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Richmond Park 10K Race Recap

At the end of last year, I committed to running 30 races in 2018, in memory of my friend Vic, in honour of what would have been his 30th and to celebrate my 30th in July. The first of these was the Richmond Park 10K on Saturday morning. It was one of those 5am anxiety...
Queens 10K Race Recap

Queens 10K Race Recap

If you follow me on Instagram you’ll have seen that last weekend I was in NYC, visiting my friend Zoe, collecting my bridesmaid dresses and running the Queens 10K. I’m not going to lie, when we were looking at the best weekend for a visit, we did check the...
Rock N Roll Las Vegas 10K

Rock N Roll Las Vegas 10K

My legs won’t turn over any faster, and I’m clocking a solid 10.30 mile. I’ve told coach Mary that I will run SLOWWWW, the only way I convinced her to let me run the Rock N Roll 10K, and it seems like my body won’t let me move any speedier...
Running a 10K in India

Running a 10K in India

My lovely cousin, Lucy, is currently on her gap year in India, working at a school in Kolkata. She text me the other day to let me know that she, and the kids from the school were running a local 10K and half marathon race which of course excited me no end. I ran...
A Surprise PB at West Run London

A Surprise PB at West Run London

Whilst our new local race, West Run London 10K, is not quite on our doorstep, it’s pretty close. I’ve grown up hanging around Fulham and Parsons Green areas so when I heard there was going to be a new race in the area, I was immediately keen to sign up. We...