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Medichecks – blood tests.

As an endurance athlete it is important for me to know how my body is responding to training, not just from a fitness perspective, but from a physiological and chemical/hormonal perspective. I’m lucky to have linked up with medichecks to … Continue reading

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What doesn’t kill you makes You stronger and I’m still breathing!!

A couple weeks ago I had to make the toughest, most heart breaking decision of my athletics career and withdraw from the upcoming European Championships. Running for your country is every athletes dream. It is the highest honour and privilege … Continue reading

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Commonwealth Games 2018

Finally, after a mammoth 34 hours of travelling, I’m safely back home from the 2018, Commonwealth Games which was held on Gold Coast, Australia. What an amazing experience I’ve had! This was my second Commonwealth Games and after running at … Continue reading

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About last Sunday…

A week on and last Sunday still feels quite surreal.   I went into the race knowing I was in great shape, probably the best shape I’ve ever been in. The Saturday before I’d done my usual final 5k track … Continue reading

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IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

A few words about Sundays race… Thank you to everyone for the support. Blog to follow…

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The hay is in the barn…

‘The hay is in the barn, don’t create sparks to set it on fire now!’ wise words from little old me mid tempo yesterday and it really is true. I’m currently up in Font Romeu on week 6 of a … Continue reading

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A quick update

It’s been a while… I can’t believe it’s only 2 weeks until this year’s London Marathon, where did that year go?! I bet that there are many of you wishing that you could push the date back and have another … Continue reading

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Her name is…

All in all if I said the whole Rio experience was beyond brilliant it would be an understatement. I know it sounds cheesy and far fetched but it was everything I had dreamed it would be and then about 100 … Continue reading

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Rio – the race…

The big one, the Olympic Marathon 2016… I had spent the last 3 months trying to convince myself that it was just any other race so that I didn’t get too worked up about it and waste too much nervous … Continue reading

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Catch up…

NB: I wrote this back in July before heading out to Brazil but never got round to posting it.    I can’t believe how fast time has gone by, it seems like just yesterday that I was running down The … Continue reading

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