In 129 days I’ll be running the London Marathon. I can’t tell you how good it feels to write that. How amazed I am that I’ve come this far with what started out as walking along the Thames in London to shed a bit of baby weight (I’m not sure …
Because I have no saturday night social life and my children were all busy staring at the digger we currently have sitting in our back garden, I decided to be brave and scroll through my Instagram photo gallery. Last week marked the four month anniversary of our arrival in Sydney …
Last Saturday night I trekked (read: we pre-booked parking) out to Homebush to do the Electric Run. Summed up, it’s a 5km run around the outside of ANZ stadium to really loud music that belongs to a generation not of my own, with lots of lights and neon and lots …
I haven’t written a blog about running in a while. I worry that people will get sick of hearing me bleat on about it. ‘Mummy-blogger-turned-annoying-runner’ isn’t exactly the type of blogger I want to be known as (even though I probably am one). There is a Mum at Luca’s school …
Today I ran the Blackmores Sydney Running Festival half marathon. Not only was it a perfectly blue and warm spring day but it was a beautiful course starting at the Harbour Bridge and finishing at the Opera House 21km later … but best of all I ran my personal best …
I’m pretty darned good at embarrassing myself in public. I’ve blogged about it before, here and here and here. As you know, I run a lot. My favourite Sydney run so far is through Lane Cove National Park. Starting at the Lady Game Drive gate and running up to Lane …
For something that is essentially just putting one foot in front of the other repeatedly, running has filled my life with great things. I have had many people in my past and present life tell me that running is addictive, running helps with depression, running just makes you feel less …
I have met some phenomenal people since I started running. Inspiring people who have helped me believe I can achieve my next goal when I’ve doubted myself. When I signed up for my first 10k it was others, not me, who believed I could do it and they were right. …
I have something in my life at the moment that’s causing me a lot of grief. Trauma even. It’s so painful that I felt I needed to write about it. Sometimes sharing your feelings with others can really help. I hate it. Even when I think about it I get …
Today I ran the Ranelagh Harriers Richmond Half Marathon. And I didn’t even die like I thought I might. The best part of running endurance races around London is that I’m always so in awe of my surroundings that it gives me a lift when I’m feeling sore or tired. …
In a couple of weeks I’m doing my first half marathon. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t shitting myself a bit. I’ve done the hard work and think I’m as prepared as I can be, but there’s still a little niggling of self-doubt. It seems like only yesterday …
Rob keeps telling people he’s convinced someone has possessed his wife: A non drinking running fanatic who has swapped Hello! magazine for marathon training books. I’m not exaggerating when I say I’ve spent 95% of my adult life avoiding exercise and bitching to anyone who’ll listen about what freaks gym …
Twelve things I did in 2012 that made it awesome. 1. I lived in London during the Olympics. The whole reason we moved here was because Rob was working on the Olympic Village so to see all his hard work come to fruition was truly amazing and I am so …
Last sunday I ran my first 10k race and words cannot describe the elation and sense of achievement I felt crossing the line. I get the endorphin thing now, it’s taken me 39 years but I get it. Who knew something legal and free could get you so high? I …
I have what I’d class as a rather disturbing addiction to Nutella. Its chocolatey goodness, high fat content and lack of any nutrition fall right into my favourite sort of food group. I currently have 390 photos on Instagram. A vast number of those are cake and chocolate themed .. …