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Park Run Progress – 3 PB’s in a row (wow)

Posted on April 22, 2017April 13, 2020 by Louise

This morning I did Park Run and I thought I'd just do a quick update on how I'm getting on. :) Park Run has recently become a bit of a Saturday morning routine for me. I get up early (7am), have breakfast and head over to Delamere Forest for the start time of 9am. It's funny how much I've changed recently but I'd actually much rather do Park Run than go out partying on a Friday night (what's happened to...Read More

Park Run Delamere Forest…a new PB!!

Posted on March 25, 2017April 13, 2020 by Louise

I'm so happy right now! I just came home from my second Park Run at Delamere Forest and I managed to get a new PB! Back in January, I went to my first ever Park Run at Delamere Forest. It was cold, dark, raining and generally bad conditions for running. Despite this though, I still managed to get a time of 33 minutes and I was so proud of myself. I haven't managed to get back to Park Run since...Read More

British 10k London Run

Posted on February 25, 2017February 20, 2021 by Louise

I'm so excited! This week it was confirmed that I have a place in the British 10K London run on 9th July and I'll be running to raise money for the Scoliosis Campaign Fund. The British 10K London run takes runners through some of London's most iconic sites, such as Trafalgar Square, the Embankment, Big Ben and more. The Scoliosis Campaign Fund raises money to support people with scoliosis and their families, and fund research into finding the causes of...Read More

Running with Scoliosis: My Top Tips

Posted on February 9, 2017October 21, 2022 by Louise

This post contains affiliate links. I have scoliosis and I had spinal fusion surgery in 2010. I am fused T3-L3. About 5 years after my scoliosis surgery, I started getting into running. A friend of mine asked me to run a Race for Life 10K with her. I had never ran before but I decided to support her. At the time, I didn't have a clue what I was doing, but I followed the training plan and ran my first...Read More

My First Park Run: Delamere Forest

Posted on January 28, 2017April 13, 2020 by Louise

I've been meaning to go to a Park Run for the last 6 months (since I registered last year). I've been putting it off though, mainly because I was worried that I wouldn't be able to run the full 5K without stopping. I got into running about two years ago now, when a friend invited me to run a 10K Race for Life for Cancer Research. That was my first ever organised race and I had about 5 weeks to...Read More

Pretty Muddy!

Posted on August 21, 2016April 13, 2020 by Louise

I love a good challenge and continue to push myself following my scoliosis surgery. So, earlier this year, despite injuring my shoulder running last August, I decided to sign up to Pretty Muddy - a 5K muddy obstacle course - to raise money for Cancer Research UK. I was a bit nervous and worried that I wouldn't be flexible enough to do all of the obstacles, especially as I knew that some involved crawling under nets through the mud. However,...Read More

Race for Life!

Posted on May 19, 2015April 13, 2020 by Louise

This weekend I did something I thought would never be possible following my scoliosis surgery. I ran 10K (!) through Delamere Forest for Race for Life to raise money for Cancer Research UK. I'm not going to lie, the training was hard for me. Especially as I only signed up 5 weeks before the event and so had limited time to train (plus I had never really 'done' running before!). I always thought running and scoliosis didn't really go together...Read More