Infeld Euphoric, Huddle Devastated After World Champs 10K
How badly do we want to win at sport?
Running in the park yesterday morning I spotted a squad of teenage girls warming up for football* practice. It made me smile cause you just know how many stressed out mums n dads were behind getting them there just after 9am. It was inspiring to see. But later in the morning I read an expose done … [Read more...]
Friends Honor the Memory of Runner, Advocate Who Died at 25
Facing up to doping in Sport
Paula Radcliffe PIC via her website. It's been a grim week for many sports between the implosion at the top of FIFA and a BBC programme on 'micro-dosing' to cheat in sports. I try to keep this blog focused on positive and inspiring stories but the attraction between competitive sports and … [Read more...]
Off Track: Former Team Members Accuse Famed Coach Alberto Salazar of Breaking Drug Rules via ProPublica
Wordless Wednesday
Wordless Wednesday - Evening runs, best way to wind down if you can squeeze one in. More Wordless Wednesday bloggers here. And here on Image-in-ing … [Read more...]
Women in sports blogs
PIC via WriteforChai Time again for a round-up of some great blogs and websites promoting women in sport. It's been a while since I last did this, and I've met quite a few wonderful bloggers through joining Twitter (see right if you want to follow me and them). Girls Can Run Fast Sarah … [Read more...]
Pink women’s sports clothes
Just some of my Pink Collection You know when you’re running and your mind drifts off into random thoughts? Sometimes it’s work, grocery shopping, pay the bills – this morning for me it was pink. I suddenly realised I was dressed almost head to toe in pink; right down to my supposedly … [Read more...]
Sharing passion for sport with women
Olympian Gabby Douglas PIC via Politics365Women and being strong – how did we reach a place where those concepts don’t go together. For me coming from a Celtic culture where female warriors were respected as much as men, it’s always been hard to accept the more modern view of women as passive. One … [Read more...]