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49-year-old Lorraine juggles her busy job as a cardiac nurse with being a mother of two. She took up running to lose weight and lead a healthier life after being told that her blood pressure was so high that she was in danger of having a stroke. She lost five stones and also gave up smoking. This is her second marathon. Lorraine wants to be ‘fab at 50’ next year!Lorraine's blog
Journey's end Tuesday, 8 May, 2012 A few weeks before the marathon I had terrible shin pain and was limping around the kitchen. What a nightmare. I started to worry that I had a stress fracture and I thought I’d need to pull out of the marathon... Read more >What a week that was Tuesday, 10 April, 2012 Well where to begin this week? Firstly aplogies for the delay in the blog. I had every intention of getting it finished before the bank holiday weekend but have had a little running trauma to distract me, more on that shortly. First back to last Sunday’s long run... Read more >
Doubt creeping in... Friday, 30 March, 2012 The Virgin London Marathon 2012 is almost upon us and I’m not ashamed to admit that I am beginning to get a bit jittery and doubts about my abilities have begun to make their presence felt... Read more >
The confidence-boosting long run Friday, 23 March, 2012 Hello again to my lovely followers and welcome to any new folks. Another week has slipped by and its now only 30 days until the big day. How scary and exciting is that? This has for me been a week of ups and downs. Lets start with a positive... Read more >
The Silverstone Experience Friday, 16 March, 2012 Welcome back once again to my regular followers (thank you for sticking with me) and hello to any new followers. I can’t believe how close I am now to running the Virgin London Marathon 2012. Only 37 days to go. I am getting ever more excited and scared by the day... Read more >
Moving up the gears Friday, 9 March, 2012 Hello again everyone. Now regular followers will recall from my previous blog that training hadn’t been going too well thanks to a double dose of illness. Well I am delighted to report that I am back fitter and stronger... Read more >
Listen to your body Friday, 2 March, 2012 Hello again to my regular followers and welcome to any new followers. Another week has elapsed and sadly I don’t have much training to report on. Read more >
The ABC of marathon training Thursday, 23 February, 2012 Hello again everyone and welcome to any new readers. It has been a quieter week on the running front with training going well and no new training methods to report on. Phoebe hasn’t surprised me this week, although I do have to face HILLS again on Thursday. Read more >
Snow snow and more snow Friday, 10 February, 2012 With bated breath I clicked ‘open’ on my next weeks training schedule. Oh... it looks quite hard. Well to be honest very hard. To include threshold runs which have increased from six minutes to a mighty 10 minutes and my arch Nemesis HILLS!!! And not just any hills but running up and down continuously for six minutes at threshold pace. And I have to do this not just once but time times... Read more >
Time for recovery and reflection Thursday, 2 February, 2012 Hello again everyone. How quickly time is passing. Its now only 11 weeks and 4 days until I find myself on the starting line of the Virgin London Marathon... Read more >
Memorable moments Friday, 27 January, 2012 Hello again my friends. Thank you for checking back into my blog. The past week has been full of memorable moments. Not least of which was leaving behind one decade and entering another. But more on that later. I really feel I am experiencing one of the most exciting times. Anything is possible and nothing is impossible... Read more >
Lessons learnt Friday, 20 January, 2012 Hello again. Hope your running is going as good as mine. Today I have a core and strength routine to do as prescribed by the lovely Phoebe from Running With Us. All the different elements are starting to come together like a jigsaw puzzle leading to me becoming a fitter, stronger more intelligent runner... Read more >
Training like an Olympian Thursday, 19 January, 2012 Today is an extra special day. Me and my lovely hubby are on the 06:57 train to London. My fellow GIRLS and the SPARTANS (boys) are being treated/subjected (whichever way you want to look at it) to a day of expert advice and support at top notch Physi and Therapy to aid us in our quest for marathon glory.... Read more >
GOODBYE 2011/HELLO 2012 Friday, 6 January, 2012 Hello again, I hope you all had a happy Christmas and that 2012 is the year your wishes and dreams come true... Read more >
Rolling back the years Monday, 19 December, 2011 When the Virgin London Marathon acceptance magazine dropped onto the doormat back in October I thought my excitement couldn’t be matched but how wrong I was... Read more >
