Thighs. Many women ( and maybe men, but I have never heard it) have a complicated relationship with their thighs. Time was, I was part of the large group who believed what the media/fitness industry/clothes manufacturers/fashion industry/other women told me about my thighs. That they were too big. Despite having successfully carried around not just… Read More Thoughts on Thighs (or, How Running has changed me)
I don’t mean the football /soccer kind either. In a previous life, I wrote Strategic Plans. My world was full of Vision Statements, Aims and objectives and nothing counted unless it had a measurable outcome. As much as that may sound like a script for The Office, a lot of it really is very useful… Read More Being Good at Goals
Today I went for my Long Slow Run, a 10k route that’s fairly hilly and that seems to be mostly uphill. I was not too worried about my time but concentrated on trying to maintain a steady pace, which I did well for the first 6k but was a bit more erratic on the last… Read More Junethon Day 6 A sickening feeling
I hope I haven’t lured you into this blog under false pretences, there are no nude running pics. By running naked I refer to the idea of running without technology of any kind including watches and music. Today I ran naked. I had a limited amount of time so it was only for 25 minutes… Read More Junethon Day 6 – Running Naked
It’s Juneathon day 5 and writing this blog has motivated me to do some exercise rather than just take a rest day, because otherwise what would I write about? I happily use the Runtastic Pro app to track my running and a few days ago I downloaded their free Leg Trainer app and today I… Read More Runtastic Leg Trainer – A Review
Today was my first run after the 10k Women’s Mini Marathon on Monday. For the last 3 months my running has been all about increasing my distance and I have not been worried about my speed too much. I just wanted to be able to run 10k non-stop. I am taking part in a local… Read More Junethon Day 4. Tempo Run. Sort of
Taking part in Junethon 2015 http://juneathon.com/ was the reason I began this Blog. The idea is very straight forward. For the month of June you exercise and blog every day. So far, its going really well. Day 1 I ran the 10k Dublin Women’s Mini Marathon. Day 2 I rested my lower body and did some upper… Read More Juneathon Day 3 – In Praise of Aquarobics
There are a lot of running websites out there but they are not all suited to everyone. Since January I have found myself returning over and over to the same few so I thought I would share them with you too. My absolute favourite is http://toofattorun.co.uk by Julie Creffield. Starting as a one-woman campaign to encourage… Read More My favourite Running Websites
Yesterday I achieved a running goal I had been working towards since February and ran in my first ever 10k race. Now, when I say race, there were 37,000 of us there so it wasn’t like I was trying to win or anything, that honour went to Maria McCambridge in 34.03. It was my first… Read More Dublin Women’s Mini Marathon 2015
Why am I writing this blog? Partly because I am taking part in the 2015 Juneathon which is all about running and blogging, so here I am, blogging! Mostly because I read a lot of blogs and very few of them reflect my own experiences of running. I love running and very occasionally get competitive,… Read More Welcome. Why am I blogging?
running not racing 