The dreaded DNF. In all my years of running I have avoided getting a DNF next to my name but unfortunately I didn't finish my last race. Mentally, it's been a tough one to get over. I’m usually really strong minded and tend to push through anything that is troubling me, so pulling out of … Continue reading The Dreaded DNF
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Very rarely does life follow the path we intend it to and in athletics, it seems to be even more uncertain. Over the last three weeks I've gone from executing plan A with military precision, to currently having to resort to an unprecedented plan H. My first two weeks in Flagstaff couldn't have gone better … Continue reading Back On Track Again
I knew it was going to be challenging running my first 10,000m on the track. Timing wise, it perhaps wasn't the smartest idea to take it on so soon after the European Indoors. However, doing one at this stage will allow me to focus on the shorter distances in preparation for the World Championships in … Continue reading 10,000m Debut
For the last few years, I've watched the indoor championships from the comfort of my sofa and it's something I've always wanted to be a part of, but unfortunately due to injury or illness, I've always missed out. Although all eyes were on Laura Muir I still felt a great deal of pressure. And it … Continue reading European Indoor MEDAL!!!
Maintaining peak fitness is a very thin line to tread. Often when you are in the best physical shape of your life, you're also most susceptible to picking up an injury or illness. I was really looking forward to the prospect of spending a gruelling three weeks up in the high altitude of Kenya with … Continue reading Back To Altitude
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