November 22, 2024
Chicago 12, Melborne City, USA
Fitness & Health Running

Island Run 10k 2018

This Bank Holiday weekend just gone saw me preparing to run my first 10k since August last year. And when I say my first 10k, I don’t mean my first 10k race, I mean my first 10k period. In fact, my first run over 5k since August last year. So obviously I felt extremely well

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Fitness & Health

5 Tips to Boost Your Energy

Do you ever just feel exhausted and you don’t know why? It happens to me a lot. I have a tendency to keep pushing on, and sometimes I forget to listen to my body. Making sure you have enough mental and physical energy to keep up with your lifestyle can be a balancing act. It’s

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Fitness & Health Running

Have Phone, Will Run

Do you like to listen to music while you run? Back when I started running I spent some time coming up with a running playlist on my iPhone. I used Zombies, Run! and I used a Nike+ app to track my runs. This meant that taking my phone out with me on runs was an absolute

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Fitness & Health

Bupa Health Assessment Review

Recently I worked with Bupa on their #everydaymoments campaign, and I shared how mindfulness meditation helped me find my “zen” and deal with anxiety. As part of the campaign Bupa asked me if I’d like to go along for one of their Health Assessments, and share my experience. I was actually super keen! I’d considered

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Fitness & Health

Learning to Love Sweaty

I had a bit of a “moment” at the gym earlier this week. I was on the stationary bike (the sitting down one as normal bikes are SO UNCOMFORTABLE). It was an attempt to stick to my promise to do more cardio and earn those 500 points on my TomTom watch more often.  I was sweaty

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Dear Diary Fitness & Health Running

#Janathon Day 3 – Life Lessons from Failure

We’re 3 days in and I’ve considered whether I should just ditch Janathon completely. I’ve already failed on 2 days, but that’s 2 days out of 31, and I think food poisoning should be considered a valid excuse. So I shall soldier on, with the goal of improving my cardiovascular fitness considerably by the end

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Fitness & Health Running

#Janathon Day 1 – The Speedy Mile

Happy 2018! I’ve woken up feeling surprisingly perky, considering the amount of food and wine I consumed last night. Which is a good job really, because I decided to take part in Janathon again this year. I first did Janathon in 2013, where I committed to running a mile each day. It was a challenge,

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Fitness & Health

Fitness is for Life – Not Just for Christmas

It just wouldn’t be Christmas without a whole slew of posts telling you how to stick to your fitness goals this Christmas and lists of how many miles you need to run to work off that mince pie you ate. Well, this one’s a little bit different. There’s loads of useful advice out there if

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7 Reasons to Ditch the Scales

I have a confession to make. I’m addicted to the scales. A couple of years ago I lost nearly 2 stone. I have completely changed my eating and my workouts over the 2 years since then, I’ve learned loads about nutrition and exercise, but I still can’t stop myself getting on those scales.   For

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