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Milton Keynes Marathon the sequel! (Pt 2)
If you haven’t already read the first half of my MK #2 marathon recap, read it here. …Here comes part 2!… Mile 16 took us around Willen Lake and it was a completely different experience after...
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Planning the rest of 2013.
So writing up my MK marathon experience seemed to take a lot out of me and I feel as though I have been a little MIA the past few days! If you haven’t checked my report out yet, check out Part 1 and...
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Independent Schools
Here are a few catchup eats from the past few days…On Tuesday evening Dan handmade some of his beefburgers again. We had no burger buns left, so used hotdog buns instead. It worked! I of course had...
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Education posts and some exciting news!
There seem to be a lot of education based posts in the blog world at the moment. Here are three that I’ve spotted over the last few days… Why Do You Do What You Do? – Olive to Run The Learning...
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First post-marathon run
I was itching to get out for my first post-marathon run yesterday. How could I ever go four days without running before. FOUR WHOLE DAYS?! It felt like forever this week. My legs did ache all day...
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Write This Run recap
This has taken longer than planned. Originally I intended on getting a Write This Run post up on Monday after school but (TMI warning…) I have been lying in bed throwing my guts up since 6pm on Monday...
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Going off food and making it through 3hours of parents
Warning: Do not read over dinner…or if talking about vomit makes you queasy(!) I had an amazing weekend. Then headed back to work on Monday. Standard day. Returned home from work and whilst I was...
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Lack of running :(
I feel like I no longer know how to run! Seriously, I took four days off last week after the marathon, and I’ve ended up with another five non-running days this week after picking up whatever...
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20 mile Shires & Spires trial trail run
The plan for this weekend was to cover the first 20 miles of the Shires & Spires Ultra route yesterday and the final 15 miles today. Unfortunately, my body has had other plans for me this past...
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A busy weekend
A busy weekend was had after waking up after my post 20 mile trail run nap on Saturday afternoon. As soon as I woke I had to get myself together enough to cook up an Irish Stew as my dish for...
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Running with friends is the best sort of running :)
Yesterday my friend Hayley asked if I wanted to go for a little four mile jog with her from the lakes after work. Hayley joined the beginners group the same time as me back in Spring 2011 and we both...
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Perfect trail weather
Perfect trail weather tonight and pretty much back to full fitness finally! I haven’t been packing lunch since I went back to school last Thursday after having a couple of days off ill. I have barely...
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Re-evaluating the plan
My goal for this Spring was to get a Sub 5hr marathon at the MK marathon at the start of May. This didn’t happen despite lots of training and being on target just a few weeks before marathon day....
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Lack of blogging
If you follow me on Twitter you will know why the last few days of the bank holiday weekend have been blogless…Unfortunately my phone will not upload pictures to the blog and I have a lot to share from...
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An active hendo
I’d been looking forward to Jenny’s hendo and wedding for a while now. I haven’t known my friend Jenny for very long. I actually met her in my first year working at the school I’m at now. Half way...
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Lake Windermere Pt 1: The Proposal
So yesterday I finished with this picture… …and no details! Here we go as I attempt to recall every bit of Sunday afternoon…! On Sunday morning we woke up bright and early (although not as early as...
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Lake Windermere Pt 2: Celebrating
If you didn’t read my proposal story Part 1, it is right here! We decided pretty much straight away that we didn’t want to update statuses on Facebook or text family members, but rather visit them in...
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Lake Windermere Pt 3: Sharing our news
Part I: The Proposal Part II: Celebrating On the way home we stopped in at The Hollybush just outside Stafford which is where we celebrated our first six months together when Dan took me out. We’ve...
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How much water do you really need?
This article in Women’s Running mag caught my eye. One of Dan’s best friends John, ran Edinburgh marathon last weekend with the aim of completing his first marathon in 3h 30m. I checked his splits...
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Non-runner to Ultra-runner in two years!
That’s what my very first coach Howard said to me when I saw him marshalling at Checkpoint #4 today at the Shires & Spires Ultra! This is going to be a very quick post, to let everyone know that I...
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