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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“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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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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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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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 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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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...
Read more With a number of 5Ks done I set myself the challenge of a 10K, the SheRunsHeRuns 10K at Bluewater, 12 August, 2007. What a hilly race – I don’t like hills and will avoid them at all costs if...
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January 2007 – love that date – it was when I started running again. I followed Liz Yelling’s 30 Day Walk to Run programme. It was like being a complete beginner again but even the...
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