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Fiona is a UK Athletics qualified coach with an endurance specialism (5k and up) and has personally completed countless marathons, ultramarathons and even Ironman.

Week 8 of London Marathon training went like this:Cut back week but that gave me a shiny new 5k PB alongside my amazing ...
02/03/2026

Week 8 of London Marathon training went like this:

Cut back week but that gave me a shiny new 5k PB alongside my amazing friend

Monday - hike
Tuesday - 2 x 6k easy and strength
Wednesday - 10k easy commute
Thursday - rest - celebrating my friend with some pottery & lots of wine
Friday - 5k warm up, 5k race, 5k cool down
Sat - rest
Sun - 19k easy and strength

Bit of a foot ni**le at the minute that seems to be exasperated by too aggressive shoes so a few extra rest days this week. Hoping it chills out this coming week.

Boom! Last set my 5k PB in December 2024 and today I brought my PB down to 20:47 (official, fun time) at Last Friday of ...
27/02/2026

Boom! Last set my 5k PB in December 2024 and today I brought my PB down to 20:47 (official, fun time) at Last Friday of the month.

Grateful for the journey. Proud of the results!

London Marathon training continues

Week 6 of London Marathon training went like this: 76km with 590m elevation gain Mon buggy run easy - 8kmTue strength wo...
17/02/2026

Week 6 of London Marathon training went like this:

76km with 590m elevation gain

Mon buggy run easy - 8km
Tue strength work and a not great track session 12km
Wed run commute easyish - 8km
Thu tempo hills and strength 17.5km
Fri rest day! Family trip to the Tower of London
Sat easy buggy running 5km
Sun London Winter Run inc running there and back 26km

10k PB. Went out for a good time not a fast time. Had both.Absolutely frigging adored the freeeeeeezing ❄️
15/02/2026

10k PB.

Went out for a good time not a fast time. Had both.

Absolutely frigging adored the freeeeeeezing ❄️

Week 5 of London Marathon training stats 👩🏻‍💻Distance run: 77km (297m elev gain) Mon: rest day Tue: speed session 11km &...
08/02/2026

Week 5 of London Marathon training stats 👩🏻‍💻

Distance run: 77km (297m elev gain)

Mon: rest day
Tue: speed session 11km & strength
Wed: 8k easy
Thu: tempo session 16km & strength
Fri: 10k easy
Sat: 6k cross country
Sun: 25k long run

January. What a rollercoaster. Redundancy, two weeks with Mum in hospital and somehow a whole wallop of running and fami...
01/02/2026

January. What a rollercoaster. Redundancy, two weeks with Mum in hospital and somehow a whole wallop of running and family life in there too.

Lille this weekend was a wonderful line resetting this chapter. I’m ready for the next chapter 📖

Weekly roundup 🤘🏼London Marathon Week 2 training stats
18/01/2026

Weekly roundup 🤘🏼

London Marathon Week 2 training stats

Week 1 of London Marathon training stats 📊 62km464m elev gain6 days running: 1 buggy run, 1 speed session in the snow, 1...
11/01/2026

Week 1 of London Marathon training stats 📊
62km
464m elev gain
6 days running:
1 buggy run, 1 speed session in the snow, 1 easy run, 1 hill sprints session, 1 rest day, 1 cross country race and 1 semi-long run

Ready for more! 📈

Those sessions where you try to talk yourself out of them and then you’re a FRIGGIN ROCKSTARThanks running. What a high....
06/01/2026

Those sessions where you try to talk yourself out of them and then you’re a FRIGGIN ROCKSTAR

Thanks running. What a high.

London Marathon 2026 - 110 days to go 🤘🏼

An honest check of where I’m at fitness wise this morning. 21:38 at Keswick parkrun which is fast although not especiall...
27/12/2025

An honest check of where I’m at fitness wise this morning. 21:38 at Keswick parkrun which is fast although not especially flat.

Looking forward to the gains to come.

Merry Christmas everyone! “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders....
23/12/2025

Merry Christmas everyone!

“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”
Isaiah 9:6

Not my day. It was hard from 15k. I told myself I wouldn’t walk and I kept that promise. Very proud of not drop out. I d...
14/12/2025

Not my day. It was hard from 15k. I told myself I wouldn’t walk and I kept that promise. Very proud of not drop out. I don’t think I’d ever recommend having a tough personal weeks and then trying to run a marathon. But we live to fight another day. Marathon no 44 done.

Also kept reminding myself out there that a couple of years ago 3:49 would be a dream time not a car crash time…

And there is always champagne 🍾🥂

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