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About runningcommando

I am an Aussie living in Switzerland with my English husband and two lovely kids. I have recently found a new passion in life - running!!! Here I'll be sharing my journey from an unfit beginner runner to preparing for 10k runs and hopefully my goal of reaching a half-marathon. Enjoy!

Taking the pressure off

Posted on May 14, 2014 by runningcommando

I’ll start by apologizing for not having blogged this year. I can’t believe that it is already May! Not blogging of course doesn’t mean that I haven’t been running or racing. In fact I already have three races under my … Continue reading →

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This year’s tally so far

Posted on October 28, 2013 by runningcommando

I have been a bit slack in keeping up with my blog for the last few months.  That doesn’t mean that I have stopped running though.  In fact the opposite is true.  I have actually achieved quite a few goals … Continue reading →

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Who knew getting lost could be so much fun?

Posted on June 26, 2013 by runningcommando

I’m busy training for an alpine half marathon that is coming up in a couple of week’s. I did the 10km alpine class at the same event last year and know that the hills are going to hurt. This has … Continue reading →

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Training with kids

Posted on April 30, 2013 by runningcommando

I was dreading the Spring school holidays as, with a 10K race coming up in the second week, I would need to somehow keep the training up whilst having the kids at home full-time. I was wracking my brains for … Continue reading →

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Doing it as a Team

Posted on April 9, 2013 by runningcommando

It’s been a long time since my last post, but a lot has been happening. As mentioned in my last blog, I put out some feelers regarding registering a team for the Zürich marathon and had such a good response … Continue reading →

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Snow brings the runners out!

Posted on January 21, 2013 by runningcommando

So, I set off this morning in the snow because as it was Monday morning and my schedule said that was “running day”. The fact that it was snowing had nothing to do with it as I had to go … Continue reading →

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My new Relationship with Running

Posted on January 9, 2013 by runningcommando

It has been a long, long time since my last blog. During that time I have been working on my relationship with running. It was touch and go for awhile there but we have managed to resolve our problems and … Continue reading →

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Will a Sprint Triathlon be my next challenge?

Posted on October 23, 2012 by runningcommando

It is fair to say that I have had too much time on my hands to think about running and/or an alternative to running. As I come to the final week of my month-long enforced break from the sport, I think that I have … Continue reading →

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My meeting with Ortho Guy

Posted on October 11, 2012 by runningcommando

Yesterday I went for my meeting with the orthopaedic specialist that my doctor referred me too. I got lucky as the guy’s favourite country is Australia so we were able to have a good chat whilst he went about putting … Continue reading →

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The sad consequences of running through the pain

Posted on October 3, 2012 by runningcommando

As I’ve mentioned in a few of my posts, I’ve been getting a bit of pain in my knee during long runs. This has now progressed to foot pain on shorter runs. I’m a great one for ignoring things until … Continue reading →

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