The one with my littlest running partner On 6th of May I had entered the Virtual Runner ‘Revenge of the Sixth’ race. My main reason for entering was clearly the medal … two Star Wars medals in two days. (Bizarrely, I am not a huge fan of Star Wars but thought these were fab!). After running two marathons,… Read More Revenge of the Sixth
The one with yet another list So what have I learnt from my 5k mud run? 1. 65 miles is quite a long way to travel for a 5k run with a 7-year old and a 9-year old. 2. My 7-year old is a tough cookie and will give anything a go. I think this… Read More Lessons learnt from a 5k mud run
The one with the Things in the mud This Sunday (18/10) I took on the Mud Runner Junior Classic with my 7-year old daughter. It was going to be a great event to run with her. I love the fact she is an ‘Adventure Girl’ and loves to give anything a go. It was a… Read More Mud Runner Junior Classic
The one with a lot of bridges Today I ran my first ever 10k race. It was in my home town so I thought it was worth a go. It wasn’t my fastest 10k (that was last week in the hm) but I did manage to finish under an hour. The Shrewsbury Seven Bridges 10k… Read More Shrewsbury Severn Bridges 10k
The one where I run further than I’ve ever run before I did it … today I ran my first ever road race, my first ever half marathon. It was tough as I’d never run more than 10.5 miles and I ended up walking some of that. But somehow, from somewhere I pulled it out… Read More Lake Vyrnwy Half Marathon
The one where I show off my medals I am now the proud owner of four medals. So that means four races down, and ONLY 36 to go. I like getting a medal, it is something to show for my efforts … and they currently look quite good hung up in my hallway. Over the… Read More KerBling!
The one where I get a surprise in the post Today my medal arrived for the Soldier On challenge. It was quite strange to get a medal through the post but when the girls saw it and were quite excited by it and I felt a little bit proud of myself. During the week of… Read More Two down … thirty eight to go
Running through my 40's 