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I’ve just run the London Marathon, yes the actual London Marathon all 26.2 miles of it from Greenwich to the Mall in 4 hours and 13 minutes. I ran the entire way and didn’t stop or walk, even with the most horrific cramp, which reared its ugly head around mile 17 and by mile 20...
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I felt exhausted, mentally and physically exhausted. Anxiety is something that all of us may be familiar with, some more than others. Anxiety can strike in many ways, it can creep up on us, or it can be a hard hitting unbearable and overwhelming sense of worry that can start to feel like it’s spiralling...
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When I was living in Sydney in 2004, I signed up for a Nike Women’s 5K and there in started my obsession with running. I started to get fit, lose my post-uni weight and created a training plan to motivate myself. However, I found sometimes it could be a lonely pursuit having no friends who ran,...
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So, we have eaten our own body weight in food (some would say this is a skill, a pure talent in fact, all on its own). We have had late nights, perhaps drank too much and spent mornings and afternoons sprawled out on the sofa, and it has been absolutely wonderful. The only thing we...
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Whilst it’s great to see some sunshine (and we are already starting to daydream about long, sunny afternoons), we would be lying if we said that the thought of shedding layers of heavy knitwear didn’t bring us out in a cold sweat. But now is the time to start getting ready for summer dresses and...
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It was while wearing wine-tinted spectacles one evening last April, that a close friend of mine announced she had signed up to run a half marathon. I’ll admit I was taken aback; as teenagers we had attempted “jogging” around the village together, but the get-fit fad never lasted more than a few days. Now here...
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