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Running the Virgin London Marathon - Marathon Day

25 April 2012
  Well, I did it. I ran the London Marathon, my second marathon and I can tell you it wasn't easy. Sunday morning was a bitter/sweet affair for me. Waking up I knew it was go time and I was ready.My parents popped round with much needed essentials, such as vaseline and my new ACUVUE contact lenses,...
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Running the Virgin London Marathon - The Final Stretch

19 April 2012
The last three weeks have been tough. Real tough. Slowly but surely I have been increasing my distances and managed to tick off 16 and 18 miles, before building up to the 20 mile run.I'd be lying if I said I wasn't dreading it.In my previous blog I'd mentioned my 'half-marathon distance' run from Su...
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Running the Virgin London Marathon - The Half Marathon

27 March 2012
First and foremost, apologies for the massive delay in blogging. Since returning from Antigua my mind has firmly been on getting back into training. A week in the sun was nice, but I knew that I had to focus on getting up to speed, and fast.I flew in on the Saturday morning and after a day of unpack...
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Running the Virgin London Marathon - Pancake Day Struggles

8 March 2012
This week's training has not been easy. First my training partner managed to injure her calf and just a couple of days into the week I realise that it is pancake day. Now, usually this means getting straight home from work, ignoring dinner and simply skipping straight to the pancakes. This year I pr...
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Running the Virgin London Marathon - The Training Begins

8 February 2012
For the second year running I am one of the lucky people that have been chosen to run the London Marathon. At least I think I am one of the lucky ones. While I will be raising plenty of money for my chosen charity - here is a link to my just giving page which tells you all about the charity, Whizz K...
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Excitement Builds as the World Championships Approach - by Sonja McLaughlan

23 August 2011
It would be fair to say I’m excited, like a kid on Christmas Eve and I’m not alone. Iwan Thomas and Katharine Merry take to twitter daily like eager children discussing their first school trip. The destination is certainly exotic, South Korea, but it’s the reason for our journey that has us al...
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Is Delhi the Right Location for the Commonwealth Games?

5 October 2010
The approach to the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games has been fractured to say the least. With building deadlines looming, fears over the conditions of the athletes village growing, Dengue fever spreading and top athletes withdrawing, the viability of the Games had been brought into question.India is t...
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Jessica Ennis

Is Golden Girl Ennis the Queen of British sport?

4 August 2010
Following her fantastic Gold medal at the European Championships to add to her World Indoor and Outdoor heptathlon golds, is Jessica Ennis now the undisputed Queen of British sport?   Ennis, who missed out on the Beijing Olympics two-years ago through injury, has now cemented herself ...
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Is Lemaitre the next superstar of sprinting?

30 July 2010
Earlier this week Christophe Lemaitre won European sprint gold, seeing off favourite Dwain Chambers in the process. Two weeks prior he became widely regarded as the first white man to break the 10 second barrier, clocking a time of 9.98s at the national trials in Valence, France.   Only 20 year...
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