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Cyprus International 4 day challenge
Training in earnest has begun now for November’s Cyprus international 4 day challenge. The race is in it’s 9th year and looks really cool. You run 4 different races on each of the days; day 1 is a 6km...
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Training update
Training has gone so-so this week. I have started to worry on two counts; Firstly that the half marathon is the day after an 11km hill run and secondly that my half marathon time goal was only...
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Faster, but is it enough?
I feel training this week hasn’t really been what I wanted. I’ve missed a couple of runs that I wanted to get in and have felt like my sleep has been poor quality which has had an effect on the...
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Flight and fight
OK a brief (I’m sure you are not that interested in my personal training life?!) update: Running speed is up for longer distances now – knocking out 8-10miles @ 7min 15sec averages this would give me...
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Not bad for an old bird
So its done! Overall I came 15th out of 41 females and in my best race (10km run) I came 12th. I came 4th in my age category overall. My overriding feeling is that I am pleased with my results but...
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The calm before the storm
Tomorrow night I fight for a European kickboxing title. I feel apprehensive having been out of the ring competitively for a while, my last fight was for a British title 8 years ago. But I have nothing...
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Women’s European kickboxing title fight summary
So that you don’t have to scroll through this post to the end ill give you the details at the start; I lost on a split decision. This means that we didn’t knock each other out nor were the judges...
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Turning 40
It’s happening to me this year: So I need to get over myself! Actually after a mild shock when I turned 39 that “it” was just around the corner I have come to see the huge benefits of wisdom and...
View ArticleDietBet weight loss game – now that’s what I call genius!
Simply put this is the most amazing weight loss tool that I have ever come across. Forget gizmo’s that monitor your heart rate, measure your run gradient, forget trainers with arch technology and...
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2015 Won’t change anything unless you do
…..Fairly obviously But how do you do this and make it last? The answer is in such small changes that on a daily basis you almost don’t realise you are making change. That way you will get to your...
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