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Carla King | Mother Runner - LDN Marathon Training

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Running & Mumming at 40
London Marathon 2027 pending…
📍Ely, Cambridgeshire 🇬🇧

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Bet you can’t guess!! 🤭

#motherrunner #runningmum #instarunners #mumrun #disneytrip by @zerotomarathonrunner

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Today’s run felt like a failure. And if I’m honest, I’ve been feeling pretty disappointed about it. 🏃‍♀️

There were so many reasons why it felt harder than usual.

🤍 I struggled from start to finish. I don’t know why, but everything just felt harder today.

🤍 I didn’t fuel myself properly. I was so busy yesterday that I barely ate dinner, then headed out for my run fasted. My energy levels were practically non-existent.

🤍 I was tired. I didn’t sleep well, and I could definitely feel it.

🤍 I’m still full of a cold, so my body is already working hard to recover.

🤍 I didn’t see the progress I’ve been seeing recently. My pace felt so much slower, and I found myself walking far more than usual.

And although I KNOW walking is okay, and that not every run has to be a good one, today it just felt like a step backwards.

I think that’s the hard part about running. When you start seeing progress, you get excited. You start believing in yourself a little more. You see the results of your hard work, and you want to keep building on them.

So when you have a bad run, it’s easy to feel like you’ve lost that progress.

But I’m trying to remind myself that one difficult run doesn’t undo all the good ones. My fitness hasn’t disappeared overnight. Today was simply a reminder that sleep, nutrition, recovery and listening to my body all matter.

Not every run will be a PB. Not every run will feel good. And not every run will leave me feeling proud of my pace.

Sometimes, showing up is enough. Sometimes, slowing down is what my body needs. And sometimes, the lesson is knowing when to give myself a break.

Today wasn’t the run I wanted, but I’m trying to see it as part of the journey rather than a failure. 🤍

#running #instarunners #runningjourney #runstagram #run by @zerotomarathonrunner

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Is it to become stronger? To clear your mind? To prove something to yourself? Or to find a little peace in a noisy world?

We all have a reason. Some run to escape, some to heal, some to challenge their limits, and others simply because running makes them feel alive.

Your reason doesn’t have to make sense to anyone else. It just has to mean something to you.

So, why do you run?

I’ll go first - Freedom, strength, love ❤️

#runner #RunningCommunity #runspiration #runnersofinstagram #fitspiration by @zerotomarathonrunner

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2 days ago

My dance moves may be something to be desired, but I don’t give a **** coz it’s my birthday!! 😆

#running #birthdayrun #runningmum #instarunners #runstagram by @zerotomarathonrunner

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a day ago

I used to believe that “nothing tastes as good as skinny feels”… and honestly, I feel guilty even admitting that. 🤍

For a long time, I thought being smaller was the goal. That looking a certain way would make me feel happier, more confident, and more comfortable in my own skin.

But running has slowly changed that mindset.

Somewhere along the way, the focus shifted from wanting my body to look a certain way to appreciating what it can actually do.

From worrying about the number on the scales to celebrating getting stronger.

From seeing food as something to earn or feel guilty about to understanding that fuelling my body is what allows me to show up, run further and recover.

And from wanting to take up less space to wanting to feel strong, capable and full of energy. 🏃‍♀️

I’m not saying I’ve got it all figured out. There are still days when old thoughts creep in, and I know how easy it is to fall back into comparing myself to an ideal that never really made me happy.

But running has given me a different perspective.

Now, if I were to put my own spin on that phrase, it would be:

Nothing feels as good as feeling strong in the body you have.

Not because appearance doesn’t matter to us, or because we should feel guilty for wanting to look a certain way, but because our bodies deserve to be appreciated for so much more than how they look.

And honestly? That feels like a much healthier place to be. 🤍

Here’s to moving our bodies because we love them, fuelling them because they deserve it, and remembering that we are so much more than a number on a scale.

Has running changed the way you see your body, too? 🫶

#RunningJourney #instarunners #RunningCommunity #StrongNotSkinny #run by @zerotomarathonrunner

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2 days ago

Absolutely none 🤭

#running #runningmum #instarunners #smallcontentcreator #runningjourney by @zerotomarathonrunner

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3 days ago

What would little me think of the person I’ve become? I hope she’d be proud 🫶🏼

#motherrunner #mumsofinsta #instrarunners #RunningJourney #runnersofinstagram by @zerotomarathonrunner

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3 days ago

Park Run @ 9
Cocktails @ 4
Should have been 5 but I couldn’t wait!! 🤭

#runstagramer #motherrunner #RunningJourney #FuelForTheRun #mumsofinsta by @zerotomarathonrunner

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4 days ago

Park run means business!!!

I did smile but not total RBF!!! 🤣

#parkrun #parkrunner #runningmum #newrunner #runstagram by @zerotomarathonrunner

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4 days ago

I was determined to get out for a run this morning, despite being full of cold! 🤧 Usually, I manage to smile my way through my runs, but this morning was a whole different story… 😂

Snotty nose, endless need for tissues, and just when I thought I was on the home straight… VOMIT! 🤢🏃‍♀️

But, despite all the drama, I still managed to beat my previous Parkrun time! 🎉 So, not all bad in the end! Every cloud and all that… 💪🏼😂

#runner #parkrun #runningfail #instarunners #runstoppable by @zerotomarathonrunner

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4 days ago

26 forever!! ✌🏼

#instarunners #gymstagram #strengthtraining #foreveryoung #runningjourney by @zerotomarathonrunner

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5 days ago

@pipandnut thank you for the gorge runners essentials box you so kindly #gifted me. Very excited to give your products a try. How lucky am I!! Queue some test tasting 🙌🏼🙌🏼

I guess this is the fun part of being a small content creator 🫶🏼

#running #instarunners #newrunner #runstagram by @zerotomarathonrunner

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