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May 27, 2019

Monday Morning Motivation: UCLA Gymnastics

This week’s Monday Morning Motivation is courtesy of UCLA Gymnastics. In particular, I’m inspired by Katelyn Ohashi. She completed her final competitive routine for the team last month. Gymnastics has a special place in my heart. I took it up at 20 and trained for over a decade, only giving up when my workload as a teacher became too much....

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May 20, 2019

Monday Morning Motivation: Blood Road

Blood Road follows the journey of ultra-endurance mountain bike athlete Rebecca Rusch and her Vietnamese riding partner, Huyen Nguyen, as they pedal 1,200 miles along the infamous Ho Chi Minh Trail through the dense jungles of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. Their goal: to reach the site where Rebecca’s father, a U.S. Air Force pilot, was shot down in Laos more...

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May 13, 2019

Monday Morning Motivation: Latoya Shauntay Snell

I first read about Latoya Shauntay Snell in 2018. Someone had shared a photo of her running in a Facebook group. My first thought was to wonder where she had got her leggings from, so I did a bit of Googling and ended up on her Instagram page. Then I wanted to find out more about her and did some...

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May 6, 2019

A weekend of running in Southampton

Southampton parkrun We were finally back in Southampton for a parkrun, which was great. I love visiting new events, but I also like seeing my friends at Southampton. It was my turn to run with M in her buggy. I’d not run far when I saw my friend and former colleague, Lorrayne. We settled into a comfortable rhythm and completed...

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May 6, 2019

Fit and healthy break in Bournemouth

I’ve now booked tickets for my big holiday of the year (to Australia for my brother’s wedding), but that’s a long way off, so I’m trying to plan lots of mini breaks and excursions. My first weekend adventure was with my friend Inez. We went to Bournemouth which has a wide range of shops, activities, restaurants and hotels to suit...

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May 6, 2019

Monday Morning Motivation: Live Like Line

I watched The Miracle Season on Netflix and although it’s predictable in places, I also found it moving as I knew it was based on a true story. I don’t think it’s too much of a spoiler to say that the eponymous character, Line, passes away not long into the film. Instead the narrative focuses on what her friends and...

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April 29, 2019

Monday Morning Motivation: Moon Fahel

As we’re in peak marathon season, this week’s inspiration is courtesy of an 85-year-old runner: Moon Fahel. Moon joined a gym after retiring at 66. Whilst there he would try anything that sounded like fun, including Zumba and martial arts. Moon was undergoing treatment for prostate cancer when he started running just over 6 years ago. Since then he has...

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April 27, 2019

Team SOAS 2019

I was so excited when my Team SOAS 2019 kit arrived that I organised to go out cycling with my friend Teri. This was the first year that we were given two colour choices for the kit. I chose the rose gold but had some serious kit envy when I saw the version in blues and greens. The kit looks...

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April 27, 2019

My parkrun A-Z: Guildford parkrun

After doing our last three parkruns at Moors Valley, Killerton and the Eden Project, we were looking forward to seeing friends at our home parkrun today, however, we ended up doing Guildford parkrun. Why did we go to Guildford parkrun? We’re busy planning ahead for a trip to Australia in the autumn. We last went two years ago. At that...

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April 26, 2019

parkrunning in Cornwall at Eden Project parkrun

I was at home in Cornwall for Easter weekend, so there was another opportunity for parkrun tourism. I’d love to be able to complete all of the parkruns in Cornwall, but Mount Edgcumbe and Tamar Lakes are quite a long way from my family home in West Cornwall. I decided that Eden Project parkrun would be a great event to...

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