The first time Id stood nervously at the start of a race since primary school sports day was in October 2008 for the Wimbledon 10K. Id started running just six months earliers, first run/walk-ing on ...
Feeling bad because you dont want to train today? Dont worry because even Olympians feel that way too sometimes. The difference is that they train anyway. I met Hannah Macleod of the GB Hockey t...
"Laura, have you painted your nails yet?" It was the night before the wedding of one of my oldest friends and I was due to be bridesmaid. The dress was very nice and so were the shoes the bri...
Refresh the BBC weather page all you want in race week but it isnt going to change a thing. Trust me Ive tried. It was a long train ride from London to Edinburgh for the marathon and I wasnt going to...
Stomachs dont come more cast iron than mine. At Brighton Marathon 2012, SportyGirl marvelled at my ability to ingest every sugary drink, energy gel and jelly bean handed to me (including those that w...
A peculiar thing happens to runners when injured: the urge to run becomes stronger than ever. Runners who put off their long run until the last minute on a Sunday, procrastinating like a teenager avo...
Want to do something for charity but dont want to reach for the sponsorship form? Fear not. Samsung is asking you to run just one mile (or more). For every mile you run they will donate £1 to good ca...
Nose clip? Check. Goggles? Check. Condom-style hat? You bet ya! This can all only mean one thing... Ive given up all hope of ever having nice hair ever again and decided to get better at swimming.Whe...
Theyre a demanding bunch the gods of the marathon. Not content with taking your weekends, your sofa time and your money they demand more. This weekend Ive prayed at the marathon altar and made two si...
Forget everything Ive said about how you should go out running when you first think about it and get it over and done with, because on Sunday more procrastination was needed. In fact more procrastina...
FW: Brighton BlogSporty Girl recaps the sacrifices made on the road to her awesome marathon debut.With 2 half marathons under my belt, and basking in the glory of my sub 2 hour victory last October, ...
Looking awesome while running is something Ive mused on several times before now. Its often difficult for non-runners to realise that being sweaty, red-faced, panting and possibly covered in mud and ...
Testing out new running products is fun, but theres one thing Id not been looking forward to trying: Tiger Balm Red. Because giving it a proper test would mean having an ache, pain or strain that nee...
Getting yourself race ready isnt complicated. Hard, yes. But complicated, no. Theres really only three things you need to remember: eat, sleep, run. And so with just 32 days until Edinburgh Marathon ...
A lot of runners worry about losing their running fitness if they have to take time out from training for a long period because of injury or circumstances - some even worry that their three-week tape...
People that say "Youll be glad of the rain, it will cool you down" may be trying to be helpful, but have clearly not run a marathon, and definitely not run one in the rain. Wet running kit is...
Many runners detest the term fun run. They think it describes an organised run of less than three miles where most people are running (or mostly walking) in fancy dress and raising money for charity,...
Slightly annoyed with the Brighton Marathon organisers for making us go down there the day before the race to collect our number, SportyGirl and I decided we may as well enjoy our daytrip to the seas...
Race number: check; safety pins: check; trainers: check. Its pretty obvious the things you need to pack for your marathon. But have you thought about what youll need for after youve finished? No? luc...
The people around you may not get the whole running thing. Yeah, you go running, you exercise and are trying to get fitter or thinner - that they understand. But they may not get what running is beco...
Running kit seems to be upping its game of late. Now that manufacturers have nailed the wicking fabrics so we no longer have to run while carrying a couple of pints of our own sweat in our t-shirts, ...
I like beer and I like running. So when, on Friday night, I was deliberating over which ale Id be sampling, there really was only one contender - Trumans Runner.Trumans is an East London brewery - so...
When people hear that Im running two marathons in the space of six weeks their first response is Wow or Rather you than me. This came about rather by accident than overly confident planning, but now ...
If youve never seen this film of Heather Dornidens indoor track race, its well worth a watch. If youre short of time skip forward to just before one minute in.
All the cheering and people taking photos of you may make you feel like a celebrity while youre running a marathon - but how do you shape up about these famous and famous-ish people?Katie PriceFamous...
In the grand scheme of annoyances encountered while running, headphone wires arent comparable with such things as people stepping out in front of you without looking where theyre going; or finding th...
Theres a few places in the world synonymous with running: Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, Oregon in the USA, Iten in Kenya and, as it would seem Wapping in London. Ive just moved to Wapping and theres ...
About five years ago a good friend of mine started running. She began with a couple of laps round the park and gradually built up to a charity 5k event and eventually a 10k. Like most people, she fou...
1 Youll run fasterRunning with someone who is faster or a similar speed to you and youll find yourself picking up the pace. Even the least competitive of people will start to get into race mode and s...
Guest post by K, like in caKe; triathlon aficionado ;and writer of the fabulously illustrated blog, Cake of Good Hope.Notcontent with being Lazy Girl Running, our girl tells me shes thinking...
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