Let me first start off by saying that I was not at all prepared for this event as I only signed up the day before as it was my cousin’s first 10k event and I decided to take part. The Banks’s 10k started at 10:15am, although I got there early

Table of Contents Toggle Introduction:Pacers:The Course:Aid Stations:Entertainment:Atmosphere:Goodie Bag:T-shirt and Medal:Overall: Introduction: I entered this event the day before the run was due to take place, Saturday 1st September 2018, and had to pay an extra £5 for the privilege (£21 entry, would have been £16 if I had registered before

Table of Contents Toggle Introduction:Main Differences:Activity Profiles:Heart Rate and Sleep Monitoring:Performance Condition:Battery Life:Conclusion:Photos: Introduction: (I have now upgraded… again… to the Garmin 945!) I started out using my mobile to track my runs, however as I started to do more treadmill training and gym work, this became tedious to keep

Until 3 weeks ago I hadn’t ran a Parkrun for around 18 months as I found that I would push too hard on them and then spend too much of the week recovering, so after 6 runs I decided to cut back on running them. I wanted to run one

  Today I’m going to break down my event bucket list. Originally this started off with purely running events, however one day I would love to complete an Ironman, as well as certain obstacle course races. Let’s start by taking a look at purely running events: Table of Contents Toggle

It’s taken me a little while to write this post because it hasn’t really sunk in yet that despite it being the hottest London Marathon on record, and me being an honorary ginger, that I completed my first marathon. Let’s start with the Expo; the Expo opened on Wednesday 18th

Ok, so I ran this on October 15th 2017, but am only just getting around to blogging about it… why? Well, first of all it was my first half marathon and it really made me realize how tough the distance is, I started a new job and was ill over

So I managed to get a great deal on a pair of Nike Pegasus 34 (£26) recently and thought I’d share my first opinion of them. I normally wear size 6 running shoes, however I did go up half a size for my Nike Vomero 12’s to allow for the

Since my last event, the Cannock Chase 10k, my training had been very lacklustre… even before that event my training had been inconsistent as I had hurt my ankle and was struggling with motivation. Since getting my charity place for the London Marathon 2018, I registered for the Birmingham Half

Table of Contents Toggle Introduction:Pacers:The Course:Aid Stations:Entertainment:Atmosphere:Goodie Bag:T-shirt and Medal:Overall: Introduction: September 10th saw me and my fiancé take on the Lichfield 10k. Race entry cost us £17 each, but included free parking, a technical t-shirt, a medal, 2 bottles of water and a banana. We arrived at 9:30 to