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Taking the pressure off
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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Tagged 10 mile run, 10km, half-marathon, running, running races
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This year’s tally so far
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
The sad consequences of running through the pain
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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Tagged Fitness, foot pain, half-marathon, inflammation, injury, knee pain, orthopaedics, pain, running, sports injury, training
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The recovery is over so on to the next challenge
It appears that I am still, sadly, a little naive about this new relationship in my life called running. After finishing the half-marathon on Saturday evening, I found myself floored on Monday with a cold and fever. Naively (or stupidly!) … Continue reading
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Tagged 10kms, Fitness, half-marathon, recovery, running, Running fatigue, running recovery
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I made it! First half-marathon done and dusted
Yesterday was the day I found out whether the last two month’s of training had paid off as I lined up in the rain for the ’33rd Annual Greifensee Half-Marathon’ in Uster, Switzerland. What I love most about running and … Continue reading
Foods that are good for running
A really useful list that luckily includes some of my favourite foods. Pity that chocolate doesn’t make the cut though…
Have you warmed-up?
I am one of those people that is a little afraid of warming up before I run. There’s such a fine line between warming up your muscles and accidentally pulling one that worries me. I’ve been combating this problem but doing … Continue reading
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Tagged exercises, half-marathon, half-marathon; strength training, running, Strength training, warm-up
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Ouch! Why you need to do strength training
A couple of week’s ago I went out on a standard training run and after 6kms started to get pain in the side of my knee. I tried to run through the pain but then it moved to the muscle … Continue reading
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Tagged half-marathon, personal trainer, runners knee, running, Strength training
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10 down 21 to go!
The running got in the way of myblogging for awhile but I am now on track again (hopefully)! Since my last post I am happy to report that I completed the 10K Swiss Alpine event in Davos even though I had … Continue reading
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