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Introducing Mandy Norris
How it all started!By Mandy Norris. I guess you could say that I first fell in love with running around 7 years ago now. At that time, if you’d have told me that I would be getting up at 4am to run 30...
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I caught the Bug!
Following on from Mandy’s blog last week, if you remember, Mandy had just caught the running bug – lets see where this took her next…… Now I had run a half marathon, I set my goal at a full marathon...
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May 2015 -London 2 Brighton 100km.
I remember arriving at the hotel in London the night before the big race feeling sick with nerves. I stupidly left the bladder from my camelbak behind so had to go into the centre to look for a...
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Mandy Norris – My next ultra – Isle of Wight 106km in 2016.
After London 2 Brighton I rested up and soon got back out training. I looked to see what other ultras Action Challenge did and saw they offered an 106km ultra around the whole of the Isle of Wight....
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Returning to Marrakech by Mandy Norris
Returning to Marrakech by Mandy Norris If you can remember on my initial blog, I told you all how I started to lose weight following a disastrous holiday to Marrakech. My weight totally ruined my...
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Bit of a different blog today but still running related! by Mandy Norris
Around 4 years ago I responded to a plea from a Kenyan athlete asking for 2nd hand trainers for himself and his team mates. He told us on Facebook that he was an athlete but he often had to run bare...
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Getting a DNF ☹
I often get asked by running friends what do you think is worst – a DNF (did not finish) or a DNS (did not start)?For me, I’ll always say a DNS is worse.At least with a DNF you can say you tried...
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And then just like that, I fell! Blog by Mandy Norris
December 16th 2017 will always be etched into my mind. It was the big day of my charity walk for Walking with the Wounded. I had arranged my own charity walk with 5 friends, walking 26 miles along the...
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My “Comeback 100k”
As soon as I received confirmation of my registration for the Thames path 100km I started to panic. Yes – I had done several 100k’s previously but I had been fit, skinny and trained. I was now 3 stone...
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Trying to Make a Comeback – by Mandy Norris
Life really did change for me on the 16th December 2017. The day I fell and injured my wrist. I put on weight and my confidence took a big knock. That was almost 18 months ago and in that time, I have...
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