It has been a while since I’ve written any blog posts. I don’t know about you guys, but these last few months during the pandemic has not been easy to deal with and I sort of lost my mojo when it comes to putting recipes together for the blog and the YouTube channel too. I have lots of content ideas but actually getting it out there has been a struggle but I am hoping to get myself back on track with it soon.

One thing that has not been a struggle for me has been my fitness journey. I have been consistent with running and even signed up with a virtual coach to help me improve my running! I am not going to lie, the sessions set by the coach are tough but having a coach has helped me with being more accountable which is something I struggled with in the past. It is great having someone write up a week’s plan and all I got to do is follow it! It is still early days with the coach so I am not sure how much I have improved yet, but keep an eye out for an update on that.

This month I took part in a virtual half marathon set by Great North Run to raise money for The British Lung Foundation and I actually really enjoyed that run. It got me thinking that I should attempt to run the distance of 13.1 miles more often, possibly once every month or 6 weeks. I am a slow runner, it took me 2h 35mins to run the half marathon and I would love to run it under 2h 30mins at some point, so I guess I need to run more to improve on my time? As long as I keep my plantar fasciitis in check, it should be doable.

Also this month, I took part in my first ever trail run! There was an introduction to trail running session over at Wendover for Global Trail Running Day so it was a perfect way for me to experience that. I picked up some hints and tips on how to run trails and the different terrains and also got a lot of info about choosing the right footwear, nutrition, etc. It was a great session designed to encourage more women from ethnic minorities to take part in trail running. Running is a very much white orientated sport, and trail running even more so, so it was good to take part in the session to learn more. I really enjoyed running trails so much so that I signed up for my first trail race in February! That is still quite a long time away but I am hoping to get out there and run more trails before then. I just need to work on my confidence in running trails on my own and conquer my fear of getting lost in a forest somewhere! Only recently I have conquered the fear of running solo along the canals so I am confident that I can also conquer solo trail running.

Trail Running

So this is pretty much what’s been going on and I thought I’d update those of you that are interested in knowing what’s going on. If you are on social media, do follow me on Instagram @Rahema_m where I am more active on there or even my Facebook page Rahema.

Hope to be bringing you some more content soon. Take care lovelies x