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Running & Anxiety

Running & Anxiety

This week is mental health awareness week, and think it is such an important message to share that it’s OK not to be OK. Mental health issues, whatever they may be, aren’t something you should keep bottled up. You shouldn’t have to face them alone....
The Mental Side of the Marathon

The Mental Side of the Marathon

Your mind gives up far before your body will. Apparently, when your head tells you to quit, your body is only 40% DONE. This weekend, I ran the Reading Half Marathon, and felt pretty miserable for about 10 miles of it, I even joked that I would have bailed on the race...
How Your Mental Fitness Is Going To Get You That PB

How Your Mental Fitness Is Going To Get You That PB

The more I’ve trained for and run 26.2 mile races, the more I’ve realised what a mental game a marathon is, let alone the four months leading up to race day. I was invited to the Marie Claire FitFest a few weeks ago, and although I couldn’t be there...