• Women Only

    Women’s Only Races

    Thursday, May 23, 2013

    One of the many reasons I started this site was because of a conversation I found myself having repeatedly. Women’s only races. It kinda goes without saying that I’m pro-women. I am one, hence, have kind of a vested interested here. Given the evidence that women are more likely to work out if they can [...]

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Photo by Simon Wiseby
Oct
9

Best Fitness Blogs

I started this blog back in March of this year and the response has really been incredible. I feel so lucky to have connected with so many super strong, badass like-minded foxes through sharing my fitness life here. I love that something as positive and healthy as simply being active bonds us together in such [...]

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Oct
8

Race Report: Royal Parks Half

The Royal Parks Half Marathon is easily the most popular race in London. So, how does it measure up on all the important stuff? Race Organisation Great. Emails (but not an excessive amount) sent out in the months leading up to the race with training tips etc. Race pack sent out a couple of weeks [...]

Picture by Jon San Jose
Oct
7

Changing Goals

Today I ran the Royal Parks Half Marathon. It was my first ever race two years ago. That first time it took me two and a half hours. Since then, I’ve done eight more half marathons and a full one and my goal has always been to get faster. Because that’s supposed to be what [...]

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Oct
5

Race Report: Berlin Marathon

Guest post by Sarah Crandon After talking about it at length, me and my mate Ellie finally took the plunge and entered our first marathon, starting off with a biggie – time to tackle the Berlin Marathon 2012. Race Organisation All race numbers, chip timers etc were to be collected at the Expo from two [...]

Royal Parks Half
Oct
4

The Royal Parks App

Doing the Royal Parks Half Marathon this Sunday? Got friends and family coming to watch you? Then you’re gonna want to make sure they download this new spectator app so they can keep track of you. Oooh fancy! With the app you can monitor up to five runners (searched by name or race number), see [...]

Boxing
Oct
4

Women Only Classes

Do you think women only classes are a good thing or a bad thing? In response to seeing the kind of training I like, a guy recently posted a comment on here saying ‘if you like that, you should come try out my women’s class where we do a lot of the same stuff.’ I [...]

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Oct
2

Atherton: Four by Three

For those of you partial to a bit of downhill mountain biking, check out this short film, Four by Three by Red Bull. It follows Rachel Atherton, one third of the mountain biking Atherton family. She has World Cup victories under her belt and is a dominant force on the scene. This film follows her [...]

Anti-gravity yoga
Sep
28

Review: Anti-Gravity Yoga

I’m on record as not being into yoga. Pilates, I love. Yoga? Well, frankly, it bores me. All that saluting the sun and what have you – I want a good stretch and a challenge, I can align my chakras some other time, yaknowwhatI’msayin’? I know it’s all about the type of yoga and the [...]