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NYC Marathon – pacing strategy
Posted on October 26, 2017 Leave a Comment
A week from today I’ll be already in New York , hotel checked into and if everything goes well collected my race pack. New York will be my second marathon and I’m getting incredibly nervous. I think it’s totally normal but still worrying about the smallest things. It’s my first overseas marathon, how will I […]
Great South Run 2017 – Portsmouth
Posted on October 24, 2017 1 Comment
Last October I was at home and flicking through the tv channels I came across a running race called ” Great South Run “. I never heard of that before, and it was in Portsmouth. Which is about 50 mins drive from Basingstoke. Seeing all the amazing runners I’ve decided that it’s time for me […]
New York Marathon – Confirmation Form
Posted on October 13, 2017 Leave a Comment
Few days ago I was checking my NYRR profile and noticed that they have added a new tab onto my home screen. It said ” Download my confirmation form ” or ” Email my confirmation form ” . I got super excited about this, because it means that from now on I’ll know my start time […]
Tikiboo capris – my first one
Posted on October 10, 2017 Leave a Comment
I’m part of a few ( can’t even count how many ) running groups on facebook. That’s where I’ve seen the brand Tikiboo first. They make the most awesome leggings in the World. I always wanted to buy one but never could really afford to pay £30+ for a single pair of leggings :/ Last […]
Basingstoke Half Marathon 2017
Posted on October 7, 2017 Leave a Comment
01.10.2017 the date of this year’s Basingstoke Half Marathon. I have run it last year, and as soon as registration opened for the 2017 race I have signed up. Last year I’ve run it with my sister and my finish time was 2:44:13 so my plan for this year was to beat this time, even […]
Flag bearer for Hungary at the 2017 TCS New York City marathon’s opening ceremony
Posted on October 6, 2017 Leave a Comment
During the summer I was reading through the New York marathon’s website and I came across an interesting article. During race week they will hold an ” Opening ceremony “, which will be on the Friday. This sounds totally new to me, because when I was running London earlier this year, they did not have […]
Be Iron Fit by Don & Melanie Fink
Posted on September 16, 2017 1 Comment
I was planning to buy this book ( click here for Amazon ) for a few weeks now, but had to wait till payday to get it. Ordered it on last week Saturday and to my surprise Amazon offered a Sunday delivery to a near by Amazon locker. When I got the text message from […]
Swimming here I come
Posted on September 16, 2017 Leave a Comment
A week ago Friday I finally managed to sign up to do swimming in my local swimming pool. The gym offers loads of different gym packages, including ” just swim ” for £26/ month. I don’t think that’s a bad price at all. Before i signed up I have checked […]
Ironman Bolton , UK 2018
Posted on September 7, 2017 Leave a Comment
Ironman , Bolton , UK. 15. July 2018 Swim 2.4 miles. Bike 112 miles. Run 26.2 miles. All. In. One. Race. I’m 28 and a chubby female. I run the London marathon this year and straight after I decided that I’ll do all the Marathon Majors by 2019. A week ago I was wondering […]
Vlog of the 2017 London Marathon
Posted on September 7, 2017 1 Comment
I will forever remember this day, what a day ?! This was my first marathon so I really wanted to take loads of videos and photos for the future. Everything was going really well till half way point, and after that everything went downhill. We were on target for 6 hours finish but at the […]