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Here for the 3rd #Cakeathon event. Looking fresh at the start. Well it was 9am at the time 😊 I managed two laps. Left leg is still not good. Each lap was 4.37 miles, so that was 9.74 miles today. More than I've run in a long while! #running #WarmingTheInjuryBench #InjuredRunner #RunnersCommunity

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It was worth it! Recovery for this one has been tougher than the 4 before it though. To quote Jay-Z I'm "On to the next one!" #ThamesMeanderMarathon #WhyIRun #ThisGirlCan #12In12Marathons

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Gutted! No London Marathon for me but at least I already a Spring #Marathon booked. Looking forward to #BrightonMarathon2016.

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My 3rd Half Marathon this year done. I didn't enjoy it at all thanks to the heat, really bad menstrual cramps (I'm keeping it real here) and really strong head winds on the way back to the finish. I was 4 minutes slower than last year, where I made my race debut at this distance. Still, it's another deposit in the mileage bank, another medal and I got to hang with #TeamMedway family after and catchup with lovely friends who live locally, after that. #FolkestoneHalf #FolkestoneHalfMarathon #running #HalfMarathon #RunnersCommunity (at The Leas, Folkestone)

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It's arrived! I did this race last year. This race was my FIRST Half Marathon and I was fretting as training for this had really pushed me to my limit. My goal time was 2:30:00; I beat it and ran 2:08:28. The aim this year is to run sub-2 hours but I shall see, as I am still carrying a slight injury. I was also still an unattached runner as I hadn't joined @cornerstonefituk at the time. What a difference a year makes because I am now a fully fledged, crazy runner. Love it! #FolkestoneHalfMarathon #HalfMarathon #running

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I'll take that as I'm still carrying a marathon in my legs and this course was hilly! #Happy #WR10K #WR10KBrockwell #cFitOnTour #Running #10K

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BEFORE! #KentCoastalMarathon #KentCostalHalfMarathon #Marathon #HalfMarathon #ThisGirlCan #Running #LooniesOnTour #cFitOnTour

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Race number for @ThanetRunnersAC Kent Coastal Marathon. One more sleep! #marathon #running #LooniesOnTour #cFitOnTour #TeamMedway

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Nice to see that my dodgy hip hasn't dented my sprinting ability! This was the only point on a very slow, slightly painful run this morning, that I actually let go and stretched my legs. I held back a little, especially at the last 30 odd metres which included a sprinting up a ramp. I'm probably going to pay for that for the rest of the day but a Course Record on #StravaProveIt is a nice way to try and get one's running mojo back! #StravaProveIt #Sprinting #Running #10K #RunnersCommunity #RunItFast #NikeRunning

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One more sleep! I get to finish this race in the Olympic Stadium. Together with @CornerstoneFitUK @rebelrunnersmedway and @medwayrunners, we're going to disturb London! #GreatNewhamLondonRun #running #TeamMedway #ThisGirlCan

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The prettiest race bling that I have earned to date! Thank you #AlexMunroe and @nikelondon! #WeRunLondon #NikeWomen

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I had a horrible run today; the first 2.5K went well then I hit a mental wall, a quarter of the way through the second lap. It’s the first time in a year of parkrun that I actually stopped running and walked. This happened twice. I’m rather gutted as I was ahead of the 25 minute pacer by a couple of metres until that second lap, so could have run a sub 25 minute time, if I’d maintained my pace. I had legs of lead and I hit a new heart rate high of 203bpm. Average heart rate was 190bpm. I spent 94% of the run in Z5. No wonder why I felt like pants at the end and took ages to recover. Got to work on my aerobic strength and managing my electrolyte loss because I can’t keep that up all summer :-( Time to lick my mental wounds and regroup for the Medway 10K tomorrow.

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Medway #5K Series at The Strand. #RunMedway

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Finally met @kyrstie in person and got to meet @blinirunsldn too. Had a really great evening but am completely knackered now! #NikeRunning #nikewomens10klondon #NikeRunning #cFitOnTour #CrewLove

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Picked up my race pack for the #nikewomens10klondon today. Can't wait! #werunlondon #NikeRunning #WhyWeRun #ThisGirlCan #RunEngland #cFitOnTour

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#werunlondon #NikeRunning Thank you pacers and coaches @ldntownrunners

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It's a month overdue but I am really excited to be finally joining the #parkrunClub50 today! That represents a whole year of #parkrun in my life. It one of the few activities that we regularly do together as a family. It has brought me new friends who get my love for running, a new community, my running club @CornerstoneFitUK, I found my church through it and I have a better sense of wellbeing. I volunteer at my local one regularly and no longer have a lie-on on Saturdays! When I laced up my trainers on 21 Jan 2014 and decided that 2014 was going to be the year that I stuck with running, I never envisaged how much my life would change. I have gone from barely being able to run 5K to running 10Ks, Half Marathons and am now preparing for my first marathon in September. Not bad for an asthmatic runner who still sounds like a freight train when she runs! Thank you Paul Sinton-Hewitt for founding parkrun 10 years ago and thank you Tony Giles for starting my local one in 2013. Last but NOT least, a MASSIVE thank you to all the volunteers at my local parkrun and all over the world, who give up their Saturdays to ensure that the runs happen. They are there in all weather and without them, parkrun would not happen. Simple. #loveparkrun #WhyWeRun #RunEngland #ThisGirlCan #RunMedway