On the first few days of February in Edinburgh the speckled snow- topped Pentland hills were calling, but so was moving day. After quite a bit of to-ing and fro-ing Nige and I have finally bought our first home together,…
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From the central station in Oslo its quick and easy to jump on a train to Oslo Winter Park, the perfect Winter Wonderland for a New Year’s Eve first for us both – a lesson in cross country skiing.…
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When I tell people about our visit to Scandinavia, I describe Gothenburg as one of the surprise highlights of the trip. It’s very green, a good, manageable size, lots to do, chilled out, clean, healthy. Everything you expect a Swedish…
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We had just one night and really an afternoon and a morning in Malmö, so we tried to squeeze as much of this small Swedish city in as we could. Malmö is quite a small city and our train journey,…
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I had a lot of recommendations from friends and family before we left for our honeymoon about places to eat when we were on holiday. In the past, some of my fondest memories about traveling to new places were about…
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A huge thanks to Steph who shares her incredible race story from last weekends cross country – Cliveden House is infamous, for my parents it’s the Profumo Affair, for my friends it’s for the seemingly infinite steps. In the middle…
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Our second day in Copenhagen was Christmas Day! After a morning run around the trails of Christianshavn and along to see the Opera House, we had a late breakfast at the hotel before wrapping up warm for an afternoon at…
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After getting married in September after almost six years together, we finally spent Christmas together and flew off on our honeymoon on Christmas Eve morning. Nige and I have always spent Christmas with our own families in different countries, Scotland…
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A few years ago I took part in the running streak called Advent Running – running everyday of Advent for at least 25 minutes or 5km – but I found that towards the end of the month I had almost…
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So, you’ve got a place at New York Marathon? Heading to NYC over the festive period? Steph has it all for you – What’s the first thing I planned? The food! Eat The Sutton Inn Perfect for a special post…
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After a heavy weekend in the Peak District I went on full recovery mode last week and tried my best to look after myself. I scheduled in lots of rest, yoga, good food and easy runs later on in the…
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No one wants to read about every step of a 62 mile race but I learnt a good few lessons running my first back-to-back ultramarathon that I hope will be useful to some. The photo above gives you an idea…
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If you’re a regular around here you’ll know one of my favourite distances to race is a 50km trail. There’s something just a little special about those few miles over marathon distance that give me that bit extra and I’ve…
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One of the standout dishes on our vegetarian wedding reception menu was Val’s lentil and cashew loaf. It went down a treat with our guests before an evening of ceilidh dancing! The following week, Mum made one very similar using this…
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A few weeks back, on Friday at midnight my team mate set off running in the dark from Kincardine. He was one of 12 teams, teams of 6 solo runners, running 116.5 miles in total along the Fife Coastal Path.…
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Running became a strong theme throughout our wedding – it made appearances in our ceremony, speeches, table plan and even footwear – so it only felt right to honour that, do what we love to do and run together as…
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Thoughts from Stephanie’s Berlin and a memorable quote from Matt Haig’s ‘Reasons to Stay Alive’ ‘An unattained goal causes pain, but actually achieving it brings only a brief satisfaction’ As expected, with true German efficiency, Berlin Marathon was expertly organised…
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The Scottish Hill Runners (SHR) have organised a championship since 1983, providing a test of all-round hill running ability. A series of 6 races it requires runners to complete at least one race in each category – short, medium and…
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My home running club Carnethy organised a race every weekday evening last week that made up a series called the Alternative Carnethy 5 (here’s the original race). Ahead of the event, individual challenges are set – from a killer downhill-only flyer…
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As well as sprints, another session that I try to do weekly and I’ve written into my new training plan is hill reps. I think this session is a love/hate relationship for many – it’s tough going at the time…
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