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vet – amateur runner – marathon seeker – guide dogs fundraiser

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So excited (and nervous!!) to be co-presenting this webinar tomorrow on the power of exercise on our wellbeing, particularly in the veterinary profession. . . I’ve been honoured to be asked to speak at a few veterinary events now, and every time I have this huge sense of imposter syndrome. I’m really a very average runner, and at the moment I’m struggling a little with my motivation after the marathon.. does that make me a massive fraud? . . And then I realise we aren’t talking to people about the power of exercise to find new Olympic hopefuls. I’m trying to inspire every day people to find the confidence to get more active.. and enjoy all the amazing side effects that brings. So actually it’s ok that I’m not out there winning races, and it’s even ok that I don’t always feel like going running. I’m just a normal person, not a fraud. . . I really didn’t fancy going running when I woke up. I watched two episodes of Greys Anatomy in bed instead! But after a really inspiring catch up with Oli about what we were planning on saying tomorrow I re-reminded myself just how special running is to me. . . So off I go 🏃‍♀️ - I’ll be back in an hour, feeling amazing!! 🥳. . . PS The webinar is free.. register at the Webinar Vet to join us!! . . #webinarvet #vetsofinstagram #bsava #rcvs #vetmindmatters #mentalhealthawareness #ukrunchat #powerofexercise #runninggirl #thisgirlcanrun #thisgirlcan #averagerunner #impostersyndrome #vetgirl #veterinarymedicine #wellbeing #runningmotivation #runchat
Swapping my brooks for my dancing shoes 💃 Although pretty sure trainers are more appropriate... Final question, does my Garmin go with this?! 🤷🏼‍♀️ . . . #runner #runnersproblems #runnerturneddancer #realclothes #reddress #littlereddress #ladyinred #brooksrunning #brookstrainers #garmin #garminuk #thisgirlcan #runninggirl #ukrunchat
Instagram Vs Reality (swipe right 👉🏼 ) I absolutely love coming on here and reading all the positive running stories and seeing people’s smiley running selfies 😬🤳🏼. It’s one of my main reasons for being on Instagram, and it often motivates me to get out myself. However, there’s the odd day it has the opposite effect. . . Some days I scroll through all the happy running photos and it makes me feel a bit rubbish. Am I a fraud because I don’t always feel like going running? And how do they all look so pretty while they do it?! . . Here is my running photo today 🏃🏼‍♀️ Obviously taken PRE-run so no 🍅 face, and obviously smiling away like it is the best thing ever. In reality I HATE the treadmill.. it’s boring, it’s hard, and I find it super hot. I was really glad I did it (all two miles which is the longest I can bear) so the pre-emptive grin is true. But if you scroll right you can see a little bit of real-life, and it’s a sweaty, grimacing, 🍅-faced real life! . . So don’t ever feel like you’re not good enough just because some days you can’t be bothered, or you hate it, or you look something like me! . . #instagramvsreality #reallife #runningselfie #ukrunchat #runcommunity #runchat #treadmillrunning #dreadmill #gymselfie #positivethinking #motivation #runningformylife #mentalhealthawareness #womenrunning #sweatyselfie #iamasweatybetty #thisgirlcan #thisgirlcanrun #runningformylife #runningblog #runningvideo #runnersproblems #instarunners
A fell race – in the dark – marked by glow-sticks – ending with a pie. 🥧 You’d be mad not to, right? Or if you’re a normal person, you’d be mad to! . . I’m not a normal person, but unfortunately for my boyfriend he is. More unfortunately for him he loves me and so his fear of me doing this alone just out-weighed his fear of doing it with me. We live in an age of health-and-safety madness, you even can’t catch a bus without a forty-page risk assessment. But fell running exists outside this world: to register for this race they didn’t need your name or emergency contact details, just your choice of pie. . . And that’s all the spoilers I’m giving.. I usually write a mini blog for instagram but this time if you want to read about it you’ll have to read the real thing because I can’t fit it in😬 Link in my bio 🤷🏼‍♀️!! 🏃‍♀️ 🔦 🥧 . . . #fellrun #fellrace #fellrunning #nightrace #nightrun #nightfellrun #fellruninthedark #fellrunlikeagirl #runforpie #coupleswhoruntogether #unilite #runr #proviz #salomonhydrationvest #highviz #runner #runningblog #hathersage #hathersagefellrace #peakdistrict #nightphotography #headtorchrun #ukrunchat #runcommunity #runblog #eastmidlandsblogger
I had a rubbish day yesterday, waking up with a horrible cold which meant I couldn’t do my parkrun - and I was covering a weekend of night shifts for a colleague who was also poorly. Safe to say I was feeling fairly sorry for myself when I got to work! 🤒 . Until I checked my hopper (normally full of results and more work) to find a hand addressed envelope with the most amazing, thoughtful gift inside from my dear instagram friend @jennarao 🥰 A beautiful bracelet with ‘Marathoner’ in morse code for beads! Totally blew me away. The love and support of the run community never fails to amaze me. And tonight was a night I really needed it. Thank you so much lovely lady, when I wear it I will be reminded just how much positivity running and the running community has brought me- and both being medics the fact it matches my stethoscope is another win!! ❤️ . . . #ukrunchat #runr #marathoner #millierose #runcommunity #thisgirlcan #thisgirlruns #thisgirlcanrun #marathonrunner #runfriends #runandtalk #womenrunning #womenrunners
It's been a big deal sharing what started as a personal blog with my professional life as a vet. But last week I was invited to speak on a panel of amazing vets about finding well-being in practice, particularly as new graduates. * Like many professions, traditionally it hasn't been common to discuss weaknesses or self-doubts as vets. But that evening we had the most honest conversation about mental health and well-being in practice that I've ever heard. Times are really changing, and it was so exciting to be a small part of it. * Being a vet is an amazing job, and we are lucky to do it. But it's also really, really tough sometimes. To be a great vet you have to take care of yourself - but you can't look up 'care of the exhausted new-graduate vet' in the text books.. * To read about the evening check out my blog, link in my bio 💜 * * #vetsofinstagram #wellvet #rcvs #vetmindsmatter #veterinarymedicine #veterinarywellbeing #wellbeing #inpractice #vetswhoblog #vetsoc #mentalhealthawareness #wellbeing #wellvetweekend #vetlife #vetschool #firstjob #thisvetruns #runningformymentalhealth

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