I’ve acquired quite a few awesome cookbooks in the last few weeks so thought I would share my top picks. This list also includes some other fantastic fitness and wellbeing books to help you enjoy a successful and stress-free 2016. Crussh: Juices, Smoothies and Boosters* This book is packed with gorgeous looking colourful juices and … More My Top Books for a Healthy 2016
Well January is rumbling along, and the first week back at work seems to have flown by! I’m actually loving getting back into a healthy routine – making my packed lunches, and popping out for RUNches to discover new routes… [RUNCH] Ran 6k along the canal at lunch – the longest run I’ve done for … More January Goals: Running and Yoogaia
The past year was a fantastic but definitely unpredictable twelve months. In the first few months of the year I felt strong and unstoppable – I smashed my half marathon goal time at Brighton, committed to a weekly yoga practise and was feeling all kinds of balanced and awesome. I joined Classpass, flitted around the … More Time to FOCUS on 2016
With only a couple of days left of this year it’s time for the annual recap and reflect of 2015 – I always love to scroll back through my blog posts picking out the highlights, and rediscovering things that I’d forgotten I did! It’s amazing how much things change within the short space of a … More A Look Back at 2015
Everyone has heard of This Girl Can. Launched by Sport England last year with a catchy video that soon went viral, the campaign aims to encourage women of all shapes, sizes, and fitness abilities to get involved in sport. And to show them that how you look whilst doing it really doesn’t matter! It’s about … More This Wheezy Girl Can
Cycling is something that I enjoy, but have always been a little scared of! Not so much the act of getting on the bike itself, more a fear of negotiating roads, traffic, public transport to get to my start point and generally anything a little more complicated than just putting on a pair of running … More Cycling Heroes and Me
New month, new goals, and… I have a new job! I’m going to be working as a Junior Account Executive for a Sports and Fitness PR firm, something I’m incredibly excited about. Thank you for all your comments and support on my career change- I’m really proud of myself that I had the courage to … More June Goals: New Job
After seeing Charlie’s (The Runner Beans) blog post recently on her top 5 running moments, I thought I’d share mine! Over the last 3 years I’ve had some amazing experiences through running, and it was quite hard to narrow it down to just 5… 1. My very first 20minute run I started out running 3 … More My Top 5 Running Moments
This year for the first time, I spectated and cheered at the London Marathon watching thousands of people run past, their faces a mixture of pain and joy. If I’m honest, it didn’t make me want to immediately sign up – I’ve always been a little afraid of the marathon distance and thought it wasn’t … More Entering the London Marathon Ballot
Thank you to everyone for all the lovely birthday wishes this weekend! My parents came down to visit on Friday, and my Mum made me the most awesome running shoe cake! It was a chocolate cake inside with chocolate buttercream, so tasted heavenly too- in fact, I’ve still got some left to look forward to … More A Balanced Birthday Weekend (March Goals)