From Nic – I am super excited to introduce this guest post today! It is from two-time Olympic runner and three-time Commonwealth Games athlete — Eloise Wellings. As well as being a …
Amazing Oils Magnesium – helping my recovery and managing pain
This post is sponsored by Amazing Oils. This lovely batch of Amazing Oils Magnesium products arrived at the perfect time for me – the CrossFit Open was starting and my marathon training was …
My running, resting and recovery
Today’s post answers a reader question. You can read previous answers to readers’ questions here. How do you find recovery from all your running? Do you nap? How many hours do you …
My training schedule and tips for making it happen
This post is answering a reader question from last year’s survey. You can see more of my answers to reader questions here. Could you share more of your training schedule and how …
Changing to a whole foods diet
It is now two years since I made significant changes to my diet. I just want to preface this post with how I use the word diet. I use diet as defined …
Christmas present ideas for health and fitness fanatics
This post is part of my 10 week Christmas planning series. You can find the rest of the series here. *********** Over the last two years I have really worked on improving …
Want to update your wardrobe? Come along to the #pwkswap
I am planning to run the Melbourne Marathon again in October. This year I will be fundraising for my run and all the funds I raise will go directly to the Asylum …
How learning to run can change your life
This year on the blog I have been writing quite a bit about change. Results from the annual PWK reader survey 2013 showed that 22% of readers wanted to change their exercise habits …
Sometimes It Takes Longer Than You Planned
On Sept 3 last year, I posted the above photo of the Randy Pausch quote on the Planning With Kids facebook page with the comment: I have run into a little brick …
Why I Run + City2Sea Giveaway
The giveaway is now closed. Winner will be announced shortly. This post is sponsored by Nuffnang. In my about page and bio I use for speaking events, I state that I am …
Choc Protein Smoothie
Since running my first half marathon back in May, I have continued with long distance running. As weird as it may sound, I actually really like it! As a consequence though, I …