas some runners are able to achieve almost even splits throughout a race, mine tend to be all over the place. Getting injured five weeks before the London marathon meant that even before the race I knew I wasn’t going to run for a PB, so with any chance of […]

Cold weather running – should you do it?

February 4, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

Running in picturesque snow scenes looks great on Instagram but in real life running outdoors when the temperature drops below freezing is not much fun. Let’s face it even the biggest running enthusiast would struggle to get the motivation to leave a warm and cosy bed for a 5am run in sub-freezing temperatures. This, along […]