As I write it is only 12 days until the London Marathon!! I’m excited but am feeling impatient and anxious about getting to the big day feeling well and with no injuries! My foot is still playing up! After my foot hurting a bit after my 11 miles, I thought…
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After hurting my foot doing my 18 mile run a few weeks back, I’ve been easing off slightly to try and help it repair. Much of last week was spent with me stressing that it could be a stress fracture and that it wouldn’t heal on time. This irrational worry…
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So, here I am having notched up 16 and 18 miles. Although one slight hitch, the day after doing 18 miles, my right foot hurt. A lot! Thankfully it went after a couple of days, so I didn’t think too much about it. It’s Easter weekend at the min and…
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I’ve had a really good week in terms of training! As Simon’s been out quite a bit in the evenings, I’ve been doing my short runs in my lunch hour at work, so on Tuesday and Thursday I did 3 miles. Tuesday’s run was a killer, my legs felt like…
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I didn’t manage to do my three runs this week due to working away on the Tuesday night. Instead I did 4 miles on Thursday night, followed by 14 miles on Saturday, which went well. For my long run, I decided to run 5 miles to our local Park Run,…
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It’s been pretty quiet on the blog lately. We went away for half term, work’s been pretty full on and trying to squeeze in marathon training too has meant that something has had to give and unfortunately it’s been my blogging. I can’t promise it won’t happen again as it…
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We’ve just been away for a lovely week in a cottage in Norfolk, so it’s been very quiet on here! I’m so late with this, but as the point of it is to capture our memories I still wanted to post. I’m not really a huge January fan. It’s cold,…
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As you may recall, in December, for the first time in over 15 years I had my hair done in a hair salon rather than at home. I decided to try out Hairven, a hair and beauty salon that is shaking up the Nottingham beauty scene. You can read more…
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Another good week, although the weather has been getting to me a little. It’s cold and wet and I’m finding the mid-week evening runs hard. I’m okay once I get out the door, it’s just I’d much rather eat my dinner and snuggle up with Simon on the sofa! I’ve…
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I’m a bit later with this post than planned. It was the twin’s third birthday this week, so it’s been a little hectic. Training is still going well. I struggled a little with the mid-week shorter runs last week. I normally run on a Tuesday and Thursday, but I was…
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January has felt like a very long month and if I’m honest I’m so glad it’s over. Here are some of the things I’ve been using to help get me through January. Beauty A friend of mine is a Nu Skin distributor and I recently tried their Curling Mascara and…
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