by Joanne Wilson | Apr 30, 2015 | Fight for every heart beat. Runner's blog.
To explain the emotions I have felt during the last few days is not going to be easy, but I am going to try. I thought the London Marathon was going to be mostly about the running, I was wrong. Believe me, I did a lot of running (in fact to my delight I didn’t...
by Joanne Wilson | Apr 3, 2015 | Fight for every heart beat. Runner's blog.
As mid life crises go I thought taking up running was a pretty safe bet. Quite sensible compared to many of the other alternatives. Maybe I was right . . until I decided to sign up for the London marathon (still not quite sure what possessed me). Turns out I am...
by Joanne Wilson | Jan 9, 2015 | Fight for every heart beat. Runner's blog.
Well, it is this year that I will be running a marathon. I can hardly believe it, even when I say it out loud. From doing virtually no exercise my whole life up until 2 years ago, I am being mad enough to attempt to run the London Marathon on 26th April this year. ...
by Joanne Wilson | Nov 2, 2014 | Fight for every heart beat. Runner's blog.
I am 42 years old. I took up running at the age of 40 having watched my husband and some friends compete in a 10k obstacle race. I was totally inspired by the teamwork and camaraderie as well as the fact that they were all fit enough to do it – I couldn’t even run 200...