Hello, Well things have been a little on the quiet side here as I recover from my ankle injury. 9 weeks later. Today was my first run post minor surgery, and all feeling good. Just in time. I have a 50km trail Ultra to run in Saturday (3 days away..yikes!) then a steady 20km … Continue reading
Real barefoot trail running. Yes. Amazed? Yep, so am I. How? Read on. So if you are at my blog you know I do barefoot running as my preferred running style. Mostly on road/pavement/concrete/beach/grass. I have even run a full road marathon totally barefoot. Then you will also know I love trail running. BUT for … Continue reading
Whilst in my search for a new pair of trail shoes..I am very specific.. I am failing to find the same pair that I have. Tomorrow I will be trialling a pair of Inov8’s…let see. However as one does when surfing the web, I got distracted and saw a post on “should you run in … Continue reading
One of the main reasons for this blog is to answer questions people raise when they see me run barefoot. To be honest, half the time it takes me a few hours to consider the question before I can answer it holistically. I am a very pragmatic kind of individual, so when people ask me … Continue reading
As I had a planned race on Saturday night, I took a slightly easier week in the training. Saturday morning was a volunteer stint at the local Park Run. Actually is quite a good feeling doing that! Then Saturday night had us partaking in the Moonshadow night time trail race of about 12km, with a … Continue reading
Good morning. What a fantastic weekend I have had with a great group of people on the trails. Doing nearly 40km over the weekend in spectacular locations and awesome trails, covering single track, open, extremely hilly, slopy, rock, root tangled, wildlife, sand, sand and more sand dunes! Oh my word, those sand dunes killed me… … Continue reading
Good morning. I have previously mentioned that I now have a Garmin Forerunner 620. Having never used a sports watch before, and being a bit analytical by nature, I am mesmerised with all the stats provided. So for me to have perfect form and or technique in running, I pretty much need to hit the … Continue reading
Oh dear. So yesterday I did an unplanned visit to Park Run and a quick 5km sprint (errr – quick for ME that is). I have had the Fremantle Half Marathon on my calendar for about a month now. I have not planned for it or trained for it, as the marathon was my last … Continue reading
Well hello again. Before reading any further – I do apologise for quality of videos – my first attempt and I promise to do better. Will update if I can get my son to visit and help me 🙂 Also first time uploading videos onto the blog..take it as a double treat – reading … Continue reading
Good evening. Well today I ran my first 5km Park Run. I think I have previously mentioned that I still have not worked out what kind of runner I am, and or what distance best suits me. I have run a number of 10km runs, and usually make the top 10 females and a 3rd … Continue reading
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