Runners Woes

Hi I’m Xina, I’m a runner, a happy little plodder with random adventures too good not to share with you

My Latest Posts

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• When the Garmin Watch rules your Runs and stops the FUN.!!!January 22, 2023
  I know I know I’ll get people saying why let it rule you it’s not like that .. BUT It has and I’m not a happy runner right now not in the slightest and it’s pissing me off (pardon my French 🤣🤦‍♀️) Back when I first started running I was more than happy just learning …
• Struggle Bus Run 🤔😕January 11, 2023
  As Moist ☔️🌧️ as Chocolate Cake Apparently Mother Nature gives Zero Fks today. So upon opening my door to go for a road run there I was dressed in my run shorts , T-shirt and Beanie and the heavens fecking opened and in my usual negative Nelly words I said “ Ah fk it sod …
• Oh I do love Strength TrainingJanuary 10, 2023
  Full Body Weight/Strength Training ✅ Oooooossssshhh Shit a Brick that’s a way to wake up the Whole Body. Decided the WHOlE BODY needed strength/weight training and boy oh boy it felt bloody good and didn’t disappoint. Don’t know if I’ll be walking normally for a while tho , Sumo Squats and Bridges and my ARSE …
• When you almost Miss a RunJanuary 8, 2023
  So Windy out that Birds 🦅 flew backwards Well that almost didn’t happen ……. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ I set my alarm then after a shit nights sleep I was like “ Fk it “ turned it off and went back to sleep… 9am came round I woke up and was like GRRR so leapt up out of …
• If someone asked you “ What do you get out of running?”What would be your replyJanuary 6, 2023
  Would it be to spend some time outside in the fresh air feeling free for a little bit . Would it be to help improve your physical health. Would it be to train for something. Would it be to take my mind off the daily woes of life and work. Whatever your answer is don’t …
• Let’s talk Yoga 🧘‍♀️ and StretchesJanuary 5, 2023
  I wasn’t always an avid Yoga fiend , the mere thought of Yoga or even stretches back way before I started running I would of poo pooed the mere thought of it. I was convinced it wouldn’t help me as a runner I suspected it would actually ruin my chances oh and the fact I …
• Road Running at NightJanuary 4, 2023
  Darker than a big ole sack of Buttholes🤣 Guess who back….Yes we’re back, back again .!!! YEA BABY YEA Besties back together again for Night Road Running . HUBLOODYRAH I can’t tell you how much I’ve missed this , running with my bestie running the roads and putting the world to rights , it’s been …
• Step into 2023 Stronger.!!January 3, 2023
  Holey Guacamole I can’t feel my upper body . YES YES YES Those 3 Weighted Upper Body Workouts were insanely BRUTAL but a cracking way to start my 2023 Positivity Strong ME . Safe to say now I bloody love Arnold Press , ooo they are soo effective I swore all the way through them …
• Night Running is Back On.YAY.January 2, 2023
  YAY Wednesday will see me back to night running and to have company . My bestie is joining me back as well . Both of us have had a hard and sad year last year the last time we ran was Feb , things took an unexpected turn and we stopped . Life got in …
• New Year Slump 😭January 1, 2023
  So at least I now know why my running suffered towards the end of the year … I’ve just weighed . Yes it the age old thing comfort eating but in my defence I had the worst year of my entire life , losing my mum so so suddenly everything was beyond my control and …