
Do you need a challenge to get you fit?
I recently ran the Reading Half Marathon. This is as a challenge I set myself last year, I am sure that it has something to do with my impending 40th birthday! I realised that I have never really pushed myself to achieve anything physically. When I was younger fitness was about feeling good and looking my best. When the kids were born fitness was about getting back to that and loosing the extra pounds I was carrying. It’s never been about challenging myself, I’m no adrenaline

The secret to becoming a stronger runner....
The secret to becoming a stronger runner.... I’m not a runner, ok so that’s what I have always told myself, but I know as well as the next person that if you tell yourself something for long enough you will start to believe it. So this year (my 40th by the way which may well be significant ;) ) I am running my first half marathon. Part of my motivation is to prove myself wrong or at least prove that I am fit enough to turn my hand (or legs) to running and actually achieve som