Learn tips and tricks for taming and training your thoughts
Why it’s good to come last sometimes
Chip timers and online results can add real pressure to race day, but here’s why you should embrace your ranking whether you’re on the podium or at the back. Sometimes when I’m racing, it feels like I’m flying. You know that sense that your breathing is steady, your...
Get up, Get out, Feel good!
Feeling sooo ‘blah’, you’d rather sit on the sofa than go find a trail to run, get to the gym, or do anything else, I can empathize. For me, I have learnt how to counteract that! I can easily stare out of a window and wander in my thoughts for hours on end. I can...
The Wisdom of Corporate Athletes: Becoming Your Own Best Self in Business & in Life
Becoming your own best self in business & in life? We all want to be our best selves and our happiest selves don't we? When I learned about Dr.Jim Loehr, a world-renowned performance psychologist who has more than 30 years of experience and applied research, and...
Nourishing Your Body to Support Mental Health
In the last 10 years, there has been an honest and brave openness in discussing mental health, a discussion often lead by well-known and respected figures from the sport and art industries who have been sharing their own experiences about living with mental illness...
What is it about running, that improves our mental health?
It wouldn’t surprise any of you if I told you that physical activity is one of the most commonly recommended natural remedies for stress, anxiety and depression. But what is it about running, in particular, that improves our mental health? When you break it down, it...
ULTRA TIRED! I WAS READY TO QUIT.
There I was, high up in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, saying “I’ve had enough of ultras.” That feeling of quitting is all-consuming. And it had gotten a hold of me. I’m someone who loves a multi-stage running event. These usually last at least three days or more,...
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Finding Yourself Again: Mind, Body & Fuel Tips to Feel Your Best in Your Everyday Life Are you doing the 101 things that need to get done everyday without enough sleep, the right fuel, and with your head swirling? All the while, you’re also delicately balancing...
Middle East Desert Running – Intro 101
Jump back to 2016. I visited Dubai often. My daughter was living there, and, being the ‘forever beach-bum,’ I was happy to visit and visit often! Amongst the glitz and glam that is Dubai, the ‘beach’ experience can still be found. Sun that warms the bones, soft white...
Why dropping out is sometimes the bravest thing you can do
DNF, three letters that strike fear into the hearts of runners. Did Not Finish. But my years as an endurance runner have taught me there are times when you have to quit for the sake of your body and your mind I just pulled out of my VERY FIRST race. I never thought it...