Why I run

Four years ago, I got up from the couch where I had lazily dozed all day, put on a pair of old trainers and declared that I was going for a run. I stepped out of my front door and jogged ever so slowly for approximately half a kilometre down the road, before running out of breath and cramping up. I limped back home, beaten yet invigorated. I remember that run so very clearly. It is firmly etched in my mind amongst other life-changing events – the kind that roll in like a huge barrel wave, knocking you sideways, sucking [...]

By |2016-12-29T13:32:14+01:0024 June 2012|

The post in which I discuss my upcoming marathons, say thank you a lot and then show a video that involves me and two bananas. Yeah, I thought that might get your attention.

Marathon running coach, Hal Higdon once said, "The difference between the mile and the marathon is the difference between burning your fingers with a match and being slowly roasted over hot coals." In just 11 days, I'll join 36,000 runners at the start line of one of the world's most epic marathon races, the London Marathon. ELEVEN DAYS, people. Just over a year ago, I decided that 2012 would be the start of something new. I wanted to push my limits and test myself. I wanted to open up to the world and everything in it, arms outstretched and shout, "Hey life, [...]

By |2019-06-26T19:02:24+01:0010 April 2012|
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