Category Archives: Running

Birchwood 10K

This morning I woke up at 6AM actually crying in my sleep. I had a dream that everyone who was coming to watch me in the race was making me late and when we arrived to the race, it had … Continue reading

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Racing Into the Unknown

Well not quite. I have ran 7 miles (once) but I’m so, so unprepared for this race tomorrow. I’m running the Birchwood 10K at 10.30AM tomorrow morning and my last long race was under 6 miles with lots of walking. … Continue reading

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Just, Run

I have ran twice this week. On Thursday I ran 3.96 miles in 40 minutes and felt great. I made myself slow down (I usually run about 4.05 miles in 40 minutes) and it definitely helped. I planned a run … Continue reading

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Ambition or Just Plain Crazy?!

Even though I am having a daily struggle where my running is concerned, I’m finding myself more often than not looking at races I can do. I love races. I don’t do them often enough. I’m never the fastest or … Continue reading

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Slowing Down and Going Backwards

Today’s run was supposed to be a 50 minute tempo run but once again I struggled. This time it wasn’t a stitch – I ate breakfast at 10AM after a lie in and ran just after 12PM – it was … Continue reading

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The Power of Music

I went out for my first run of my new plan this morning. Things didn’t seem to go as well as I planned them to. I got myself out just after 8.30AM after eating half a banana and about 300ml … Continue reading

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Starting Over. Kind Of.

Contrary to the fact that I never ever blog, I do actually like blogging. I just can’t seem to find the time any more at all to sit down and actually write a blog. I also don’t really have that … Continue reading

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What a Difference a Week Can Make

I blogged last week about how I found it difficult to get out of the door and then I found myself not running for a full week. I had some pretty bad news on Wednesday morning and I was so … Continue reading

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7 Miles Down, 6 More To Go

My alarm was set for 7.30AM this morning I was out of the door by 8.10AM. I had my concerns between getting out of bed and getting dressed but by the time I left, I decided that I just had … Continue reading

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Website Changes & Running Plans

As you may have noticed, there have been some changed to RLRR over the last couple of days, mainly the banner. I have deleted almost all of my entries too, just leaving the running related ones. This website was originally … Continue reading

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