Author Archives: alydixon

A key aspect to any good training programme is that it is flexible to allow for changing circumstances and this was well and truly highlighted for me last week. The ink didn’t even have time to dry on my latest … Continue reading →

What do you do when you are alone in a Parisian hotel at 1am on a Monday morning suffering with post-race insomnia?  Write a blog update of course!! I’ve been meaning to sit down and write a new blog for … Continue reading →

It is with great pleasure and surprise that I can say that you are now reading an AWARD WINNING blog! Yes you read that correctly, this blog has won an award! A few weeks ago I received an email to … Continue reading →

Growing up in the North East the Great North Run has always been a big thing.  Whenever people find out that you are a runner the first thing they ask is ‘have you done the Great North Run’ it doesn’t … Continue reading →

I can’t believe it’s more than a month since I ran in Glasgow. In some ways its feels like it was just yesterday but in other ways it feels like a lifetime ago. The 5 weeks since the race have … Continue reading →

Leading the Commonwealth Games Marathon for 15km and feeling awesome whilst doing so is an experience which I will never forget. The next 4 miles are something which I also never want to forget but for completely different reasons. I … Continue reading →

As theres not much to do these last few days before my race I have time to get another quick blog up. The atheltes village is amazing – its like Disney World for athletes. It has everything you would ever … Continue reading →

Just a quick one today to give you a little bit of an idea of what a day in the life at the Team England holding camp consists of. I arrived at the camp in Manchester on Thursday afternoon.  After … Continue reading →

As I’m now entering my final hard week of training I thought I’d get another blog posted up to let everyone know how things have gone and I’m pleased to report that so far things have gone very well.  I’m … Continue reading →

19 years ago I was sat in a classroom at Thornhill School writing my ambitions page for my end of school record of achievement.  On that page I wrote that I would like to become a physiotherapist or a PE … Continue reading →