by tanyabottomley | Sep 28, 2020 | Blog, Inspiration
What do we *need* to be happy? Well, if you ask Google you get about 7,810,000,000 results! Clearly, this is a question a lot of people want to know the answer too. And the answers from Google? Well, they are many and varied – you need good mental, physical and...
by tanyabottomley | Sep 28, 2020 | Blog, Inspiration
It was so good to be back into my full training program last week after strict instructions by Coach Carlos to recover from the Naseby Miler.I’m not going to lie though, despite the excitement of being allowed back outside to play like a puppy that’s been wearing a...
by tanyabottomley | Sep 28, 2020 | Blog, Inspiration
It might not be what everyone aspires too. Long days on the trails, muddy puddles, sweaty clothes, breathless ascents of steep, relentless hills and daring descents dodging rocks – the feeling that only a reckless downhill descent can deliver. But it’s what has helped...
by tanyabottomley | Sep 28, 2020 | Blog, Inspiration
Options. They are everywhere and they are many. They are a blessing and can feel like a curse! There is one particularly insidious one that can be make or break for us when things get hard on a massive challenge and just in everyday life. I am going to advocate here...
by tanyabottomley | Sep 28, 2020 | Blog, Inspiration
Meaning, we apply it to things aallll day, everyday, period. That person that cut us off in the traffic…grrrrr! (let’s be honest this is the go-to reaction for most of us…but one I’m definitely working on!). The tone of voice of your friend, partner, boss, a slight...
by tanyabottomley | Sep 28, 2020 | Blog, Inspiration
Hey you awesome blog readers! I’m sitting here writing this one-week post-race, reflecting on my recovery. All in all, I walked away relatively unscathed…yes, ok, I said relatively – after all it is 100 miles!But seriously, having now done my third miler, I’m scared...
