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Lace Up for Global Running Day 2024

Today, Capivis Group celebrates Global Running Day, a day for everyone around the world to embrace movement and share their love for running. It's not just about speed or distance—it's about community, perseverance, and setting personal goals. Whether you’re a seasoned marathoner or a casual neighborhood jogger, today is your day to hit the pavement with enthusiasm. Let's run together towards better health and happiness!

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Food Glorious Food!

I’ve tried out a few of the recipes from the Runner’s Cookbook by Anita Bean. 

OMG, they are great! I’ve added a couple of photos, but they really don’t do it justice - I’m no food photographer to say the least.

On Friday I made the quick Thai green curry. It is really is quick - about the same amount of time as cooking the accompanying rice from scratch. The recipe used white fish, unfortunately I didn’t have quite enough as it called for, so added prawns which worked just as well. It also used green beans, I don’t like green beans so I added extra mangetout instead. Will definitely be making this again.

Then Sunday I gave the blackberry crumble a go. I’m not a crumble person, or cooked fruit sort of person - although I can make some exceptions so I was willing to try this recipe. Also, this is another simple and straight forward dish.

The recipe said you could use fresh or frozen blackberries, so opted for the latter. Unfortunately my local supermarket didn’t actually have any frozen blackberries, so I bought frozen cherries. 

My smallest baking dish is also bigger than what I should have used so the 300g of cherries looked a bit pathetic when I tipped them in so I ended up putting the whole 500g bag in. There was still plenty of crumble for the top too - I have to say the hazelnuts are a great addition to this and adds a bit of crunch. Although because of the extra fruit I added, I reckon you can easily get a fifth portion out of the suggested 4. 

Either way, it’s makes a very tasty pud (I served mine with some leftover cream I’ve got). Perfect for this hot weather we’re having right now! 

Tonight I made a chicken noodle salad. Again, another delicious dish, and also simple. I replaced the peanuts with cashews simply because I didn't have any. Other than that, I made it to the recipe. It did make a lot, I was stuffed afterwards!

[alvin-crazy-runner]

My personal blog of running

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Summer is coming and I am itching to wear this outfit to run by the lake!!

[sarahjai]

All of the pictures because this morning has been all of the magic! I accidentally-on-purpose ran an unofficial half marathon in (just about hehe) under two hours!!!! What!!!!! I was planning on 10k but I just felt so good I kept going and then suddenly this was a possibility and then suddenly it was happening!!!!! Running is great and all but man flying is magical. There’s something so incredible about running a new distance because like holy moly body you’ve never done that before well done!!! How lucky am I to have this amazing functioning body that carries me on my runs???? ALSO how lucky am I that this is where I get to run??? How lucky am I to be inhaling this fruity bowl of mush which is the best kind of mush???? I AM FULL OF THE GRATITUDE. Okay. Thank you for listening. This has been an extreme runner’s high rant. Yay. 🏃🏻‍♀️💛💃🌈🙌🏻🌻🌱🌞✨

[runinplaces]

 crossing the finish line of my first half marathon! Ran it in under 2 hours. 

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When you have stomach pains...

Keep going. That’s the hard lesson I’ve been facing this week. I’ve been having stomach discomfort and pain for the past two weeks - a reoccurrence from a bit of a spat of digestion issues I had in August. It’s no fun - I find myself waking up in the middle of the night with pain that just won’t go away, and further resulting in drinking tea and watching “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” at 2AM, trying to get things to settle down. 

All this stomach pain makes it hard to even have the energy to get a run in, let alone get a run in when there’s a race tomorrow (!!). Every time I’ve thought about running this week, I’ve just had negative energy around it, and would make up some excuse like “I’m tired (which I do feel), I have too much going on, etc,” which is really unlike me, and another sign in knowing that something is wrong.

So, with that in mind, I’m seeing a doctor this week to see what it could be. I’m thinking I might have some traces of Celiac, since I have family history of it, but who knows what it could be (and I’m tired of Web MD-ing it), so hoping having an official opinion will be good. 

I still want to run the 10 Miler tomorrow - it’s such a special race for both Carey and I, and I’m finding that eating bland foods really helps settle things down enough for me to function while I wait to see the doctor. Remembering to carb load tonight (in the right way) so that I’m fully functional and ready to go tomorrow.

I got a shakedown run today with Carey on the Panhandle Trail (above) in Collier Township - it’s such a pretty trail, and a great place to get a short run in, so I buckled myself down and took it slow this morning. Instantly, I felt better - I don’t know if it was the run itself, the beautiful fall scenery and air, or just running with Carey again (cue the cheesy music...), but it felt nice to get back and just focus on putting one foot in front of the other. Having that run made me feel confident about tomorrow, so hoping with my nutrition plans, I can keep things in check before the race and after tomorrow. 

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I needed something to do with my bibs and medals

So I decided to make something to display them. I googled it and found a few different ideas and came up with an idea that I wanted to go with. So, I headed over to Walmart and Michaels and made out with all these goodies!

I wanted to make one for myself, and one for my friend Crystal. Her husband and her both run, and have been collecting medals for years and have them sitting in a drawer because they don’t know what to do with them, so I wanted to surprise them with one as well, and I had an idea to make it a “His and Hers” style plaque. I wanted to do theirs in brown with gold lettering, and mine in light blue with silver lettering. I was planning on buying to solid wood for them, so i bought some hooks that screw into it. Then I got to Michaels, and I didn’t see anything like that, but I did see these cute plaques of different shapes and sizes, that already had twine attached for hanging, which would be a LOT easier as a starting point. I couldn’t screw into them with these hooks though, so instead I found wooden pegs (they sort of resemble spools for thread) and a hot glue gun to attach them. I also got some clothes pegs to hold the bibs on. I was hoping for bigger ones, but I couldn’t find them so again I had to compromise and go for smaller ones. Plus the smaller ones were on sale! And the dark ones were the exact same colour as the paint I bought for Crystal and Scott’s plaque, so I didn’t even have paint them. Win!

