After running my first Half Marathon, I am ready for my next challenge – the Lady K Urban Obstacle Course on the 28th July 2018. It’s just one week to go until I tackle my first Obstacle Course Race. I am surprisingly relaxed even though my training has been far from ideal and that’s putting… Continue reading Lady K Urban Obstacle Course Training, Weeks 6 – 7
After running my first Half Marathon, I am ready for my next challenge – the Lady K Urban Obstacle Course on the 28th July 2018. I took a 3-week break after my Half Marathon – it wasn’t meant to be such a long break but I struggled with some ‘post-race blues’. I had planned and… Continue reading Lady K Urban Obstacle Course Training, Week 1
After running 17 races last year as a complete beginner, I am now training for my first Half Marathon on the 13th May 2018. Training for a Half Marathon is hard. Not so much the running but juggling running with gym, kids’ school activities, birthday parties, work assignments and everything else in between! The last… Continue reading Journey to My First Half Marathon, Weeks 13 – 15 (Highlights)
After running 17 races last year as a complete beginner, I am now training for my first Half Marathon on the 13th May 2018. I loved a blog post by Kelly Roberts from ‘She Can and She Did’ where she said of herself that “I am just not a very gifted runner”. This really struck a… Continue reading Journey to My First Half Marathon, Weeks 11 – 12
After running 17 races last year as a complete beginner, I am now training for my first Half Marathon on the 13th May 2018. Once at a dinner party my husband made the bold statement that “The default setting of a human being is laziness”. There was an awkward silence at the table as people… Continue reading Journey to My First Half Marathon, Week 10
After running 17 races last year as a complete beginner, I am now training for my first Half Marathon on the 13th May 2018. This has been a solid week of training for me. Coach Nicola kept things interesting by adding a hills workout as well as a tempo run! I thoroughly enjoyed both, although the… Continue reading Journey to My First Half Marathon, Week 9
After running 17 races last year as a complete beginner, I am now training for my first Half Marathon on the 13th May 2018. Over the last two weeks, I have been quite consistent with sticking to Coach Nicola’s training plan and my confidence has grown with each kilometre. There was a definite transition from “Why… Continue reading Journey to My First Half Marathon, Weeks 7 – 8
On my mission to complete 17 races in 2017, I have most enjoyed running with friends and family. It has been more fun than I ever imagined it would be and I have drawn so much inspiration from them. This is the first post of my “Inspiration Series” where I plan to interview different people who inspire… Continue reading An Interview with Elisa
The Gaborone Runner 