The Runner Beans

• What’s Next?

  I took a year off from the marathon.  I love running marathons. I (mostly) love training for them.  Honestly I think part of it is relishing the routine of training as a non-routine girl. Of seeing the progress over a 12, 16, 20 week build. And truly, the marathon distance scares me enough to stick […]

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• What’s going on in London this Week? Best London Marathon Pop Ups

  I’m so excited for London Marathon weekend – as my husband jokes, it’s my favourite weekend of the year. But he’s right (and I made him take the weekend off months ago). I’m hosting a shakeout run with Westin London City at 10am on Saturday morning complete with our fave build your own carb box. […]

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• The Secret to Consistency: Routine

  Since getting back from Charleston with our newest family member the one thing I’ve been craving is a routine. I’m someone who hates to admit this but I thrive in routine whilst thinking (hoping) that the chaos and flexibility that both Tom and my jobs also works.  The most consistent marathon training block I have […]

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• First Impressions of the Adidas Supernova Rise 3 

  In a world where fast shoes get a lot of attention, the daily trainer often gets overlooked. But in reality, we do most of our mileage in our everyday shoes, the easy miles, the volume, the warm ups/cool downs – the important stuff that makes up the bulk of our training.  And yet the carbon […]

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• What the Runner in you life actually wants for Christmas

  What would you like for Christmas?  I never really know what to say when asked this as usually its either quite a niche running thing (so I send the exact link!) or I can’t think of it at the exact moment I’m asked. But here are a few things on my list this year that […]

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• My Current Running Shoe Rotation

  I have a lot of pairs of trainers.  Running shoes obviously (both trail and road), casual trainers, shoes for weights, and I’m even considering a pair of Padel shoes to really hit the ‘millennial into fitness’ stereotype (there’s a new padel centre near us that I’m keen to start trying to play regularly with Tom!).  […]

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• ASICS Nimbus 27 Review

  I realise I’m really behind with my shoe review posts and have so many more to write/post/share – plus am going to start sharing more YouTube shoe content because honestly I just don’t think there are enough female shoe reviewers (currently I look to RuntotheFinish and Meg from Believe in the Run but am lucky […]

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• Garmin Forerunner 165 Review: Is this the best beginner running watch?

  As someone who wears my running watch all day everyday (mostly so I don’t forget to put it back on, plus I like getting the HR and sleep data) I love a watch that doesn’t immediately look like a fitness watch. And the look of the Garmin watches wins every time against the other top […]

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• Adidas Pro 4 Review (from an average runner)

  These shoes have been in my cupboard since November waiting for the right moment to put them to a proper test. But you know what they say about not saving your best for best, otherwise you might never use them.  I used them for a few workouts before testing them out at the Riga Half […]

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• ASICS Novablast 5 Review

  I wore a pair of ASICS for my very first marathon, the London Marathon back in 2012. I remember buying the first pair from Sweaty Betty with no clue what I was looking for. Then a second pair from the London ASICS store after having a gait analysis.I’ve loved a lot of ASICS shoes since […]

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