It’s been 3 years since I last ran the Trowse 10k. Coinciding, I would guess, with the time that they moved the run from Easter weekend in Spring, to Halloween weekend in October, as I’ve often had other engagements that weekend. This year, though, I was really looking forward to running it. Although I haven’t
The weekend just gone was shaping up to be a busy one. It was the opening weekend of Norwich Cocktail Week, on Saturday we were booked to run the Clapham Tough Mudder with Black Tower Wine, and on Sunday morning we’d managed to snag last-minute waiting list spots for the Marriott’s Way 10k. Sadly, some
Ah, Run Norwich. Every year I wonder why I keep signing up for you? Is it that I feel I deserve some kind of mid-summer punishment by running 6 miles I have invariably not trained for, round a hilly route on an absurdly hot day? Who knows? But this year I discovered that my dedication
For absolutely YEARS I’ve wanted some decent weights at home. I live in a terraced house with no basement and no garage. Our spare room is an office and there is no room for elaborate gym equipment. I’m never going to have my own squat rack, I don’t even have space for dumbbells other than
Last year I headed back to the place I grew up, the Isle of Sheppey, to complete the Island Run 10k for the first time. As well as the momentous and historic occasion of being the first time I had run it, it was also the first time the race had been a 10k rather
If there’s one thing I noticed at the end of this Roller Derby season, it’s that my body desperately needed a break. Playing a contact sport is tough, and playing it into your 40s means you really have to start listening to your body. If your body says it needs a break from being beaten
Oh, hai there winter! In the last month I have realised that: My winter coat needs dry cleaning. I do not have any non-laddered “natural” tights for times when black opaques are not appropriate. All my black opaque tights are bobbly and snagged. I cannot find my black beret. I really cannot be bothered to
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. There are awareness-raising events held all across the country and it’s time to have a bit of an eye-opening chat about breast cancer. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK and one person is diagnosed with it every 10 minutes. That’s a hell of a lot
One day I will start a race story with the words “I was feeling well trained and confident”. Sadly this is not that day. Marriott’s Way is my favourite 10k race to run. I’ve run it 3 times now. It was my first 10k back in 2012, then I ran it in 2013 and 2015.