By Meg Mason Pages: 448Publication Date: August 17, 2017Genre: Family, Contemporary, Australia, Relationships, Rating: ⭐⭐⭐½ Meg Mason’s You Be Mother is a charming, funny, and heartwarming novel about family, friendship, and the unexpected places where we find love and support. The story follows Abi, a young mother who moves to Sydney to start a new life with […]
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There is something about racing the 10km distance that I just don’t like. Running 10k in training is not a problem, but racing it. Argh, yeah, just all kinds of awful. Sure the 5km, is hard, but it’s over and done within 30 minutes or less. If I had to choose a race, it wouldn’t
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Let me tell you a story about progress, and how progress can change over time. It all started with a Facebook memory. This photo of my mum and myself was taken ten years ago. It honestly doesn’t feel like ten years have passed, but it has. I look at this photo and I’m like “Wow
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It was a long run day. On the cards was a 16km long run including intervals. The wind was howling, it was cold, and I really didn’t want to. A common theme in winter, but today I wasn’t feeling the love. Combined with a stressful work week, getting over a cold, and just general life,
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My first overseas adventure was to America for Camp Counsellors USA. (There is also another company called Camp America, that does the same sort of thing.) University was wrapping up and I was applying for jobs and couldn’t find anything in my field (photography, it was and still is very hard to be in that
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Do you love running, but have lost the love for running? Are you bored, and need direction? Want to bring back some excitement to your running? 10 Tips for Overcoming a Running Slump .1. Set new goals If you have been running the same routes and distances for a while, it’s no wonder you are
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When you first start out running, you may have started with a program like Couch to 5km. These types of programs are great tools to help you run the distance. Once you get to your distance goal it’s easy to forget the sessions that helped you to get there. If I’m coming off being injured
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By Alison Cochrun Pages: 368Publication Date: November 1, 2022Genre: Romance, LGBTQ+, HolidayRating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐½ “Kiss Her Once for Me” is a festive and heartwarming romance about a woman who fakes an engagement with her landlord…only to fall for his sister. If I were to describe this story in just a few short words it would be: Christmas,
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Have you ever had these thoughts while out running? “I’m not good enough to run this race.” “I’m too slow.” “I give up.” “Everyone is fitter than me.” Know that you are not alone, and these thoughts are common for all runners of all abilities, yes even the elites suffer from negative self-talk. Negative self-talk
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The first time I decided to run every day for an entire month (30 days), was back in June 2015, and I clocked 202km for the month, with an average distance covered of 6.73km a day. Then in September 2018, I decided to do it again, covering a total of 268km with a daily average
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