RunUltra Blogger Award 2018 x2
16th January 2018
(0) Leave a commentRunEatRepeat.co.uk wins 2x RunUltra Blogger Awards 2018! I was incredibly humbled and proud to win the prestigious “RunUltra Overall Global Blogger Award 2018” and to retain the “RunUltra UK Blogger Award 2018“. With this being a global Awards, a total of 105 bloggers were selected, then 64 shortlisted. To then be selected as the winner […] Keep reading »
Fronting up the pain
28th September 2017 (0) Leave a comment“Arghhh! That knee pain is getting worse! Feck off!” “Ignore it, it will pass…” “This tendonitis is getting worse!” “Not cramping again?!” These are all inner thoughts most of us runners will have had. Your instinct is to resist the pain. To fight it. Surely that will make it go yes? Another technique is to […] Keep reading »
WTF a DNF?!
24th June 2017 (2) Leave a commentI pulled over just before the timing mat at 3k, ambled behind a tree and retched repeatedly. Between 2-3k I hadn’t even been running hard – fact was I couldn’t. I heard one of the marshals shout something like “over here…stomach!” and was then asked if I was okay and kindly given water by the […] Keep reading »
Scorpion Stings family in the Lakes
9th May 2017 (0) Leave a commentIt’s rare an entire family will be stung by a scorpion. At Staveley, all four of the McCarthy’s endured the “Sting in the Tail”. And what a day it was! All four of us taking part in a Lakeland Trails event for the first time. The kids have really got into running as a previous […] Keep reading »
Thank you kids, thank you Harriers, thank you parkrun
12th March 2017 (0) Leave a commentNever could we have imagined the influence #parkrun would have on our already active kids. First, Louis (15) wanted to try and complete a 5k run. So I took him to Heaton Parkrun – running with him was amazing. On completing it his reaction was “God at times I felt I was dying then!…Can we […] Keep reading »
Brussels Sprouts Hope
10th July 2015 (9) Leave a commentLast week saw me travelling to Brussels, in my ongoing battle against Lyme Disease. I returned full of hope. The response to my Learning to live with Lyme Disease post was genuinely overwhelming. So many messages of support from people to continue the battle. Through extensive research by myself, friends and family, we’d identified a […] Keep reading »
Learning to live with Lyme Disease
11th June 2015 (6) Leave a commentDealing with Lyme Disease – a very personal story Numerous runners, family, friends have asked me to share my story of dealing with Lyme Disease. I’ve initially been reticent for a number of reasons, not least it being so very personal, a mental and physical battle. Mostly that it might come across as ‘woe is […] Keep reading »
