Category: Running
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Celebrate You: The virtual Vitality London 10,000 2020
After being VERY excited to receive my London Marathon finishers medal and t-shirt in the post, back in October, I fairly promptly entered the Vitality London virtual 10,000 race – what is Vitality’s annual 10k run in central London had, of course, turned virtual for this year. Virtual events are a bit weird, if we’re…
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2020 mileage aim: getting to 1500km!
So the numbers nerd in me did some calculating and worked out that so far my running mileage for the year is at 1,355km. Great! Who knew I’d ever be running more than 100km in a year, never mind over 1000km. Very happy with that. 2020 really has been a strange year…! But, in a…
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Virtual London Marathon 2020: My review and experience
So, on 4th October 2020 I ran my first marathon. WHAT. Still baffles me, to be honest. It was bleak, incredibly painful and so long. But also one of the most amazing things and something I’m immensely proud of doing. After the London Marathon was turned virtual for 2020, we runners (I had a charity…
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2020: The year that threw a spanner in all the works
So, let’s get you up to speed. Many of my close friends and family are probably bored to their core of hearing me talk about running, training, recovery and general marathon chat this year. What would usually be a few months has turned into about ten months. It really has been a bizarre year and…
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Hello!
I’m Ele and welcome to my blog, Chasing Ele. I’m using this to track my running journey post my first marathon, to keep myself accountable and to share my ramblings and thoughts too! I’m looking forward to chatting with the running community and having a record of what I’ve been up to. I will be…
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