Category: Running

Why races really suck

Races. They’re not happening this year, are they? Or, not really. All the big ones — the London, Paris, and Boston marathons, to name just three — have been postponed, and I don’t think many people really believe the world will be normal enough at any point before 2021...

London: the OG of marathons, one year on

I’m a runner, yes, but I’m not a marathon runner. 10k is about my favourite distance really. You’re done and dusted inside an hour – well, I can be done and dusted inside 50 minutes on a good day and if I’ve abandoned all crazy notions of a) having...

How I learnt to run and why I love running

Around the time of my youngest daughter’s first birthday I decided, almost on a whim, to become a runner. I had happened upon an article in a women’s magazine, just a short segment, in which the author extolled the virtues of running as a hobby and it appealed to...