December 23, 2024
Chicago 12, Melborne City, USA

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Inspiration & Lifestyle

The Completely Wrong Way to Train for a 10k

So, Sunday is the Adnams 10k. The race I entered because you get free beer at the end, and I like beer. I have my race number, I have my timing chip (this time it’s a weird paper thing, not a plastic tag, exciting!) I have checked the weather (cold but sunny, good running weather)

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Inspiration & Lifestyle

Winter Fitness Goals

Brrrr. It’s a bit nippy out. It’s really easy to let the exercise bit slide when it’s cold. I don’t know about you but hot chocolate spiked with brandy in front of the TV always feels more appealing when it’s dark and cold than going for a run. I try and remember that I’ve never

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Inspiration & Lifestyle

Can You Be Fit and Fat?

Every now and again a report pops up in the papers claiming you can be both fat and fit. This one is from September and found via Running Bunn. In this particular study 43,000 people were tested, 18,500 of which were overweight. Of these 18,500, half of them were assessed as being “metabolically healthy”, meaning

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Inspiration & Lifestyle

Negative Running Thoughts

The Marriotts Way 10k is now 9 days away, and I am nervous. On Wednesday night I set off on only my second full 10k training run ever. It was getting dark as we’d set off late. I was off on my normal route, then planning to run round a nearby village with lit roads

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Inspiration & Lifestyle

On Being "The Best"

I know so many people that can do amazing things. It’s inspirational to read blogs from people who are just fantastic at what they do. They’re experts in vintage fashion history and know every label and collection since the 1920s or have an astonishing ability to knock up new frock in an hour from some

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Inspiration & Lifestyle

Weight Loss Motivation

If you need a bit of extra motivation to lose some weight then Model My Diet might help you visualise the results. You put in your current and target weights and it gives you two computer generated models to compare how you look now with how you could look when you hit your goal. You

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Inspiration & Lifestyle Vintage

The "Vintage" Backlash (Or Why I Won't be Hanging Up My Petticoats)

Something funny is going on in the happy land of “vintage”. For a long while we were happy with our victory rolls, and maxi skirts, happy to spend an evening mixing and mingling. Ladies with tea dresses chatted with ladies in mini skirts and chaps with moustaches chatting to tattooed rockabilly babes. And, for the

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Inspiration & Lifestyle Vintage

The Value of Vintage

So, apparently the 90s are vintage. The Vintage Festival says so, so it must be true, after all, they own vintage now, right? This article has caused a minor storm in some quarters and a re emergence of the debate about what constitutes vintage anyway. I’ve kind of written about this before in 2010, and

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Inspiration & Lifestyle Vintage

Vintage Feminism

I can’t quite believe I haven’t written about this already! But it seems I haven’t. Whilst I’ve written about other aspects of the construction of an identity of “vintage” I’ve never actually talked about its relation to feminism and my feelings about it. Lena from Style High Club has written an excellent post about a

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