Summer vs. Winter
I used to think that people who dramatically changed their training goals to fit the season were idiots. That they didn’t take their goals seriously or, worse, didn’t have goals in...
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Tagged: running
Mountainous adventurous
One of the weird things about having an online presence – a blog, website, YouTube channel as well as being a bit noisy on Facebook – is that you forget that...
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The struggle of life as an Alpha female
Ahahahaaaa another click-bait headline. Hah. Haha. *sobs* Actually, this isn’t a tale of woe, filled with the dark downsides of being the not-so-feminine counterpart to the so-called Alpha Male, but is...
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The on-going saga of my faulty lungs
Soon I have the first (of what will likely be many) appointment with my lung specialist, and since I started this story a while ago I figured I’d best write up the next...
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2014 – A Year To Learn (things to do and not do)
One of the things I realised in 2014 was that I would like to “help people be more awesome”. There is a lot to “awesome” (besides being an overused and increasingly...
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Grisedale Pike to Causey Pike run/walk (photos)
I’m up in the Lake District with friends for a week. It’s my first holiday that’s not involved an obstacle race so far this year, and whilst that should mean sitting...
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Overcoming obstacles
The best thing about summer, apart from the fact that it’s actually summer, is doing obstacle course races again. Woohoo! To a lot of people though, judging from reactions I get...
Read moreExceeding my expectations
In an attempt to get back into more regular blogging, I’m going to hammer out a short post as an alternative to hammering out a long status message on Facebook, where...
Read moreBrutal Nuts
This post is wayyyy overdue, but now it’s the new year (and still January, just…) I’m trying to get through my backlog of draft posts that I have accumulated over the...
Read moreNettle Warrior
At the start of summer I signed up to do one of those mud/obstacle/trail runs that have become so popular in the last few years – the Tough Guy “Nettle Warrior”...
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