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Fitness
How Running For Charity Helped Me Grieve
Many people think those who run marathons and whatnot are crazy for wanting to push their bodies that far. But Cat Dunn runs for charity to grieve. I have been…
So you want to train for an obstacle race
A couple of months ago, post-wedding and pre-honeymoon, a friend of my husbands asked “You like running and blogging, right? Do you want a place in an obstacle race? I’ll shower…
Train like an Olympian with Fitness First + Giveaway!
Training like an Olympian. Not a sentence I thought I’d ever write in my life, but then again I never really thought I’d be writing about fitness on the internet.…
4 accessories that make working out more bearable
Perhaps you’re still recovering from all that festive over-indulgence, or maybe it’s the cold weather. Or it could just be that, like many of us, there are a hundred and…
An internal dialogue of a novice at a Body Pump class
Pump is this thing that perhaps shouldn’t have ever been invented; that might go against the natural bent of everything. It involves a lot of bending, see, and lifting things…
Train like an Angel – week 2
On the 26th November I embarked on a self-inflicted Train like an Angel challenge. The point and premise of which was to see if the training routines the Angel’s of…
7 reasons why I don’t go to the gym
I’ve never really gone to the gym. It’s just never appealed to me. I tried it a couple of times in the past, but I could never get myself to…
Train like an Angel: The Challenge part 1
What does it really mean to “Train like an Angel?” Earlier this month the internet was saturated with images from the coveted Victoria Secret’s big fashion event. Naturally what followed…
Why outdoor yoga isn’t as awkward as it sounds
Let me start off by saying I’m not a hippie. I swear. I did once spend a whole weekend in the middle of nowhere doing qigong for hours on end…
Autumn is the time to fall in love with running
I’ll never forget the day I started running. It was a cold autumn day in 2013, more precisely at around 7pm on the 4th of November. 707 days ago, to…
9 things I tell myself on a good run
Ever since I started running, I’ve had this insane inner-monologue that resembles something of a delusional positive parent cheering its mediocre child on at the football pitch, whilst very high on drugs. I’ve…
12 reasons you should join a running club
If I could write an ode to my running club without anyone thinking I was a complete weirdo, I totally would. But I think I’ll save that one for my…