Exercise Phobia
Ever feel afraid of exercising? You are not alone. It is up there on the fear factor scale for many. Whether you are afraid of what you will look like, being laughed at or of the discomfort you...
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Can Exercise Make You More Attractive?
So does exercise make us more attractive? As I’ve just completed months of grueling training for a fairly challenging event, I hope so! And now that summer’s here for some, it’s a chance to show...
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When Loss Strikes Hard – Exercise Can Help
Whether its bereavement, redundancy, divorce or illness, perhaps it’s a relationship that’s finished, a child who’s left home or a phase of life that’s ended, loss usually hits hard. It takes its...
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PE Lessons Put Girls Off Exercise
“Schoolgirls are being put off exercise and sport by their PE lessons,” The Daily Telegraph has reported. Apparently, many young girls feel self-conscious when exercising or unhappy about...
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Choose Life and Live It!
Do you ever sit in front of the TV feeling just slightly envious of who or what you’re watching? Whether it’s a travel programme, reality show, big sports event or team challenge, sometimes it’s...
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Trail Running in The Alps
None of us have a running history, we’re all working mums and like so many who read this website we’ve discovered running late in life as a way of staying fit despite our limited free time...
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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...
Read more 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...
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A Very Personal Story of Courage – Part 5
Onwards! Losing my friend gave me a renewed energy for life and for running. After my PB Parkrun at the end of June my next challenge was the New Forest 10 (miles) in July 2008. My son took...
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