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The Final chapter – It’s Just as Well we Can’t See Into The Future …
But, at the beginning of August, three days before we were due to leave, life bought me back down to earth with a huge bump. A lump had appeared in my left breast, out of the blue, nothing one minute and a lump the next. I made an appointment to see my GP who said I would have to be referred to a specialist and would have to attend a hospital appointment within the next 14 days.
What do I Really Need to Run – Part 2
The job of the kit is to make you feel comfortable. Whatever you choose make sure it is technical fabric. The days of cotton are firmly out and these days it has to be lightweight moisture wicking materials. There is nothing worse than fabric that gets wet and gets heavier as you run or rubs in the wrong places. All the top brands make their kit with this material. Think about the season, are you trying to stay warm or trying to stay cool.
Go for Green
The everyday drink that will help you train harder in 2012
Throw away those protein shakes and post exercise carb replacements because according to a new study Green Tea could be one of the best drinks there is for helping you recover from strenuous exercise.
Happiness is a Way of Life – Part 2
With increasingly stressful busy lives, more demands being made on us to work longer hours, travel longer distances, work as parents, carers and home makers as well as juggling numerous jobs, businesses and careers, it’s easy for life to feel like an eternal treadmill with the gradient increasing all the time, yet never reaching the destination. And happiness and fulfilment can seem like a distant dream.
What do I Really Need to Run?-Part 1
Anyway, the real dilemma ladies, over the years, has gone on to be kit and how to look good when trying to kill myself. Is it ever possible to look glamorous when sweating and wearing lycra and bright colours? Is it really necessary to look like a moving traffic cone or light?
Happiness is a Way of Life – Part 1
I guess measuring happiness really depends on how we define happiness and what it means to us, the individual. For sure, there are millions of unhappy, deeply desperate people in the World in situations beyond their control, but there are also millions of people who appear to ‘have it all’ or at least are exposed to images of what ‘having it all’ seems to involve.
TV Star Phoebe Thomas – “Does This Sound Familiar?”
This is the year that I am going to become a runner. I can’t believe it, yes I was the one who stood on the school sports field refusing to run and pretending my asthma was bad. I hated running and dreaded every PE lesson.
2009 – A Year of Highs and Lows!
My first race booked for 2009 was the Reading Half Marathon on 29th March. I ran regularly to train for the race and the day dawned sunny but cold. This is one of my favourite races and I crossed the line in what I thought was 2:19:02 but then realised that was the gun time.
New Year, New You…….Really?
How many times have you heard this phrase…? ‘New Year, New You’!
This splits the nation into two categories; those who get majorly motivated by the statement and begin to plan this ‘New Self’ versus those who cynically think ‘yeah yeah I’ve tried it all before’.
How Aerobic X Training Can Boost Your Running!
Many of you will have been told by a physio that you are not allowed to run for a period of time due to an injury or ‘niggle’. Now be honest, how many of you have half heartedly gone to the swimming pool, executed some relaxed breaststroke lengths and convinced yourself that the light swim three times a week is keeping you just as fit as that half marathon schedule you have been following?
