It's crazy to think that it was a year ago that I made the decision I was going to run the 2019 London Marathon. Since that point I ran 1,049.8 miles in training and (at the point of writing this) have raised £2,323.79 for Dogs Trust! During the week leading up to the marathon it … Continue reading 26.2 miles…done! →

All the runners for the London Marathon have to go to the Excel Centre to pick up their race number and timing chip by 5pm on the Saturday before the race. I had planned to go on the Saturday, before then staying in London that night. However, as it happened, I had to go up … Continue reading The Expo! →

So it's now Monday of the week leading up to the marathon- 6 days to go! Yesterday I did a 7 mile run and it felt really good- it was a beautiful, warm, sunny day and I just thoroughly enjoyed getting out. My legs felt fine whilst I was running but, once I got home, … Continue reading The final countdown! →

I'm so pleased to have reached my fundraising target this week! When I first started, £2000 seemed like an almost impossible task. Right up until the end of January I was really worried about it and it was just constantly there in the back of my mind. I'd been doing lots of things but was … Continue reading Fundraising target reached! →

So today marks 3 weeks until the London Marathon! This is the point at which it's advised runners do their longest run and then start to ease up and taper. I also wanted to practice a long run wearing exactly what I plan to on the day- I thought I might be a bit chilly … Continue reading The final long training run! →

Sometimes, on my long runs, I like to set myself little challenges so for last week's 16.5 miler I tasked myself with finding (and photographing) as many different yellow flowers as possible. From previous runs recently I'd noticed quite a few- Spring has definitely sprung 🙂 Just having a little challenge like this gives me … Continue reading Little challenges →

I'd signed up for the Lydd 20 mile race absolutely ages ago as, being my home town and well timed before London, I knew it was one I definitely wanted to do. However, I hadn't banked on such a rotten day, weather-wise! The event has grown considerably since I did the Half Marathon in 2016 … Continue reading The Lydd 20 mile race →

I sat down last night (after a suitably HUGE pasta meal!) and planned a route which I'd hoped would be 20 miles for today and was quite excited to get out at 7am this morning with Paddy to give it a go! We started off on one of our regular routes, heading towards the wind … Continue reading 21 miles and a great adventure with Paddy! →

I have to admit, the fundraising side of this marathon has been really hard work so far and I've genuinely been more worried about that than I have the prospect of running 26.2 miles! However, I had a fantastic break through with it last weekend with my quiz night 🙂 I'd set the date and … Continue reading Quiz night! →

Paddy and I headed out this morning armed with a highlighted map, snacks and the aim to get a 19 miler under our belt. It was really mild which was nice but rather uninspiringly cloudy. We did just see a glimmer of the sunrise though... I'd planned another road route (although, living where we do, … Continue reading 19 miles! →