The Art of Tapering: How to Prepare for Race Day

An often overlooked, yet crucial, part of your training

Nobody cares about your racing

I don’t want to crush your optimism, but nobody cares about your racing as much as you do.

A Recipe for a 5K PB

Training for a 5K PB isn’t as complicated as you might think…

Recovering from Covid

A glimpse into my experience with the virus and how I restarted running...

Why everyone should sign up to a trail race

The majority of us will begin our running journey on the road; it’s where we learn the basic principles and techniques of running, where we begin to work on improving our times or distances, and where we feel at home as part of the running community and within our comfort zone. But beyond that is a world of adventure on the trails, and whilst running on the trails in itself is fun, running a trail race is even better.

Battling our bodies: understanding and overcoming body image issues

I think, to an extent, everybody has body image issues. Not everyone will suffer to the same degree and many people will be able to ignore those thoughts so that they don’t intrude on their day-to-day life. But for some of us, our body image can be debilitating.

Dressing for Winter

Running is pretty easy in the summer; you wake up, throw on a vest, shorts and running shoes, and you’re out the door. It takes less than 20 seconds to figure out what to wear, and you also have the convenience of joining the #sportsbrasquad if you become too warm. In winter, it takes a little more planning, but I think there are some really simple combinations to make winter running manageable.

Movement for Mental Health

For me, being an ASICS Frontrunner means being an ambassador for movement. It’s widely acknowledged that mental health and physical health are closely linked, so much so, that ASICS is well-known for its ‘sound mind sound body’ motto which feels like a significant part of who we are as a team. Movement is crucial for positive mental health but that doesn’t necessarily have to mean exclusively running.

Benefits Of Being Active by Getting Up And Heading Out For A Run At Sunrise

Here are some of the benefits I've discovered from running at sunrise...

Running After a Stress Fracture

Getting back on track...

Learning to love hill sessions

There’s no denying that hill sessions are a love-hate thing; as soon as a runner mentions the words ‘hill training’ in a sentence you’ll either have somebody bounding around excited at the prospect, or someone who starts moaning about how awful hills are and does everything in their power to avoid them.

Avoiding Overtraining in Lockdown

Don't be tempted to go into overdrive at a time when you need to be looking after yourself...

Race Report: Vertical Kilometre and Duo Étoilé Chamonix

The Marathon du Mont Blanc weekend in Chamonix is fabulous – there’s a race for everyone providing you’re okay with elevation, the town is buzzing, and you find yourself bumping into famous trail runners around every corner. It’s exceptionally inspiring. The Vertical Kilometre has been on my bucket list for years, but of course, I couldn’t just do one race whilst there so decided to add the Duo Étoilé to the agenda too which is a race in a team of two.

Recovering from an eating disorder as a runner

Eating disorders and dysfunctional relationships with food are rife within sport, but they only serve to ruin your running in the long term.

Fitting training into a busy life

​ The fact is, we are all busy in life. It doesn’t matter what job we do or what our family commitments are, we are all pushed for time. And if you love to run and race, you also need to find time to fit in the hours to train.

Committing Before You're Ready

The thing about running is that your body can probably achieve more than what you think it can.

Destination Running

I think it’s fair to say that I travel for work a considerable amount, and whilst at first that can feel a little disruptive to training, I prefer to look at it as an opportunity for one of my favourite activities in life: destination running.

Folkestone Half Marathon

I had originally planned to run the Ealing Half Marathon with my FrontRunner team mates, however an unexpected work trip to the US meant I needed a race a little closer to home and before I knew it, I had signed myself up to the Folkestone Half; a lovely coastal 13.1 miles between Folkestone and Hythe and back. In the weeks leading up to the race, my long runs were strong and my excitement was growing – I love racing, but this year has been plagued with health issues so I’ve had a pretty disappointing season on the whole. I needed this race to go well.