A running blog with a philosophical twist, exploring parallels between long distance running and life.
My recent summer holiday in Wales coincided with me reading an inspiring book called ‘Running Free’ by Richard Askwith and this happy coincidence has reinforced in me a set of running/life values to go back to basics and back to nature in my running. In his book, the author describes his own process of escaping …
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As I was running along the coast recently, I couldn’t believe how hard going it was. I was running into the wind and couldn’t seem to make much headway at all. The wind was screeching in my ears, battering my face and making any forward motion seem like climbing Mount Everest. “I’m not anywhere near …
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This is my Mum, Jeanette Briault, and she has been in a nursing home for the last nine years, suffering from dementia. I am running the Royal Parks Half-Marathon #RoyalParksHalf on 13th October to honour the amazing woman that my Mum truly is. Last year, I got married in her wedding dress (pictured) and it …
In one of my biggest races of the last few years, it seemed like almost everybody was wearing expensive branded sports gear and looked like top athletes. I, however, was in my cheap and cheerful running gear. I immediately compared myself negatively to them and felt intimidated, like I didn’t belong there. My friend soon …
Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.
My name is Sarah Briault-Smith and I’ve been a runner on and off for around five years; even when I take a break, I always come back to it eventually. Training for the Royal Parks Half-Marathon in October gives me a target to aim for, a deadline to motivate me, but I’m also learning so …
Life lessons from running