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How I Convince Myself to Get Up for a 5AM Run

How I Convince Myself to Get Up for a 5AM Run

This morning I did not want to get up. I could have given you 1000 reasons why going back to sleep for another 1.5hrs would have been best for everyone, but somehow I dragged myself out of my horizontal cocoon, put on some rather mismatching kit, and completed my 8+...
Is Stress Ruining Your Run?

Is Stress Ruining Your Run?

My heart is racing. I haven’t just finished my Yasso 800s, I’m sitting in a Clinical Dietetics lecture, one of my favourite modules. If I was wearing a heart rate monitor right now I’m sure it would be registering far above my normal resting HR – but I’ve...
How to Make Getting Up For Morning Miles Easier

How to Make Getting Up For Morning Miles Easier

If it is important to you, you will find a way. If not, you’ll find an excuse.  My running is really important to me right now, I’m training to run a PB in London, and a BQ in the next few cycles (although I’m not working in cycles anymore but this...
3 Week Running Fitness Challenge

3 Week Running Fitness Challenge

I run to eat. I’m one of those people that push through hard training workouts and races by thinking about what I’m going to eat and drink when I reach the finish. After the Chicago marathon I headed straight to Shake Shack for salty french fries, at the...