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June 2014

When injury rears its ugly head

I’ve injured my leg pretty badly. I did it a couple of weeks ago but didn’t want to write about it because that would be like admitting to myself that my Sydney Marathon hopes are in jeopardy. But after my third physio visit today it’s now official – my Sydney …

Green

Just because I am a runner and take my training pretty seriously doesn’t mean I necessarily devote the same amount of effort and dedication to my diet. It’s not something I’m proud of but unfortunately it’s true. My past Nutella addiction is well documented throughout my blog and although I …

Twelve Bittersweet Years

Today marks the twelfth anniversary of our twins births and deaths. Each year since my blog has been around I write something on Ella and Jasmine’s anniversary to mark the occasion. It’s not a grab for sympathy or attention, but my way of highlighting a very special cause and hopefully …

One Year Sydniversary

Yep I can’t believe it either. In a few weeks it will be a year since we left London. Beautiful, lovely, amazing, London. My happy place. Then there is Sydney. Eleven months ago I’d have called it things I won’t repeat but I’ve since made peace with my hometown and …

Marathon Training. Round 2.

It’s been seven weeks since the London Marathon. I’m already into week two of training for the Sydney Marathon in september and I’m not really sure how I feel about doing it all again. The weeks between training plans have been lovingly filled with nice gentle easy runs instead of …