December 23, 2024
Chicago 12, Melborne City, USA
Inspiration & Lifestyle

4 Fitness Habits You’ll Never Catch Me Doing (and 3 I Plan to Try)

Yeah I know, never say never, I mean just 2 years ago I’d have laughed in your face if you’d told me I’d be running a Half Marathon at all, let alone gearing up to start training for my second, and if you’d told me in April last year that I’d be spending a large

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Fitness & Health

USA Pro Fit Kit Review

Recently I was contacted by USA Pro and asked if I wanted to review some of their Spring Summer 2014 fit kit range. In my never ending hunt for good quality reasonably priced yet attractive sports wear that isn’t pink. I said yes. I was sent the racer back vest in Teal and 3/4 leggings

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Dear Diary Inspiration & Lifestyle

The Perils of Over Doing It.

This last month I have learnt why all exercise books tell you to build things up slowly. It wasn’t deliberate. I was just a bit stupid. Christmas is pretty much always a slack fest especially post Half Marathon, and the first couple of months of this year were also pretty light. I had a terrible

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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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Fitness & Health

Training for a 10k – My Asics Review

It is with some fear that I approach my first 10k on the 14th October. I managed to complete a 10k run on Sunday in a time of 1 hour 10 minutes, so at least I have a baseline time and know I can actually do it, but how do you actually go about training

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