I started running, admittedly quite inconsistently, in January 2012 after getting a place in the ballot for the Great North Run in September 2012 but my interest in and journey to a marathon and marathon training didn’t really peak until early 2017. We moved to Dubai in July 2014 and over the next few years […]
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Through weeks 11 to 16 of marathon training I was all over the place… quite literally and sick 🙁 Week 11 saw over 28 miles with a treadmill run, 2 outdoor runs in Dubai and a 16 mile long run around the 400m indoor track at Dubai Sports World… what a joy that was 😉 […]
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During week 5 of marathon training I was still in Scarborough before travelling to Northern Ireland for week 6. Unfortunately I got sick on the Saturday so didn’t run in Northern Ireland except for Armagh Park Run on my last day at home. We did have some leisurely walks and hiked up Slieve Gullion. Sunday […]
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In August last year we visited Kenya so we could go to the Maasai Mara on safari. We flew in for a long weekend and after a night in Nairobi we headed for the Maasai Mara reserve with our tour guide. On our way to the Maasai Mara we stopped at Great Rift Valley view point which was […]
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With 2016 well and truly kicked off and our first trip of the year already over, it’s time to take a quick look at the wonderful travels we had in 2015. It was the first year we really traveled together and that made each trip extra special and has created a serious case of wanderlust […]
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