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The Hoka Highland Fling: Training week one
Originally posted on Runner’s World Can an average runner take on 53-miles in the Scottish highlands? Our Online News Ed Rhalou starts the first week of her training. Week one of my official training for the Hoka Highland Fling and admittedly I didn’t fling myself into my running with wild abandon. Having completed a marathon in November,…
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How to train for a 53-mile ultra: The Hoka Highland Fling
Originally posted on Runner’s World Can an average runner take on 53-miles in the Scottish highlands? We put our Online News Ed Rhalou to the test. As an average runner with fairly good endurance and just the right amount of madness, I’ve been harbouring a secret desire to advance to ultra running for a while…
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Rhalou’s guide to life
As the one year anniversary of my return to London rolls around and having recently turned 35, here is some stuff I learned about life:- 1. Enter races that you haven’t trained enough for, run with people that are faster than you and embark on adventures that put you outside your comfort zone. You will have…
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Race report: The Shock Absorber WomenOnly Triathlon 2014
As featured on Findarace.com Runner, writer and occasional breaststroker, Rhalou, dons the Lycra and tries her hand at triathlon. As a running fanatic, I’ve always been loyal to my favourite sport and thought triathlons sounded a bit daft (sorry tri friends). But, mostly because I wanted the hot body that training for all three pursuits…
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Race report: Rhalultra 2014
Why do people enter races? For the challenge, the adventure, the thrill of the ride, or the incredible sense of fulfilment running brings? Unless you’re an athlete, of all the reasons to enter races, running speedily is not the first thing that springs to mind. There are a million trillion more emotional, heart warming and…
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