Run and Tumble

Team building @receipt.bank style!! 😊 (at Food at 52 Cookery School) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqufU9Lgmxe/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=11w8b3plj939s

Sometimes we don’t need the answer, we just need to know that God answers prayer... but in His time. Out of nowhere, Friday and this morning have given me my first genuinely pain free runs since last year. The road ahead is long but exciting. I’m withdrawing from the year’s remaining races, my focus on the most important weekend of all, getting married next February, whilst trying to get back into peak shape for Paris, Manchester and London marathons in Spring. God has continued to elevate and bless me abundantly even in those moments when I’ve felt angry and frustrated at not being able to perform my best. And the greatest race of all, fulfilling God’s purpose is one that I will run with endurance and with my eyes set on Him. https://www.instagram.com/p/BpeTcW6g5Mp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=15ceeglfajh1y

Eek!! 🙈💍😳🤗🕺🏾❤️ https://www.instagram.com/p/BpblcnYA-sf/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=vjw7ftf2x81t

I’m very blessed that God gave me the gift of running; not because I’ve become quite good at it and not because I was able to lose 40kg... I’m grateful because it transformed my life, my physical and mental health, my relationships, my work, everything I do. But running is just an idol, and it takes times like this, of being hurt and really not enjoying it, to remember that running with endurance is not to run the race I wish to but that which God has set before me. https://www.instagram.com/p/BpTmmm0gGmn/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1m8cku8r33wbg

Even as a @redskins supporter of over 30 years, there was something special about visiting Soldier Field this morning. The ‘85 Bears are fabled and I couldn’t help remember @dg28 and THAT punt return! (at Soldier Field) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bozv0rgg8h-/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=j7lz460ofij9

Chicago beer, Chicago ribs, listening to Chicago blues! Loving the #chicago vibe 😊 (at The Smoke Daddy) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoxiVlEAJ5C/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=slvybxqs8w6u

Strange to say I’ve done 30 marathons 🤔 Loved this, great race and city. And genuinely, after the year I’ve had with injury, that 3:13:39 today is almost as satisfying as the sub-3 marathons last year. I am genuinely humbled to be able to do something I love as much as this #ukrunchat (at Chicago, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoptWSIApXi/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=263d3b8pmp9r

I can’t imagine a photo that better epitomises the joy I find in marathon running, this a look of sheer relaxation during @richmondrunfest #ukrunchat (at Teddington Lock) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoPhN5UgqAz/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=18by35xgp4j1j

Seen on a street today... I agree! 😊 https://www.instagram.com/p/BnyukheH1f5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=16y4ka8puekrk

Where a former Premier League footballer once had a “pineapple on his head” according to the terrace chant, I’m quite amused that this lady has a “melon on her back” 🤣🍉 https://www.instagram.com/p/BndUYfwgCZL/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=7ore69u63525

A lovely Parisian weekend! 😊🇫🇷 (at Tour Eiffel)

When in France, do as the French do... well, watch a chap playing the trumpet out of a window while his mates play their instruments downstairs! (at Antibes)

It’s a lovely evening 😊 #London ❤️ (at Battersea Power Station)

When Whigfield sang about Saturday nights... this is what she meant! Sun shining, breeze blowing in, #WorldCup on the telly box and erm, cheap G&T!

It’s never too late to teach this old dog new tricks! My first attempt at brownies! 🕺🏾🤫👍🏾😳🍫

Ah Londinium! ❤️🇬🇧 (at Blackfriars Bridge)

Brum, St Martin’s and @selfridgesbirmingham looked quite something yesterday 😊 (at St Martin in the Bull Ring)