If it makes you happy… keep practicing

If it makes you happy… keep practicing

After yoga at Sweaty Betty Brighton tonight (it’s free, you should go), as I locked up my bike and wandered into the supermarket to get some salmon for dinner, Sheryl Crow’s If It Makes You Happy started playing in the…

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Cycling, I heart you

Cycling, I heart you

Since claiming PB glory at Brighton Marathon last month, I’ve been having a bit of a break from running, and spending time with my other true love – cycling. Ever since I was a kid I’ve always had a bike.…

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Ashdown Park Spa Day – How to win at marathon recovery

Ashdown Park Spa Day – How to win …

I’m not sure what I enjoyed the most – running strong to PB glory at Brighton Marathon this month or the epic spa day of pampering and indulgence afterwards at the gorgeous Ashdown Park Hotel.  I’ve only ever had a…

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Brighton Marathon 2015: The run of my life

Brighton Marathon 2015: The run of my life

How do I even start to tell you about my Brighton Marathon experience this year? My epic, awesome, run-of-my-life Brighton Marathon 2015? It was the kind of run where you can’t stop smiling, where no matter how hard it gets…

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15 taper commandments: learning how to rest

15 taper commandments: learning how to rest

Eight days out from Brighton Marathon and again, I’m on a running ban until race day. This happened last year, I got all the way to the taper, and a previously unproblematic hip decided to come out to play and…

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