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Six Star Finisher! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
⭐️ London x 9
⭐️ Chicago
⭐️ Boston
⭐️ Berlin
⭐️ New York
⭐️ Tokyo
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⭐️ Six Star Finisher⭐️

Today was everything I hoped it would be. A beautiful event, the leg just about survived, and I loved every single moment of that race. I have so much to say, not least of all to reminisce about the amount of times I nearly cried running, but for now, I just want to celebrate the fact I actually did it!!

⭐️ 0.00028% of the Worlds population has one of these. How insane is that?! ⭐️

Thank you SO much to everyone for all your support, I’ve been overwhelmed by the kindness and how invested you’ve all been in this journey. It’s still sinking in but I truly can’t believe that little old me has managed to do this.

More to say when I’ve had some rest but honestly I am so grateful and so proud ❤️

#sixstarjourney #sixstarsfinisher #abbottwmm by @scrimpledore

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7 months ago

🇩🇪 When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionably 🇩🇪

I don’t even know what to say. Sub 3:30 and the most comfortable run of my life - loved it from start to finish.

More to say but for now thank you - humbled by the support and overjoyed with what we have achieved. Thank you so much @runningcoachbrian @destinationruncoaching for always believing in me, more than I ever do myself.

🫡 by @scrimpledore

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2 years ago

🦄I got the unicorn🦄

That was easily the most difficult but most rewarding thing I’ve ever done. The heat was a killer today, no amount of water on my head would cool me down, the hills are brutal and even the downhill sections have sneaky uphills. But that was EPIC. So hard but soo amazing.

Cried my way to the finish line, the support was unbelievable, actually deafening. More to come tomorrow when I’ve recovered but thank you so much for everyone’s messages. Never ever felt so much love in all my life.

I am so so proud of myself 😢

#bostonmarathon #bostonmarathoner #ididit #unicorn by @scrimpledore

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2 years ago

🥇 Chicago Marathon 🥇

Good luck to everyone running @chimarathon this weekend! It’s an amazing race, wide roads, pancake flat (aside from the tiny little incline at the end that can feel like a mountain after such a flat 26 miles!) and incredibly well supported! I was fortunate enough to run it in 2022 (just a week after a BQ in London AND managed to PB again which shows you just how fast and flat it is!)

Don’t panic if your watch is out - with all the high rise buildings you’ll find gps is all over the place so you’ll flip from 5 min/miles to 11min/miles despite pace staying the same - press your lap button if you’re tracking your pace to get back on track at the next mile marker.

Also, try and run on the carpet over the bridges because otherwise your shoes will get torn to shreds if you’re wearing anything like carbon plates!

Most importantly take it all in, look around you because you get to see some wonderful bits of the city. I am so jealous of you all and will definitely head back to run it again one day soon 🤩

#chimarathon #chicagomarathon #runners #running wmm worldmarathonmajors marathon #fitstridecoaching by @scrimpledore

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3 days ago

🇪🇸 Week 7 of 16 - Valencia Marathon Build 🇪🇸

A really solid week and another 35 miles in the bank 🙌
Started the week with some recovery miles after last weekend’s 10K, before getting back into the harder work with 3 × 15 minutes at 7:30/mile on Wednesday. Definitely one of those sessions that reminds you marathon training is properly underway 😅
The highlight though was Friday’s 15 mile long run and getting to run the last 5 with Lauren for the first time in ages 🥰 It made those last miles MUCH easier!
Another two strength sessions, prehab, netball and a couple of recovery runs around the key sessions, and I’m really pleased with how the body is handling the gradual increase in volume.

Sunday was a very necessary rest day after celebrating my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary 🥂❤️ and a busy weekend at my brother’s. Sometimes recovery looks like doing absolutely nothing!

9 weeks to Valencia. Still building, still being sensible, and starting to feel like the consistency is adding up. 🏃🏼‍♀️🇪🇸

#ValenciaMarathon #MarathonTraining #MarathonBuild by @scrimpledore

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5 days ago

🎖️ HEAD GIRL 🎖️

We rarely brag about our kids (although obviously we think they’re both pretty bloody brilliant 😂), but today I’m making an exception because we couldn’t be prouder of our girl.

