Fat Girl to Ironman

1 January 2022

Penryn Campus parkrun to complete CornwALL

In December 2019, I posted that I’d completed all of the parkruns in Cornwall. However, in October 2021, a new parkrun started: Penryn Campus parkrun. I was hoping to visit on 18th December, but that ended up being the start date of Bartley Park parkrun, an event that I’m the ambassador for. On 25th December, I felt that I shouldn’t...

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12 December 2021

My 350th parkrun

I’ve been parkrunning for over 11 years, so it’s an essential part of my Saturday mornings. I’ve been struggling with running since I put a lot of weight on, but I still love turning up to parkrun. This weekend’s run is one that I’ve been anticipating for quite a long time – I finally completed my 350th parkrun. In anticipation...

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7 December 2021

My parkrun A-Z: Jersey Farm parkrun

This weekend, my mum came to stay, which meant that I had a free pass to travel to another parkrun. (My mum comes to visit M, not me!) I’m trying to complete my parkrun alphabet and as the letters that I needed were J, Y and Z, it was an easy decision. There’s only one Y left in the UK...

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19 November 2021

Cross-country race at Manor Farm

The second race of the CC6 series took place last Sunday at Manor Farm. I was a little nervous about it as my run at parkrun on Saturday had been terrible. My shins had been in severe pain and I was worried that I had run too much this week. Malcolm and Jill had kindly agreed to give me a...

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14 November 2021

Finally achieved Groundhog Day!

The last few weeks have been so hectic that I’ve not had any time for blogging… and not enough time for exercise either. I keep dreaming of the days when I could run well, but I don’t seem to be making any progress there, so I’m looking for victories in other places. One of them, Groundhog Day, was something that...

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23 October 2021

My fastest time at Southampton parkrun since 2020

This week started with good intentions. My plan was to cycle to breakfast club with Morgelyn and do some yoga every day. I did an hour of yoga and Sunday and cycled on Monday morning. On Monday lunchtime, I had a run with Kate. After that the weather was bad and M’s asthma has been playing up, so exercise went...

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11 October 2021

My parkrun A-Z: Victoria Dock parkrun

Last weekend, Stuart treated us to a trip to London. M was so excited about our minibreak as the last time that we went somewhere other than my mum’s house in Cornwall for a break was two years ago. I was excited because it was an opportunity for some parkrun tourism. I’m still trying to complete my parkrun alphabet, so...

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3 October 2021

A new cross country league race

I did my first cross country race since early 2017 today. I was pleased that I went out and did it, but the photos show just how much weight I’ve put on in the last couple of years. I’ve decided that I’m going to try to do all of the CC6 races this season. My goals I had three goals...

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2 October 2021

My first 5km buggy run in over a year

This week has been up-and-down in more ways than one. A big high was being included in a Vuelio top 10 list, my cycle commute is definitely ‘up-and-down’, work feels relentless as it’s the start of the academic year and my running still feels in decline. However, I was pleased to complete my first 5km buggy run in over a...

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25 September 2021

parkrun Tourism: Havant parkrun

My parkrun tourism continued with a trip to Havant parkrun this week. I’m working on ‘cHampshire’ – completing all of the parkruns in Hampshire. Stu and I had agreed to give fellow RD Kate a lift to Staunton Country Park. Kate is trying to do more parkrun tourism and is interested in completing her parkrun alphabet. I was slightly concerned...

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