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That girl from Twitter with the cat. Did I mention I do triathlons? parkrun 🌳 In an unhealthy relationship with Tottenham Hotspur 🤍 Swiftie 🧣

Milton Keynes
Joined May 2009
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2 years
Big fat 22 min marathon PB feels ❤️‍🔥💛🐝😭 Thank you Manchester, babes ❤️
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Hey male cyclist who I’ve never met before, it’s not cool to ride up alongside an unknown cyclist, put your arm around her waist, pull her forwards with you and say”there you go, now you’re catching them (cyclist in front) up”. 1. Don’t touch me. 2. Don’t be a patronising cock
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Come on Mollie, think. If Jaz was a traitor he wouldn't have voted to banish again #TheTraitors
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2 years
I accidentally took this cute photo of this guy and his dad(?) celebrating one of the goals. Block 113 Row 1, if Twitter wants to do its thing 💙 #COYS
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3 years
People who leave their marathons titled 'morning run' on Strava are a level of cool I can only dream of
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4 years
I'm back under 24 mins and I actually did a cry 😭
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4 years
💚 Outlaw X 70.3. Completed it mate 🖤 @OutlawTriathlon
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2 years
🫶🏻 22:11 🫶🏻 A 31(!) second PB 🔥 Ran that with my whole f*cking heart today and cried out all the self doubt at the finish ❤️ #loveparkrun
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4 years
If you can't drive past someone running in a crop top in hot weather without heckling out of your window, this extra long finger is for you 🖕🏻
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4 years
Me: nothing is certain in life The universe:
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5 years
IF YOU RUN WITH SOMEBODY SLOWER THAN YOU, YOU MUST WRITE THAT IN YOUR STRAVA TITLE OTHERWISE EVERYONE WILL THINK YOU’RE SLOW 🙃
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4 years
Solo Christmassing ain't so bad.
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5 years
📣 HIIIIII 👋🏻If I’m throwing myself into bushes and flattening myself against trees to keep my distance from you, you REALLY need to be moving over too, rather than continuing to occupy the MIDDLE of the path
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6 years
Loch Ness conquered 🦕 4.34 28 min PB. Scottish Highlands, you are beautiful and you have a special piece of my heart now 💙
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2 years
No photo can do justice to how sweaty that run was
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1 year
Superhero suit + evening caffeine can only mean one thing ... 🚀🚴‍♀️
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4 years
Here I am feeling guilty about riding outside for the first time since lockdown, and half the country don't give a shit about having parties and meeting up with people. Anyway, my ride was fucking glorious.
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2 years
💥Been working hard for this since January. New 5k PB of 22:42 to add to my 10k PB last month ✌🏻
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3 years
😭😭 A huge PB at parkrun this morning and sub-23 😱🥳 So so so so happy and can happily put 5k to bed for a while ✌🏻
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5 years
If you live with your partner, do me a favour? Cuddle them. Being single in lockdown sucks.
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6 years
@ChrisP9558 Err as “this lady” I can confirm he very much did pull me along. I have no doubt that it was intended to be jovial and helpful, but it was still unwanted and patronising
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2 years
Happy London Marathon ballot Results Conspiracy Day to all who celebrate
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2 years
Heck 🥹 My first ever multisport race win 🏆🤩🥳 Salcey Forest sprint distance duathlon - first female 🫶🏻
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3 years
✔️ First female at parkrun for the first time ✔️ Sub-24 at @LinfordWoodpkrn for the first time ✔️ Flying feet photo
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6 years
You know when you see a runner but you're not in running kit and you want to tell them you're a runner too but you can't because that would be weird so you smile at them instead and you realise too late that that looks weird too.
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2 years
Beaut morning for a 10k PB 🥳🔥 Battersea Park 10k - a 37 second PB and sub-48 (just) 😍 THRILLED.
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2 years
What a bloody brilliant day 🖤💚 6:02. Only 3 mins slower than my dream goal of sub-6, on a very hot day. @113events are SUPERB events organisers and I've finally done a full length 70.3 at the third time of asking (after previous shortened/canx swims).
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2 years
1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ 🌳🧡 100 mornings of wishing @parkrunUK started later than 9am 😅 100 finish line feels. 100 mornings with mates. 100 barcodes scanned. 100 finish time texts. 100 sweaty Saturdays. It started at @mkparkrun in 2016(!) So had to be back there today 🎆 #loveparkrun
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3 years
Please can we normalise actually RECOVERING from marathons? And not running one every bloody week? These "'runfluencers" and "instarunners" are gonna have a lot to answer for when their impressionable followers copy their example and break themselves.
