I set myself a challenge in 2012 and 2013 to run a race each month but failed to achieve success because of illness, race cancellations, and life’s chaos. When it came…
I have just completed my slowest-ever 10K race and I don’t know how I feel about that. I am embarrassed and humiliated – and very angry with…
I have finally managed to complete my first race of 2013 as part of my Race a Month Challenge. The race, the Buchlyvie 10K, was meant to take place on…
It would seem that I’m really struggling with my running goals these days because not only did I fail on my last two races of 2012, but my…
I suppose it’s time I acknowledge that my 2012 Race a Month Challenge wasn’t as successful as I’d hoped. However, I am still calling it…
Well, that’s the Loch Ness Marathon done, and I am pleased to say that I improved my time over last year. The weather was pretty…
In about 24 hours, I will be running my second marathon. I know I’d said I was only ever doing one, but I was kind…
Today was fabulous, even as I sit here with aching muscles and feel completely wrecked. The day started well, after a fantastic night’s sleep in…
Today was Race Number Nine in my 2012 Race a Month Challenge and I’m pretty excited about it. It was the Great Scottish Run half…
Today was the Drymen 10K in, well, Drymen, Scotland. It was also race Number 8 in my 2012 Race a Month Challenge. It was also…
Today was race number seven in my 2012 Race a Month Challenge. And if you didn’t guess it from the title of this post, it…
It’s 30 June; the last day of the first half of 2012 and the halfway point for my 2012 Race a Month Challenge. Of course,…
Do you remember when I told you that I was going to run the Loch Ness Marathon in honour of Paul? And how after I…
I went back and forth about what I should post today and for a brief moment, I even thought that I might not post at…
I completed my second half-marathon today. Well, that’s if you can count last year’s Inaugural Homeland Memorial Half Marathon. Which I do. Only today’s half…
Today was another race day as part of my Race a Month goal I set this year with the ever-amazing Rebecca. And, as often happens…
Yay! Today was my third race in my 2012 Race a Month Challenge. I don’t know how I survived it, but I did! The Round…
I have a goal to run a race a month in 2012. It’s kind of an annual goal that Paul and I always attempted, but…
I am now officially a marathon finisher! Can you believe it? No, neither can I. Today’s feat went much, much better than I expected. And…
I’m running my first – and last – ever marathon in the morning. I’m pretty excited about it, but at the same time, I’m rather dreading it. You see,…