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Returning to the fells Postpartum

Trail Running After Childbirth: The Importance of Strength Training and a Phased Return For many women, getting back to running after having a baby is an exciting yet challenging milestone. However, jumping straight back onto the trails without a proper recovery plan can increase the risk of injury, pelvic floor dysfunction, and long-term complications. A…

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Being a Runner in Isolation

As a Physiotherapist observing the world right now I have decided to write down some thoughts with regards to the life of a runner during these times of restriction. The uncertainty of when these restrictions will lift and when races will resume are all questions no one has exact answers for but, regardless of this,…

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Running the GR 20 in 2018

This was a post I started to write back in 2018. Life happened and I never got it finished. During this time of isolation, I have been reminiscing about some of the amazing trips John and I have had. It was about time I got this published! I was introduced to the GR 20 by…

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Otillo SwimRun World Championships 2017

When an adventure such as this comes my way I find it very difficult to turn it down. However this was going to be perhaps the toughest adventure I have undertaken so far. Unfortunately due to injury a friend, Jenny Rice, found herself looking for a partner to take part in the Otillo Swimrun world…

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An English fell runners trip to the Alps! 

Chamonix….what a place! John and I decided to take a trip to the Alps this year with the ultimate goal of trying to get up Mont Blanc. We knew it was going to be a big ask as we had two weeks to acclimatize and then hope for a weather window to get up there.…

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Saunders Lakeland Mountain Marathon 2016

2nd-3rd July 2016 This was the first navigational event me and John did together a year ago and we absolutely loved it. We made some crucial mistakes last year….lack of concentration resulting ending up on top of the wrong fell resulting in a 6 mile detour and ‘dibbing’ the wrong checkpoint right at the end…

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