Michelle’s Marathon Madness: The Good And Bad Of Running A Marathon

So I actually managed to do it. I got round the 26.2 miles. I did it in neither an impressive, attractive or sexy way but the main thing is I did it, and now ladies Read more...

The Queeried Interview Off: Marathon Running Michelle Vs Baby Billie

So the LA Marathon took place on 21st March and whilst Queeried’s Michelle thought she might die during it (and apparently she felt close to it about 4 or 5 times) she did actually manage Read more...

Michelle’s Marathon Madness: How To Slowly Drain Yourself Of Your Blood Supply Without Noticing

There’s been a bit of a recurring theme to these LA marathon columns recently – snow, and I’m not quite finished with it yet. Remember how after the first lot of snow I said I Read more...

Michelle’s Marathon Madness : Wobbles, Vomiting, Machine Guns And Even More Snow

I may come across a confident young thing, okay that’s pushing it, a confident thing. Fine fine, a thing then… but I have a confession to make. I’ve now entered a period of having regular Read more...

Michelle’s Marathon Madness: Snow, Ice, Nerves And Inadequate Planning

So there are now just 75 days to the LA Marathon and I’m as far from my blasé everything is going to be fine stage as is humanly possible. In fact I’ve entered the stage Read more...

Michelle’s Marathon Madness : I Got The Running Blues

Look at any guide to running the marathon and they’ll tell you there’s a honeymoon period when you first start training when it feels amazing and each additional mile comes with a new high you Read more...

Michelle’s Marathon Madness: Funny Shoes And Overly Polite Squirrels

So there are now 19 weeks before I will be running the LA Marathon, and seeing as just about any running plan out there say you need 16 weeks I’m still in the in the Read more...

Michelle’s Marathon Mission: The How Not To Get Started With Marathon Running Guide

Ranking alongside my agreement to attend a three week conference in Germany to speak on the environment policies on my local borough that I knew nothing about (alongside speaking none of the languages of the other Read more...