5 Amazing Reflective Accessories for Runners

Hey, you, runners! You are great, you are powerful, you are better than you were yesterday. You are, however, NOT INVINCIBLE. This winter, I have been seeing a lot of runners out in head-to-toe black, no reflectors, headphones in and it gives me the screaming heebie-jeebies. We need to have a talk about reflective gear….

Leeds Xpress Triathlon – Review

I’ve always avoided triathlon because it all seemed so complicated and technical. Oh, and really rather difficult. Then I saw the fabulous Brownlee brothers whizzing round the Commonwealth Games and thought, ‘That actually looks quite easy!’ When the first thing that I did at Leeds Xpress Triathlon was put my indelible tattoo on upside down,…

Total Warrior, Leeds 2014 Race Report

Huge thanks to Zsolt Sandor at MothershipUK for the fantastic photos It is a truth universally acknowledged that lots of people think we’re total nutcases. Admittedly, our idea of fun (running the 96 miles of the West Highland Way, signing up for triathlons when one of us doesn’t own a bike etc.) is not shared by…

Swim, Bike, Run – I’m doing a triathlon!

Just call me Bibi Brownlee – I’m doing a sprint triathlon THIS SUNDAY. How do I rate my chances? Well… Non Stanford really doesn’t need to be worrying any time soon. Swim It’s a 400m pool swim, which is just 16 lengths, so hopefully I can’t go too far wrong here. As I previously posted,…

3 Ways Running Makes You a Totally Rad Skiier

When I was a teenager, we lived in Canada, just 2 hours’ drive away from a ski resort. Most years, either out of charity or some comedy value, we, “The Brits” would end up being invited for the weekend at someone’s chalet. I loved the big dinners with friends, the apres ski, hot chocolate with…

4 Reasons Runners Should Do Yoga

You know how much we love running but, well, a change is as good as a rest and all that. We do like to treat ourselves to a bit of cross training too. Plus, let’s be honest, it’s hard to keep pounding out the miles in depths of winter and, while it hasn’t been particularly cold here in…

Just Keep Swimming

Until about a year ago, the only time I ever went swimming was on holiday. When I was on holiday, I loved it – like in the lake on Vancouver Island in the picture above, the cobalt sea in Croatia, or dips in pools in Greece – but I would forget all about it when I came…

Fit Is For Life, Not Just For New Year

We don’t like the ‘new you’ business that saturates the media at the beginning of the year. What’s wrong with the old you?! OK, so maybe we don’t always look after ourselves well enough. Perhaps we eat too much over the holidays. Maybe we don’t exercise enough when there are so many other things going on….

Becoming a Runner – My Story

We’ve been asked quite a lot recently which of the two of us started running first, and got the other into it. I can say, hand on heart, that I would not have bothered with the thing if it weren’t for my little mother. For years, the extent of my relationship with running was sitting…

Running Away From Home: Barcelona

I love not marathon training! It was a bit (I imagine) like trying for a baby: worthwhile, and with a great goal in mind, but with a bit of the fun taken out of the process. </end of comparison> I’ve just been doing 3-5 milers, a few times a week, at the pace I want…

Mile 20 Hero : Terry Fox

This Sunday, we’ll be running the Yorkshire Marathon and I’m… apprehensive, to say the least. Though I’ve trained well, had a very successful 22 mile run and have got my nutrition strategy in the bag, I’m still worried. The great guys at Marathon Talk say – “Half of 26.2 is 20”, and I’ve heard that you…

The Joy of Tapering

After months of training and many miles of running, it almost time for the Yorkshire Marathon. Hopefully, this time next week we’ll be laying with our legs up the wall and, despite the tricky angle, sipping champagne. Bendy straws exist for a reason. It’s tapering time, when our schedules say we should run less, eat…