This was an amazing weekend for the running folk – at the Vienna Marathon on Saturday, Eliud Kipchoge became the first man to run a marathon in under 2 hours (1:59:40). The next day, at the Chicago Marathon on Sunday, Brigid Kosgei would break Paula Radcliffe’s record and run a 2:14:04 marathon. Also in Chicago, I would be happy to see […]
When someone told me that I’ll run my second half marathon (way) faster than I ran my first one, I didn’t quite believe that that was possible. But it did stick and it was something I thought about later. I decided I would keep on running in 2019 because I love it and because I am now fitter and healthier […]
You know how people, and maybe even you, say… “I’ll one day do… [fill in the blanks]”? That’s kind of how I’ve set the goal of running a half-marathon in 2018, knowing that the number of days in a year are counted, and yet thinking that that day will never come. Then I sat down and picked a race… one […]
Sports and I have never been best buddies. So when I decided to do #RedesignYourBody, it was sports that seemed to be the most challenging component. I knew I could consciously choose to eat only what’s ‘allowed’. Also, I know exactly how to work on my mindset. But what if I found sports challenging only because I hadn’t changed my mind […]
Oh dear, it’s been about a month since I published that photo with the healthier, fitter and skinnier version of myself! This past month has been a joy and a challenge, with decisions around meal planning, choice of clothes and exercise routines! My favourite consequence of my new silhouette is getting into my wardrobe and, whatever I choose to wear, it […]
I used to be a skinny kid, almost the kind of skinny you see on the telly, in kids who suffer from malnutrition. My parents struggled to feed me and I just wasn’t interested. Fast forward to more recent times, I learnt by myself how eating in excess and doing no exercise can lead to gaining more kilogrammes than I […]