After working so hard, putting herself out there and giving her absolute all, Millie has been chosen as Head Girl/School Captain at Heathlands. What an honour, and one she genuinely deserves so, so much.

She came out of school yesterday and although she was excited, she didn’t seem anywhere near as overjoyed as I expected her to be. So when I was putting her to bed last night, I asked her why.

Her answer? She didn’t want to make a big deal of it because she didn’t want to upset anyone who hadn’t got it. 🥹

And honestly that just made me love her even more.

Because yes, she has worked incredibly hard for this, she stood up in front of everyone, wrote her speech, put herself forward and showed how much she cares about her school.

But it’s the person she is that makes me so proud. Kind, thoughtful, empathetic and always thinking about how other people feel.

I think that’s exactly what makes her a great leader.

We are SO proud of you, Millie. You absolutely deserve this. ❤️

Now go and be the amazing School captain we know you’ll be. 🥹🎖️ by @scrimpledore

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7 days ago

🩷Vitality 10k 💛

Total vibes on Sunday. What a privilege it is to run these amazing races whilst trying to get back to fitness. There for a good time not a good time! 💞 by @scrimpledore

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10 days ago

10 weeks to Valencia 🇪🇸 | Week 6/16

Another chaotic week of fitting training around life, topped off with Raffy’s birthday and a theme park day on Saturday 🎂🎢

But underneath the chaos, I’m starting to notice those little signs that things are moving in the right direction.
Sunday’s Vitality 10K was one of them. I’m still a long way from where I was pre-injury, but I ran a relatively comfortable, controlled and consistent race, and that felt really good.
47:34, around 2½ minutes quicker than my first 10K when I started running again. Nice to see the number moving too, but honestly, how it felt mattered more.
Another week ticked off, another bit of fitness banked.

Progress is progress 💗🏃🏼‍♀️ by @scrimpledore

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11 days ago

🖤Vitality 10k🖤

Will write about the running aspect another time, but today I’m reminiscing about what an incredible day yesterday was. And to think I nearly didn’t go! Less than an hour running to then spend 6 hours in the pub with pals you get to see once (maybe twice) a year!

Thank you to all the @destinationruncoaching crew for letting me the lone addition from far away, so grateful to you all for being such a supportive and wonderful bunch.

Also had the pleasure of bumping into @chelle10ck post race too ❤️ what a day by @scrimpledore

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12 days ago

11 weeks to Valencia 🇪🇸 | Week 5/16

This has been a challenging week for reasons that had very little to do with running. There’s been a lot of difficult news around people I care about, an awful incident at the gym on Thursday that meant abandoning my session, and then all the nerves (mine, definitely not hers 😂) around Millie’s 11+ on Saturday.
I’m someone who absorbs a LOT of what’s going on around me, so by the end of this week I’ve definitely felt it.

But somehow, we got through it, and somehow the training got done too. Friday I went back and completed the 4 × 8 min session I’d had to abandon the day before, and today was 14 easy miles - another little step up in the long run.

Nothing spectacular. No huge breakthroughs. Just consistency during a week when life felt quite heavy.
And sometimes I think those are the weeks that count the most.

Its fair to say this block is filled with constant hurdles and not going to be the easiest coming back from injury too, but Slowly we get there 🙌🏼 by @scrimpledore

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20 days ago

The final random bits and bobs…and Mallorca is done for another year 🥰🥰🥰

My favourite place in the world 🥰 by @scrimpledore

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23 days ago

🏖️ Mallorca part 2 🏖️

After a couple of days We finally got back to how it was meant to be - Daddy arrived and the kids reactions were the best 🥰 more beach, all the food, and wow I miss the tan 😂😂😂. Still cannot get over how amazing the kiddies were dealing with it and keeping me entertained and stress free. How lucky am I!! by @scrimpledore

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