Discovering Becks

I've been known that running the Berlin marathon was on the cards for about 7 months now, after securing a place in the ballot. My hotel is booked, my mum is coming along as my support squad and all that's left to do now is train and book my flights. Both of which I should probably get on... While I might be less...

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I'm signed up to a website called Running Heroes. You can sign up for free and sync it to your Garmin Account, Strava, MapMyRun, etc etc and for every run you do you get a number of points which can be exchanged for discounts on various fitness related websites. Every week they also have a number of different challenges, such as run 3...

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Honestly, what happened to June? One second I was spending the weekend in the lake district running a marathon, the next it's July and I'm starting my Berlin training plan. So what have I been up to? I ran the marathon in Coniston. It was a really great weekend, even if the marathon was a struggle because of the heat. I had a...

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Last weekend it was my birthday. There was no wild party, no meals out at restaurants, just a weekend at home with my mum and the two cats. I spent most of it mooching around the house in my pyjamas, only leaving the house to buy ingredients for dinner. We made pizzas from scratch, drunk wine and prosecco, ate all the cake and...

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Last week I found out that I'd won a place in the ballot for the Ride London-Surrey 46 mile cycle event at the end of July. Approximately half an hour after turning down the internship I was supposed to be doing over the summer. This morning I bit the bullet and paid my entry fee. Within 10 minutes I had a mild panic...

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You know when you never truly realise how much something has been affecting you until it all comes tumbling out. You know that your sleep has been a bit off, you find yourself reaching for the chocolate a bit more than usual or getting more anxious than normal when your day doesn't quite go the way you planned it to. But nah, everything's...

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Hi. My name is Becks and I guess 2016 is turning into a bit of an 'Eat. Pray. Love.' year for me. I'm coming to the end of my PhD and beginning to make the big transition into the real world of work. I'm finding out that it's quite fun being single and I'm learning a hell of a lot about myself in...

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