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1st May 2025 I’ve just got through the door after running a marathon and I feel pretty good! No wobbly legs, no delirium, no collapsing on the sofa with the shivers. It’s the longest I’ve done in my training so...

17th April 2025 To rest or not to rest? That’s always my question. Last night, instead of going for a run, I watched a running documentary and ate pizza. Tim and I had agreed we’d do a 10-mile run after...

2nd April 2025 Packing light appears to be impossible for me. Every time we go away in the campervan, I vow to pack less, and every time, that doesn’t happen. Last weekend's long run went well (ended up doing 18...

27th March 2025  It’s 15 weeks until I run the Tour du Mont Blanc – a famous, roughly 100-mile trail that circumnavigates the highest mountain in Europe – with my husband, Tim, taking us through France, Switzerland and Italy. I’m...

Reflections At times it has felt impossible to distil those four months of wild adventure into just a handful of words. But I always wanted to share it with those who were interested and importantly, talk about the impact it...

Self-revelations It was surprising how quickly one month of being fully absorbed by nautical activities started to feel like just a dream. Offshore racing can be intense. There's no doubt about that. But I got everything I wanted out of Race...

The Finish Line The final few days of the race were pretty tense. Had I not been a part of it, I almost wouldn't believe we were having the comeback of our lives. Seemingly fitting for the rest of my...

What is love, actually? Everything and nothing happened all at once since the equator crossing. We were now around the Philippines, through the Luzon Strait and on the home stretch to Ha Long Bay across the South China Sea. We...

Crossing the Equator At 10 pm on February 4th, 2024, CV21 was expertly helmed across the equator from south to north by Anne. Skipper Max counted the whole crew down in terms of degrees left, and cheers and hugs were...