Post-marathon treat Today’s adventure was a recovery one! I was heading back to Nottingham, following yesterdays Beachy Head Marathon, with my parents. We stopped off at the gorgeous National Trust property, Standen House. A Little About Standen House Standen House is in the Sussex countryside and is a fantastic snapshot of a well off, family home in…
Month: October 2016
Throwback Thursday – Bosnia, Mountain Biking, 2012
Thinking back I have done a surprising amount of mountain biking for someone who is afraid to point a bike downwards on a rocky path. Pop me on a good downhill on a road bike and I will be distinctly disappointed if I don’t reach between 30-40mph. Do the same on a mountain bike and I prefer…
Pre-race Nerves: Why Do They Jangle?!
I’m a little on edge this week, a little fidgety. With less than a week to go until the Beachy Head Marathon I am starting to feel the faint jangling’s of nerves coming on. This happens to me with any sporting event I take part in although cycling events do not seem to elicit the…
Not Really A Runner
I wasn’t always sporty, I was in my mid twenties before I got started. Well, that is not entirely true; I rode horses. I loved horses and immersed myself in the horsey world, including going to university to study them. But was not a runner and I didn’t really cycle. I started to run when a friend suggested taking part…
Throw Back Thursday – Chamonix Via Ferrata
Chamonix, September 2011 – Girls Adventure Holiday I’m not very good at sitting still; beach holidays just don’t suit me anymore. So a girls activity week with Alpine Elements , back in 2011, seemed like the perfect idea. It was my first time in Chamonix and I was blown away. Green meadows rose gently to cooler pine forests…
A Helping Hand
Having had a day off the exercise yesterday (yes, we all need them) I was back out running this afternoon. I had been thinking of going for a swim but then the sun started to shine and I couldn’t resist getting outside. It turned out the sun was being a little trickster as it disappeared…
Free Running
Today’s adventure was free running. Not the sort where you leap from building to building – although I would love to give that a go! This free running was the type where you don’t really know where you are going or how far; you just go. This morning it was pouring with rain and I…
Autumn Walking
Today’s adventure was going to be a long run but this morning my body told me it just didn’t want to do that. There are times you have to push yourself and times you just have to listen to your body. So we decided to borrow my parents dog, Sprite, and go for a long autumn walk instead. The…
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