Author: mimi

Marvellous Mimi / Articles posted by mimi (Page 8)

Happy New Year

What a fantastic Christmas I had with my family (well part of it) in Cornwall.  On the 22nd I took part in Mud Crew's Scrooge (RR to follow) a very muddy 9 mile run in the Lost Gardens of Heligan, absolutely fantastic and as you can imagine there was a...

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Happy Christmas

This will be my last blog before Christmas, hopefully I have been a good girl this year and will get a present from Santa! The pictures above bring back lovely memories and I can remember exactly how I felt when they were taken.  The first was during the of the POS...

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Wobbling on the Wobble Board!

I love this photo, I took it while in South Africa as I couldn't believe that this marvellous lady was walking around with a hammer on her head!  She was delighted to have her picture taken and giggled when she saw what she looked like! My running is slowly slowly returning...

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Desert Ultra 2013

WOW what an adventure we all had in the Namibian Desert! I have recently returned from taking part in the inaugural Desert Ultra a 250km 5 day self sufficiency race in the Namibian Desert.  The word Namib means "vast place" and this is certainly true as the Namib stretches for more...

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Will I, Won’t I, Will I …….

I'm beginning to get the impression that someone upstairs doesn't want me to go and run in the Desert Ultra which starts on Sunday.  There have been times over the last month where I really thought I would have to pull out, its been a real mixture of highs and...

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Deserts, heat and sand

Nights are drawing in, leaves are falling from the trees and the temperature has begun to drop, this can only mean one thing, winter is just round the corner. Luckily for me I am off to race in the slightly hotter climate of Africa as I'm taking part in the...

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My first Parkrun

I had to laugh at myself on Saturday.  Having got up at 6.30 a.m. enjoyed a relaxed coffee in bed with HWMBO (who was snoring) I then bounced out of bed, got myself into my running kit and headed out of the door.  It felt very odd not taking all...

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Knackered from Kent!

Exciting times, I did my first run on Monday, it exhausted me!  I met up with my running partner Caroline and the plan was to do an easy 10k, I only managed 8k as everything seemed to feel so hard but was glad I managed to get out.  Later that...

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