A Second Look at the Ki Fit Body Monitor

February 13, 2013
A Second Look at the Ki Fit Body Monitor

Two years ago, inspired by the Biggest Loser, I purchased the Ki Fit Body Monitor. There followed a relatively short-lived love affair with the gizmo which promised so much gadgety joy but delivered more frustration – check here for the review of the Ki Fit. The idea is that the armband is a 24/7 body [...]

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Ultimate Gym Bra Review

February 13, 2013
Ultimate Gym Bra Review

We’ve been trying out new sports bras. I use the term “we” because I had to enrol the help of a less well endowed runner to try out the Shock Absorber Ultimate Gym Bra, which although generously sized, does not quite stretch to my proportions. I can confirm that the test model was still sufficiently [...]

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The Runner’s Embrocation

January 28, 2013
The Runner's Embrocation

I’ve done the Great North Run enough times to be able to identify the emergence of a pre-race ritual involving bananas, ibuprofen, Deep Heat and Red Bull. These aren’t the ingredients to a pre-race smoothie so please don’t feel tempted to whizz the ingredients together in a blender. For some reason I don’t repeat the [...]

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Return to Running School

January 27, 2013
Return to Running School

Just over 18 months ago I enrolled myself on a crash course at The Running School determined to overhaul my running style and evolve into an efficient, faster, pain free runner. Back in the summer of 2011 I was racked with plantar fasciitis pain and experimenting with barefoot running as a potential cure all for [...]

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Breakfast Sprint

January 25, 2013
Breakfast Sprint

Inspired by Lazygirlrunning and her fab post about interval running I decided to shake things about a bit this morning and so not only did I manage to drag myself out of bed and into some running gear before sunset but I also shocked the system with some sprints. I normally plug away on the [...]

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IceSpike and Yaktrax for Snow Running

January 20, 2013
IceSpike and Yaktrax for Snow Running

For an urbanite living in a city where snow falls for approximately 2 days in every 365, it does seem a little excessive that I have 2 different sets of ice cleats and snow grips. As London transport tends to collapse at the first hint of a snow flake, and commuters are left to fend [...]

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The Road to Tipperary

January 17, 2013
The Road to Tipperary

Finding myself unexpectedly in the City of Londinium, I very nearly allowed an impromptu tour of the local Porter houses to scupper my Janathon attempts. It started with an extremely fine pint of Guinness in The Tipperary. I always think of Guinness as a horribly bitter drink requiring at least one shot of blackcurrant to [...]

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The Insanity Test

January 16, 2013
The Insanity Test

My knees have been suffering since the weekends run so I’ve decided to focus on some core training. If I had any guts at all I’d be enrolling myself for a foundation course of crossfit but I’m sadly lacking in that department. Instead I have pulled out the Insanity DVDs so that I can sweat [...]

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Stout Only

January 15, 2013
Stout Only

There was a shameful lack of true exercise today. My intentions were good for about 15 hrs of the day but they just floated away by about bedtime. Guilt made me swing the kettlebell before I laid down but I had to cut that short as the cat was threatening to leap into the path [...]

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Stoking the Furnace

January 13, 2013
Stoking the Furnace

I mistook the absence of snow for evidence of a gloriously mild morning. It is easy to make meteorological errors when assessing the weather conditions from under a warm duvet. The truth revealed itself pretty quickly when I set off on this morning’s long run. I was repeating last weeks circular route from Putney Bridge [...]

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