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2 years
Brilliant morning out at the Cowman Triathlon this morning 🐄💚 A fab local event. Somehow managed to get my first age group win & top 10 overall with PBs across all three disciplines. That'll do, donkey 🖤
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6 years
Emotional @LinfordWoodpkrn today with the return of Simon who suffered a cardiac arrest during his 50th parkrun 7 weeks ago, along with the people who saved his life. Today he completed his 50th @parkrunUK as tail walker 💚 🌳
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5 years
I just burst into tears at the pool 😭 7:56 400m. 2019 sub-8 goal - down from 11:03 in January 🔓 ✔️
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2 years
Unlocked the final level of solo travel on my final day: asked a stranger to take my photo (gorgeous Spanish woman did a full on photoshoot for me 😂). Triathlon/Spurs content to resume from tonight. Thanks for indulging me.
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2 years
If Gorka wants to call out my twatty exes on primetime Saturday night TV he's more than welcome #Strictly
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3 years
Monday night TT. First female. Happy to be riding my bike. And now I ABSOLUTELY MUST taper for this weekend 😅
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3 years
Superhero suit activated 💚 let's gooooo 🏃🏼‍♀️🚴‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️🚴‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️
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9 months
@SpursOfficial @LastWordOnSpurs @EmiratesFACup This is has the potential to be absolutely spectacular, or spectacularly depressing
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2 years
Where to next...? ✈️🗺️🎒🌍📍
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4 years
Loving that everyone seems to have got engaged/pregnant/married in the year that it's been basically illegal for me to even try and have a relationship. My ovaries and my ability to be photogenic in wedding photos are shrivelling by the day. (Happy for you all tho obvs)
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1 month
She's a beauty 😍 London Classics ✅
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2 years
⚡✨ parkrun 99 completed today! I biked, I ran, (I was first lady ☺️), I barcode scanned, I chatted, I drank hot chocolate, I biked again. Same again for the 💯 time next week 🧡🌳 #loveparkrun @parkrunUK
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2 years
Next stop WHL #COYS
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3 years
Season Finale let's go 🤩
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3 years
Running away from men trying to mansplain like
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7 years
London is wonderful. London broke me. 5.02 with no fuel. Proud.
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2 years
So awake, ready and excited to ride my bike 🥲
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4 years
There's literally nothing better than this. Thank you @OutlawTriathlon for giving me this moment of pure joy 🧡
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3 years
Tri season over and out ✌🏻 Rounded off with my fastest ever bike split and by FAR the best I've ever run off the bike. Very very happy with this season - a great 70.3, 5k PB, falling in love with SwimRun and now a sprint tri PB. Head down & back to basics ready for 2022 🤟🏻
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3 years
The Not All Men brigade are out again, after the horrific news about Aisling Murphy. No, it isn't all men. But it's always men. And we don't know which one(s) of you it is until it's too late. So until then, we will be wary of all men.
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2 years
Today's run graph is the best thing I've made in my life
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7 years
💥💪🏼How did I manage that?! 💪🏼💥 1.52!! A 3 minute PB and a time I hadn’t even dreamed I would be capable of today. Sub-1.50 in May then...?
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2 years
I've got the football on. I've cooked steak. Honestly, why am I single.
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6 years
Room for one more in the sub-50 club?! 💥49.11! 💥 Thanks Bedford 10k - you were ace.
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3 years
Hotel receptionist just took one look at me and said "I assume you're here for the triathlon"... WHAT GAVE ME AWAY
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9 months
Flung myself around some mud and won a thing 🏆
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5 years
No I don’t wear a Garmin 24/7 why do you ask? 🙃
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2 years
If you can't run, s̶u̶l̶k̶ volunteer 💗 Lovely to see so many parkwalkers out on such a stunning day ☀️ the initiative is really paying off @parkrunUK 🌳 #loveparkrun #parkwalk
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5 years
Yes Secret Santa 🙌🏻🙈
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3 years
💥So THAT'S what happens when you pace 10k properly... PB and sub-49 🥳
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3 years
@parker_d_evans Kindred spirit here
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5 years
If Strava Flyby isn’t for looking up hot cyclists who passed you on a ride I don’t know what it’s for.
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2 years
@HarrietEvans I came here for the replies from men and they did not let me down.
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5 years
💚 Triathlete! 💚 Bloody loved that. Except the run. The run was a slow death in 32 degree heat 🥵
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5 years
Someone told me it was ‘too cold to be running today’. Wait until they find out about winter.
