Fat Girl to Ironman

28 February 2023

Marathon training round-up

Yet again, the last few weeks have been so busy that I haven’t had enough time to blog alongside working, training and studying. I’m not quite where I want to be but am pleased that I am continuing to make progress. Sunday Runday (12/02/23) On Sunday 12th February, I joined in with Sunday Runday. This was the second of three...

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11 February 2023

Finally back under 30 minutes at parkrun

It’s been a while since I’ve had enough time to write a blog post as I’ve been busy with work, studying and training. However, I have been making progress in all areas, including running parkrun in under 30 minutes. Long run and Southampton parkrun 28/01/23 My long run was a bit shorter this week – I only needed to do...

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27 January 2023

My longest run in nearly 5 years!

I’ve been really busy at work in the last couple of weeks delivering a webinar and a face-to-face class, alongside all of my usual activities. However, despite this, I managed to complete my longest run in nearly 5 years. I’m also persevering with the rest of my training. Monday night run with LRR Monday night was an interval session on...

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15 January 2023

Improving my fitness age

The treadmill has settled in and is now a part of our family. M drew a family portrait this week. You can see ‘Treddie’ on the left, next is M, then me and then Stu. Below us is Deebot, our robot vacuum cleaner! I received my annual total from Strava this week. In 2022, I was active on more days...

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8 January 2023

My first week of training in 2023

My 16-week countdown to the London Marathon starts here. I’m still struggling with my breathing after getting ill 7 weeks ago, but I’ve decided to plough on. If I don’t recover quickly enough then I’ll defer my place. New Year’s Day parkrun After our parkrun at Bartley Park, we knew that M would not be willing to do another run...

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31 December 2022

My 50th parkrun in a year

My final parkrun of 2022 was at Bartley Park. I was ‘running’ with M, so I knew I wouldn’t get a PB. I had really hoped I would get back under 30 minutes at parkrun this year, but it was not to be. My fastest time this year was 30:13 (at Southampton on 12/11/22). Catching up with friends It was...

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27 December 2022

A trio of festive parkruns

I spent Christmas with my family, so I had the opportunity to do a parkrun on the drive down to Cornwall. I also managed to squeeze in two festive parkruns whilst in Cornwall. Weymouth parkrun We left Southampton early on 17th December, so that we could drive to Weymouth for 9am. I’d hoped to do Weymouth parkrun in summer so...

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14 December 2022

Christmas gift idea: 50 women in sport

At this time of year, it can be hard to motivate yourself. I don’t want to tie my laces and leave the house for a run. I love reading motivational books to encourage me to keep going. One book which I’ve read recently that I would recommend adding to your Christmas wish list is 50 Women in Sport by Jean...

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11 December 2022

Getting back to training

It has been immensely frustrating being unwell. I’ve not run for nearly three weeks and am still not completely well but am determined to get back to training. Run Directing at parkrun On Saturday 3rd December, I was Run Director at Southampton parkrun. M agreed to volunteer with me as a barcode scanner. It’s one of her favourite volunteer roles...

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27 November 2022

Staying Alive

This week has been a write-off when it comes to marathon training. I was very busy at work interviewing candidates for four posts and then I ended up becoming ill. I managed a training session on Monday and have spent the rest of the week focusing on staying alive. Monday night training I made it out to LRR’s Monday night...

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