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Race day!
Yesterday I ran the Ashford & District 10k
Very chuffed I won my age category 🏆🎉 and was 6th lady 🤩
Feeling positive for London Marathon

Club handicap race
Folkestone Running & Athletics Club
Love the black and white photo 🥰

Another 20 in the bag 🎉
Felt really good and managed to almost do a progression with MP ( a bit faster!) at the end 😊

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! ❤️
Absolutely love this bespoke handmade sheep 🥰
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Twenty 🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️
The first 20 miles in marathon training is always hard, but pleased it’s done!
Got very wet so took a picture of my toe socks instead as I looked awful!!!
(love toe socks !)
So great to see so many of my running buddies out there doing their thing too!
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Strava - Catherine O’Connor

Long run # 5
18 miles ! Boom!
Great to see so many running buddies out there ticking off their marathon miles! 🤩
Well done everyone!
High mileage this week due to a lot of coaching and following my own plan, but it keeps me strong! Feeling positive 😊
I have a lot of clients running spring marathons, they are totally smashing it!!! 💪👊

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Strava Catherine O’Connor

This is my friend Lisa, we have known each other for some years, we met through our local running club.
Lisa was always the most happy bubbliest, fun person to be around. She went off grid a few years ago, I hadn’t heard from her for some time, and out of the blue I received a message from her, this was last year, saying she has been in rehab for alcoholism and totally struggling with life. She wanted to get back running to help her mental health and general fitness and asked if I would be prepared to meet her and do some running sessions. I was shocked to hear this , but of course said yes. I was honoured she had reached out to me. We met once a week for a few months, but things were rocky for Lisa, she attempted to take her life on several occasions, life was not good. She stopped running as she was put on a 3 month rehab programme. We kept in contact as much as possible, my door is always open for her.
Just before Christmas she got back in contact, life was a bit better and she was moving on, but announced she was going run the London Landmarks half marathon in April!! And could I help her train! Absolutely was my response!!!
We’re back meeting once week and I’m helping her follow a ‘Jeffing’ plan ( walk/run). We run, walk, talk, and sometimes cry. It’s not just about the half marathon and running, it’s about connecting with someone and hopefully being part of her journey to accepting who and where she is now.
Her journey is a long one, there will be highs and lows, I just hope she continues to reach out and keep believing in herself. She is a true inspiration and now doing so much to help other users and reach out to them with her story.
She is running the half marathon for ‘Forward’ here is the link to her just giving page. Read her story and any little donation would be amazing!
My advice, never judge someone on what you see on the outside, you never know what’s going on behind closed doors.
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/lisa-york6

Finally got round to presenting this lovely lot with their TopCoach couch to 5K certificates!
The day they ran the 5K the weather was so atrocious , we decided to do it their lunch break a few weeks later in the dry! I hardly recognised them in their ‘normal clothes’! 😂
well done Swiss Re 💪🙌🎉

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Swiss Re C25K week 3
This lot totally smashed it in the most awful conditions! 👊
You are all amazing!

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Strava- Catherine O’Connor

My training group tonight!
200 x 14 with 200 recoveries.
Fantastic FRAC turn out, over 50 of us!
Team work makes the dream work 😊🥰

Massive well done to Dan today who ran the Deal Castle 5 miler in a fantastic time of 33.27!!! I’ve been coaching Dan since July this year, he has worked so hard and is now reaping the rewards! Really looking forward to seeing what else he can achieve 💪🏃🙌 have a look at my website for virtual coaching and race plans - link in my bio or drop me a message on here 😊

New couch to 5K!
Run 1 week 1 done! ✅ met this great bunch today, I am privileged to help them on their couch to 5k journey. Thank you Matthew Thomas for helping to get this up and running (excuse the pun!)! This is a brilliant way to get outside, keep fit, boost your mental wellbeing and work in a group to help and motivate each other 😊🏃‍♀️🥰🤩🎉

Kent Cross Country League race #2 Tonbridge. Wet and muddy, just how it should be for cross country! Great race , great run, great fun, great turn out from FRAC ! Well done everyone

Nothing like a hard track workout!this was after the 1 mile reps! Well done FRAC a great session tonight 🏃‍♀️💪

New shoes!!! Asics Gel Nimbus 25. Loving the cushioning and colour!

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Club track night tonight! 😊 1600 x 3 with 200 recovery. Such a good feeling running on the track, nice and bouncy and so good to be able to do consistent reps. What a great feeling you get from training with your running buddies, feeling the love ❤️