A running update: injury is tough
These photos were taken the last time I went for a run – back in mid-June. I had to pull out midway through the ultra marathon I’d spent six months training for due to a pain in my knee/hip that...
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Tomorrow I’m running the 40 mile Vale of Glamorgan Ultra Marathon for Tommy’s
One more sleep, as my children would say. One more sleep until I take on...
The day I dropped my children to school… and ran a marathon all on my own!
It’s taken me a few days to summon up the energy to write this… but...
I’m running the Virtual London Marathon this Sunday for Tommy’s (a story of race postponement, injury, training not going to plan and more)
Quick link: You can sponsor us here. What a year it has been! I never...
No London Marathon for me this weekend… so we supported Tommy’s and Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital Charity by walking two ‘family marathons’ instead
I should have been running the London Marathon today. Me and 40,000 other runners, taking...
My hardest race yet – Tough Runner UK Cardiff Trail Half Marathon in aid of Tommy’s
I didn’t think it was possible to simultaneously love and hate a running event so...
Wave of Light: a candle for all the babies not in our arms on Baby Loss Awareness Day
For the babies who we never got to hold. For the babies born sleeping. For...
I’m running the 2020 Virgin London Marathon for Tommy’s – but first… Cardiff Half tomorrow
I was shaking when I read the email. I had to re-read it four or...
My running goals for 2019 – an update
At the start of the year, I wrote about my running goals for 2019 –...
How to take your 5K to a 10K ready for the Cardiff Bay 10K on Sunday 31 March – top tips from Simply Gym at The Red Dragon Centre (ad)
Paid collaboration with The Red Dragon Centre The stereotypical Mothering Sunday morning usually begins with...
12 things I’ve learned from a year of Parkrun
It was my friend Kate who first introduced me to Parkrun. As I’ve written previously...