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Aware Christmas Run 2019

Chocolate and Peanut Butter Energy Balls

There are tonnes of recipes for energy balls out there so I’m not going into a big speech about why mine are the best. This is just the recipe that I made up based on researching plenty of sources and it works for me. I find myself making a batch most weeks as they are…

Disappointment and Perspective

If you were planning to run a race in the near future, anywhere from local 5km to major international marathons, you have probably found out that it got cancelled. Over a couple of days I found out both the Manchester and Cork Marathons were postponed until September/October and possibly some smaller races to follow. It…

36 Kilometres, the Longest Run

Every marathon plan builds to a point in both weekly distance and the distance for your long run. Both of these can vary depending on the person or the training plan you are following. And there is also a lot of advice out there on what you should do and should not do. Nothing I…

Nike Pegasus Turbo 2

Gearing up to Run

There are two reasons why it felt appropriate to talk about my gear this week. The first is that I took my new shoes out on a run last week but I will get back to that later. The second is that I bought running socks for the first time. For the last few years…

Turkey and Sweet Potato Freezer Burritos

I spent a long time reading about breakfast burritos in recent years but was convinced they wouldn’t be that nice. Even though there were so many recipes online and people talking about them, I just figured they wouldn’t reheat very well. However a few weeks ago I decided to try them out for the first…

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