DEBBIE MARTIN-CONSANI

I have friends who run barefoot or with books in a backpack. They run races backwards: In the dark and in the height of winter. There is one...

Hi folks, Sorry it's been a while. I have started many posts, but never got round to finishing them. Shame I can't say the same abou...

I survived my first hill race! Well, I nearly never started it. I was so wet behind the ears, I turned up without all (eh, actually any) of ...

On Tuesday I bit the bullet and went out with Sonic's "fast boys" lunchtime session. Do you know the scene from Pretty Woman w...

The trick was testing out the route of next week's Tinto Hill Race. And the treat was "having" to buy new shoes for the occasi...

I didn't need to look out the window to assess the weather situation. I could hear it trying to put the windows in. Perfect for exercis...

Saturday, October 17: Out and back - Tyndrum to Beinglas. Approx 25 miles. I had a crackin' run up until about 18 miles. Felt brilliant ...

After Saturday's "disappointing" performance (I'm over it now) I managed to cheer myself up over a few glasses of vino (gi...

As I grow older there are numerous things that I am learning to accept. 1) I will always be a little bit pear-shaped. Mainly because my hips...

...has gone by in a flash! I thought time passed quickly pre-Cairn, but it's a whole different ballgame now. I lost count of the times t...

Like many of my blogger friends, sometimes I lose direction. I have read many times "It's a running blog, so I better talk about ru...

Hey folks, Just a quick update, as life has been rather hectic since we got back from Morocco. Click here to see the pictures. Great mounta...

GOOD: If you would like to see some serious aw-factor stuff. Then click on this link and check out the newborn pictures. Makes you go all ...

Along with the 10K, this is quite an iconic event on the Scottish running calendar. I know people who train only for this race and then hang...

I would take this with a pinch of salt, but here's an interesting running calculator. It predicts the effect of weight change on your ...

Well, Thursday's club run really burst my bubble. I was fine for the first couple of miles, but then something went - and my heart went ...

I was considering going out for another run at lunchtime today, but I just couldn't talk myself into it. The 99% effort required to get ...

In preparation for the aforementioned decider long run, I went for a sports massage on Friday. Aileen put me in touch with her physio: a Pol...

As previously mentioned, races for the rest of the year are kind of up in the air. I lacked direction, so I signed up for the Paisley 10K (A...

..I often find a new pair of shoes will entice it back. This time I actually needed a new pair of road shoes. Although I record my miles on ...

Click on image below. (Daily Mail. August 19, 2009)

The countdown clock above is still set for the Devil's race. Mainly because Sonic put it on for me and I don't know how to change it...

This was my big race of the year. What I thought was an over-ambitious goal to shift the baby weight turned out to be the race of my life. T...

Whilst flicking though this monht's Runner's World (I'm a self-confessed flicker of magazines) I came across this Q&A. Q) Do...

On Saturday I did the last long run on the West Highland Way before race day. To save time and repetition I should just say... For training ...

Quick running update... Saturday: I got a PB in the Glasgow Parkrun 5K :-) Just a piddly 23:32, but a PB's a PB. As Sharon would say ...