When you become a super sad running geek (like me), one of the requirements of a potential holiday has to be a local parkrun. In fact, there is even a designated parkrun travel agent who specialises in exotic international parkrun tourism (they’re called Exodus travels if you’re interested). My latest holiday tourism wasn’t international, or… Read More Holkham Parkrun: A Tourist’s Review
As some of you may be aware, our incredible National Health Service is turning 70 years this Summer! As part of the celebrations, over a hundred parkruns across the UK hosted a #NHS70 parkrun to say a great big thankyou to the NHS, and hopefully inspire more people to get active. The initiative was backed… Read More NHS70 Parkrun
This week has been #MentalHealthAwarnessWeek, and I’ve tried to use this to prompt me to consider at least one thing each day that I can do to support my mental health. Approaching it day by day was really effective. Rather than making one big unrealistic resolution, like exercising every single day or only eating healthy… Read More #MentalHealthAwarnessWeek
I’m so lucky to be able to be back running again, but the last few days I have felt a bit down about how slow I am currently compared to a few months ago. I guess that initial buzz of simply being grateful to be doing anything doesn’t last forever. But whenever I feel low… Read More Giving Something Back
I am not normally a morning person (ok this is an understatement- think grumpy dishevelled troll). But today for some reason I was awake at 5am, and after wasting a bit of time scrolling meaninglessly on my phone I decided to do something a bit more productive and go for a run. I managed a… Read More The Early Bird