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2 years
Another glorious parkrun morning 🌳🧡 parkrun #96 - almost at the big 💯
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2 years
Pre-race ready ✌🏻✌🏻
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2 years
Mad dogs and English women 🌡️🔥
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2 years
2014 (my first race) ▶️ 2022. Amazing what sport can do for a girl.
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2 years
Realising that often I don't see any other adults from parkrun to parkrun, is ... a lot. WFH is great & in the main I love it, but when you're a single parent too it can get isolating as fuck. Another reason why parkrun is so important. Guaranteed people every Saturday.
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2 years
It's so awful here 🍬🌊🌴🐚
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4 years
🧡 Not sure why I look so happy. It's almost go time 😬
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5 years
Second in 20-39 AG 🤩🥳🥈 Duathlon was as fun and brutal as ever, with the added bonus of some strong winds. Can’t believe how fast I ran - my fastest ever mile - and really happy with the bike too. Hit my time goal and second in AG was the icing on the cake What injury? 💁🏼‍♀️
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6 years
Update: reported online to police. They phoned me soon after to say they had officers out looking for them, and have asked me to come to the station this weekend. V. Impressed. Don’t be afraid to report 👍🏼
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6 years
To the hooded thugs who just grabbed my arse and shouted abuse at me while I was running - at least have the guts to show your faces. Fuck you, assholes. 🖕🏼
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3 years
Going full on wanky twat to try and actually run this race well ✌🏻
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10 months
The goal for today's race: work hard ✔️
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4 years
36 not out ✌🏻🎈
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2 years
Ran my 100 on Saturday and the t-shirt is already here! That's my parkrun outfit sorted for the next 149 runs 😅🖤 #loveparkrun
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4 years
No going back now; they're set in stone (chalk).
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5 years
A letter to that guy who once told me: “you don’t want to gain more muscle do you? That’s a bit masculine” 🖕🏻
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2 years
If I don't meet an attractive cyclist or triathlete whilst I'm holidaying solo in a cycling mecca next week it's going to be a waste of a potential romcom
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2 years
Did it! ❤️ @Loveswimrun Llanberis. Beautiful, technical runs (that slate mine 🥵) and the water wasn't too cold! Lush to get into after the first run but definitely chilly by the end. A real challenge with a friendly vibe & very proud to have completed 🙌🏻
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1 year
Manchester, over and out ❤️ From 4:34 -> 4:12 The [long] road to sub-4 starts here. A year of working back up through the distances to get faster & stronger before going again in 2025. ❤️‍🔥🐝
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2 years
I call this look: subtle as a brick 💗
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2 years
6am: 10 mile run 8:30am: off to White Hart Lane 🤍 #COYS
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2 years
Dressed like a pineapple. Drank out of a pineapple🍍
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4 years
Lockdown has done something strange to me. First time I've ever posted a photo online where I'm not wearing makeup. Had a really good run so I suspect I'm jacked up on endorphins.
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4 years
@runnersworlduk Why are you sharing this with a picture of Matt Hancock as if it is government-mandated advice? (It isn't). And why are you - a running publication - sharing a view that is designed to cause a divide between runners and non-runners?
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6 years
Can we all please stop apologising for running in sports bras? It’s chuffing hot. If anyone’s offended it’s them that needs to apologise. We’re not trying to be sexy - we’re trying to be marginally less meltingly hot 🔥☀️
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5 years
Ali Brownlee just wished me good luck for IM Weymouth so it’s pretty nailed on that I’m going to do well now.
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4 years
Medal Monday 🤩
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2 years
I am going to try and channel that Helen Skelton performance for the rest of my life 🔥 #strictly
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3 years
BIG HALF 💂🏙️ Took a gamble. It didn't pay off. Nowhere near a PB. Glad I went all in though, and the fire is still lit - I'll go again soon ✌🏻
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1 year
We've come a long way since marathon #1 . If I could tell that girl on the left anything it would be 'take up swimming earlier - it'll do wonders for your noodle arms'
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5 years
Everyone’s setting 5k PBs and I’m just setting PBs for how much chocolate I can eat in a day
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4 years
Sudden realisation of how fucked up this was. Ex was violent to me. GP referred to anger management. Therapist asked me to come too. Therapy focused a lot on me and my 'issues'. Given homework to do work on myself & make me...what? Less punchable? Jesus fucking christ.
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3 years
💙 Best thing I've ever done 🌊 @Loveswimrun Holy Island - 5 coastal path runs and 4 sea swims - and we only went and made the podium! @GreenlightPT
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2 years
Fuck ittttt. Solo adventure, booked ✈️⛱️🌊🚵‍♀️🍹👙📚
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2 years
Love a race day vibe ✌🏻✌🏻
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