Author Archives: clarke10e

With corona virus spreading and lock down being put into place my running has suffered. As social distancing has been put in place I have been unable to access my peer support in the same methods as I used to.  This lack of social support has had a negative effect on my running as itContinue reading “Corona Ruptures Scaffolding”

Posted byellie prior-clarkeFebruary 16, 2020Posted inUncategorized Personalities. Huh. Does anyone else forget that not everyone has the same personality, or that personalities even exist. Okay, so that’s probably just me. It has recently been brought to light in a lecture that personality types affect my running. It seemed obvious that different people would face different challenges butContinue reading “Nudging Myself into Action”

Runspiration Blog 1: The S(t/M)ART of the End Posted byellie prior-clarkeFebruary 3, 2020Posted inUncategorized The Liverpool rock and roll marathon…. A yearly event where roughly 20, 000 people partake in a weekend of running events. Whether they are attempting the 1 mile, 5k, or half marathon they all cross the start line with a goal, whetherContinue reading

Looking back on this last week, it has been mayhem, with what seems like a million upcoming deadlines, the weather changing from sunshine to hail in a minute and work being closed due to coronavirus I have struggled to find time for training. However I have still managed to complete my training (training plan shownContinue reading “Blog 4: Gritting There”

Race Preparation  With the half marathon fast approaching I figured I was going to have to accept it and not pretend it was made up. This meant I would need to figure out my  motivation to make myself run for 21 k. Reeve described motivation as the drive to accomplish something, and suggested that itContinue reading “I AM HALF A MARATHONER”