running

Hello! I began running in 2023 and am pleased to report that it has gone well. I recently ran a 10k and have registered for the Farnborough Winter Half Marathon in January. I've learned to appreciate how difficult it is to train with T1D - both mentally and physically - throughout my training...

The ballot for next year opens next week. This is the first (and so far only) half marathon I've done and I'm really looking forward to doing it again next year. I enjoyed it most of the time round and then again a couple of days after I'd finished! It's so friendly and so supportive that it...

Now that I’ve completed my first half marathon and signed up for the second (and even contemplating putting in to the ballot for a full one somewhere) I’m convinced I’m official a Runner. So I’m off to the National Running Show today. I’m expecting it to be full of stalls selling overpriced...

Not a plea for donations (but clearly won’t turn any away!) but rather for input into the wording I’ve used for my JustGiving page. JustGiving/FatManRunningAsBestHeCan Does it look ok? Am I striking the right note? Is there anything you’d want to see or anything I’ve included which you’d...

Hi I have just been diagnosed with T1D. Prior to my diagnosis I enjoyed running and this is something that I am keen to get back in to. I have been advised to introduce it gradually, so I have decided to do the C25K. I went out on my first run today and got myself so worked up over how much...

Kielder Forest Dark Sky 10K Looking for slightly more interesting events to do, rather than just another ordinary distance run, Liz and I entered the Kielder Forest 10k in Northumberland. Having done most of the 10k events in our area, we have decided to start wandering a little further afield...

Any amount of running is good for you, according to research suggesting it is linked to a similar reduction in the risk of early death no matter how many hours you clock up a week or how fast you go. According to the World Health Organization, about 3.2 million deaths each year are down to...

Hi everyone! I'm an enthusiastic runner but get it wrong every single time I go out, and my new dexcom seems to distract me more than it helps. How do people like their dexco m trace to look before they run? What do they expect it to do while they're running? How'd the hot weather...

The Liverpool Rock 'n' Roll running weekend is an event that features live music all around the courses. There is a 5k run on the Saturday. Then on the Sunday there is a half marathon, a full marathon and then a 1 mile run if you are still up for it. The medals are handed out like confetti and...

Those who have read my wibblings elsewhere may be aware that my wife Liz and myself are both running the London Marathon this year. For Xmas, my brother Mark bought us two books about the event which I have now finished reading. The London Marathon – The History of the Greatest Race on Earth...

Most years I have started to wind down on the fitness training by this time of the year. I like to tick over gently during the dark months, just doing enough so as not to get totally out of shape so I can be ready to hit the ground running when Spring starts to dawn. This year some health...

I was diagnosed in May 2013 and started doing the parkrun regularly as part of the fitness program that I embarked on in response to that. As I got better at running and it became easier I gradually stepped up the distances. I ran my first Marathon in Hull in 2016 and did the Hull Marathon again...

Hayley Jarvis, Head of Physical Activity at Mind, shares with us the all-important benefits of running to our mental health. In her spare time, Hayley is a mental health advocate and a peer volunteer/run leader for Dudley Mind. We’re all aware of the physical health benefits of being active...

If anyone is looking for some tips to ease themselves back in to running, or potentially start from scratch, there are some simple tips to getting started in this blog: https://blogs.diabetes.org.uk/?p=10857 The blog is in anticipation of a new fundraising challenge at Diabetes UK, Run26...

In praise of sports technology. As a kid growing up in the nineteen seventies I can remember the speculation that went on about all the wonderful technology would be part of everyday life in the year 2,000. We never did get our flying cars or our domed cities on the Moon and on Mars. I do...

Some here will know that I have been slightly unwell since the beginning of the year and, as a consequence, I have been unable to stay fully fit. As I have gradually recovered, I have been doing my best to build my fitness level back up again. The timing of this particular event has meant that...

BBC Radio 4 You and Yours, on now. There was a piece about several, paid for running events not happing. You should be able to listen once the programme finishes. They're just talking about food in products. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qps9...

Parkrun revisited Having commented on an earlier thread about the parkrun, I decided that maybe it is time that I started my own thread rather than going on about me me me on someone else's. Parkruns have been going since 2005 and have grown from a very small beginning to now being spread all...

Anyone else do Park Runs? They're 5k runs in a local park, at the weekends, totally free, and they'll time you and publish results later that day. I've just done my first and it was a great experience. I've been going to the gym for over 6 months and running on the treadmill and mostly can...

Major achievement for me, less than 4 months post diagnosis. Today I ran the Manchester Marathon. Official time 4 hours 39 minutes and 47 seconds. Thrilled to bits with that, just had to shout about it :):) (sorry!) :p