Distance Fear

Whether it’s a 5K, Half Marathon or an Ultra, the thought of the distance can really mess with your head. I have a big goal of my own at the minute, I’m training for my first Ultra Marathon. As I started this week I realized that I have three months and no real training behind […]

How to Start Running – Park Run

When I decided I wanted to start running I approached Charlie Dark, founder of London’s Run Dem Crew for advice on what was the best way to go about it, he quickly recommended Park Run. I looked them up online and found  that I had a Park Run 20 minutes walk from my home in Crystal […]

Midnight Half Is Comin’ Your Way…

Our friends at Orchard Street Runners just released this cool flick of the 2014 MIDNIGHT HALF The film, by Brian Vernor and Bob Geile, perfectly captures the spirit of night running in NYC – particularly for me the awesome silence you ‘hear’ around you in the city that never sleeps as you hit the pavement/sidewalk […]

Slow Coach

I tend to run on my own a lot of the time, partly because it’s time where I can just go out and de-stress, plot plans or work things out in my head and partly because I’m a pretty slow runner and don’t like the pressure of having to run faster or the guilt of […]

My year in running – Wimbledon Half Marathon

After the highs of completing my first half marathon in Berlin it was time to do a half closer to home, the Wimbledon Half Marathon in leafy South West London One thing that has surprised me since I’ve started competing  is how expensive some races are to enter, so I decided to do some research into […]

Holiday Running.

For years holidays for me have been about rest and relaxation along with plenty of good food and the occasional alcoholic beverage, ok occasional is a lie! Now holiday running is also a major part of my travels and my running gear is often the first things packed. This Christmas I was very lucky to […]

#7forEve – We can all do anything

You can start the year as a runner – and end it somewhere else. Somewhere totally different that you didn’t think was possible. Granted, nothing happens without hard work, but the feeling that real fitness happened still blows my mind. Running and a love of the path is where it began. But twelve months on, […]

Taking it back – Tracksmith Apparel

Running apparel is undoubtably getting more tech and more futuristic looking each season. We have 3M reflective micro glass, taped seams, technical fabrics and a space age race against weight which can only be resolved when someone produces a pair of compression socks that have anti-gravity properties. Don’t get me twisted though, I love the ritual […]