Claire Chamberlain
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Tuesday, 24 January, 2012
At the time of writing this blog, it’s 24 days into January and this is how my New Year’s resolution (exercising every day for 50 days) has gone so far: day one, long walk (well it was New Year’s Day and I was very tired and just a little bit hungover); day two, long walk (it does get better – but only just); day three, run (woo!); day four, trampolining; day five, run; day six, strength & conditioning exercises; day seven, run; day eight, swim; day nine, lots of work to get done; day ten, tired; day 11...Read More >50 days of exercise
Tuesday, 20 December, 2011
I think I may have regressed. Remember when you were a child and wrote your Christmas list – at the top there was always one (or perhaps several) ‘wishful thinking’ items that you knew Santa wouldn’t be able to fit down the chimney, but you thought you’d give it a shot anyway (mine was always a pony. It never happened)...Read More >Rollercoaster ride
Tuesday, 22 November, 2011
It’s safe to say that 2011 has definitely been a year of running highs and lows for me. And while the highs have made me feel like I’m running on air, the lows have left me feeling fairly flat and unfit...Read More >The story of a DNF
Monday, 17 October, 2011
One of the rules of racing goes something like this: never eat something you haven’t tried before in the week leading up to a race. I’ve now added a little clause to that rule – never eat something out of a temperamental freezer two nights before a race...Read More >Hitting the trails
Thursday, 22 September, 2011
Deputy editor Claire makes the most of her long trail runs in the final countdown to the Royal Parks Foundation Half Marathon....Read More >Breast of friends
Wednesday, 24 August, 2011
Sometimes, despite the fact you’ve previously run further distances and faster times, it can be brilliant to enter a race simply for the love of running, rather than to beat your last PB...Read More >Double or quits
Thursday, 18 August, 2011
Autumn is definitely the season for races – which means summer is the season for training for them...Read More >Park life
Monday, 18 July, 2011
One of the most constant factors of my running ‘career’ so far is that – bar my mid-week run with the WR girls – I tend to run alone....Read More >Mixing it up
Monday, 20 June, 2011
After the Bupa London 10,000 at the end of May, which despite being a fantastic race I found much more difficult than I should have done...Read More >The power of 10
Tuesday, 10 May, 2011
The Brighton Marathon came and went last month, and it’s pretty safe to say I’ve been on a bit of a runners’ high ever since...Read More >Time to taper...
Wednesday, 6 April, 2011
And so the Brighton Marathon is almost upon us. Which has come as something of a shock, because it feels like only yesterday I was sitting at my desk tentatively filling out the online entry form and thinking to myself that the year 2011 felt like eons away...Read More >Halfway there!
Monday, 14th February, 2011
My first (short!) marathon training run, back in snowy December, feels like a long time ago. And the moment I thought to myself, ‘Another marathon? That seems like a good idea,’ back in spring 2010, is even more of a distant memory!...Read More >The final countdown
Monday, 13th September, 2010
What is it about the concept of time? It seems to have a strange, stretchy quality, which means it feels like only yesterday I had a nice, comfortable two months to prepare for the Bupa Great North Run...Read More >Doctor, doctor…
Tuesday, 10th August, 2010
I’ve been working at Women’s Running for two months now, and something strange seems to have happened to me. It appears I’ve contracted a rather serious case of over-enthusiasm...Read More >Learning from mistakes