My first step was to hot glue the knobs along the bottoms of the plaques, along with the clothes pegs, which I followed by some paint. I did 3 layers of paint for each. I was very careful painting the lighter legs blue, as I was concerned I might paint them shut, or paint the hinges weird so they wouldn’t work, so they had more of a dry brush technique,with very light coverage. But since I covered the blue ones in bling anyways, it looks fine.

As you can see, I also got a little bling for mine! I’m a lover of shiney things and sparkles, I can’t help it.

Up next, once everything was dry, I added the lettering with my metallic sharpies.

I thought “In in for the long run” was a cute phrase for the couples plaque.. because it has double meaning. I hope they don’t think it’s too cheesy!!

For mine, I choose my favourite quote.

My original plan for the couples plaque was to put 2 sets of clothes pegs, so they could each hang their bibs side by side, but the plaques I ended up choosing didn’t have enough room for that, so I just put two. I figured they could still hang them side by side  but vertically. I’m actually not even sure if they kept their bibs, I just know about the medals, so I figured if I added only 2, it could work out well for other things.. maybe they could clip in a photo of each of them running, or maybe slips with their personal records on them.. The possibilities are endless.

Above is photos of the finished products, and below I hung some of my medals and bibs on them so you can see them in action!! I can’t wait to give Crystal hers tomorrow when I see her, I hope she likes it! 

Also I have TONS of left over supplies, so if you’d like one of these, please let me know, I’m happy to make one for you. Pick-up or meet up preferred, but I’m happy to ship it if you cover the costs. :)

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2016: Year of the Runner Bean

Getting back to my roots (and running along with the theme of vegetables) - I thought I would revitalise my blog which has been neglected for some period of time. However, as I am no longer a student with months and months of holidays (or reading weeks) to explore exotic lands, my blog is to become more of a journey exploring my running life. 

After a couple of half marathons, I thought for 2016 I would step it up a notch and take the plunge with the full 26.2mile marathon *sharp intake of breath*. So, without further ado, this year will be very special because it will be my marathon year. The location of said marathon will be in a city I seem to be gravitating towards recently: Berlin! 

To get into the spirit of the year of the runner bean, I decided to join a running group to meet fellow runners and I have found an absolute gem; London Midnight runners. SO. MUCH. FUN! And also slightly addictive; I have inadvertently signed up for a sneaky 10km around the Olympic Park, the Reading half marathon as a marathon warm up (what was I thinking?) and (wait for it) an ULTRA DUATHLON which consists of a 6m mountain trail run, 55m cycle and to finish a 10m trail run! Ohh, as well as a triathlon in Liverpool... Is that too enthusiastic? 

Either way, the year of the running bean has commenced...

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Score!

By that I mean the word for “a group or set of twenty or about twenty.“

Yes, 20. The big TWO-OH. 

I have 20 followers now. 

Actually, it’s 23.

Either way, THANK YOU EVERYONE!

This pleases me that so many people are interested in my blog. I hope you are enjoying it, and/or will continue to do so.

In the meantime I shall continue to stuff my face with chocolate eggs.

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Final few miles...

[sarahjai]

Okay so I very rarely swear and instead opt for words like sugar and fudge and other things that make me sound like a toddler BUT my first sub 25 minute 5k in a very long time seemed deserving of the real deal. And a burrito. (I know it's not very fast for most of y'all hehe but for me this was kind of a big deal) (it felt magic and I felt both strong and light at the same time) (but obvs there were moments of omg why am I doing this too but those thoughts are but flies to swat) (have a beautiful day everyone)

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My stats today:

Miles: 2 Time: 21 minutes 21 seconds Average Pace: 10 minutes 40 seconds

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An Extra Rest Day

I’m not doing my usual Thursday run tonight. 

Nope. 

I just have so much to do and I feel like I’m always on the go. 

I’m also meeting up with one of my besties for a walk and picnic tomorrow - I’ve not seen her since 3rd January due to England’s lockdown restrictions. Then I’m running on Saturday. So I decided that something has got to give, and I’m sure my 2.3 miles isn’t the worst thing to drop. Especially as I am making chocolate nests tonight. 

Mmm...Easter food!

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A Friday Funny

I don’t think this will become a permanent feature, but it’s Friday and I have something funny to share. Well, I found it funny. 

A male friend of mine was filling out a form for a hobby that we both do (it sounds dodgier than it is, it really isn’t), and this form has to be sent to someone we both know. On said form is a section where you have to list someone you know, so this friend screenshot his reply: ‘The man with the drum’. I laughed, I knew exactly who he meant (this isn’t the funny part, keep reading).

So out of curiosity, I asked him what he would write if it was me he was talking about. 

“That runner with nice boobs that likes dodgy port“

Had I not been at work, I would have snorted with laughter. Instead I managed to restrain myself and limit it to a blush and a smirk.

I was rather flattered that he described me as a runner, first and foremost. I take that as a sign that’s how people see me now. Pretty impressive.  As for the ‘dodgy port’, he lies, it is not dodgy. It’s chocolate port, an 18th century recipe for a very rich and delicious drink. Which I happened to get drunk on (as well as wine) on Valentine’s day. Don’t go there.  And the other observation? Well, that’s none of your business!