Competition time!

Today I have something super special for you all, something I've wanted to do for a while… my very first ever give away! 

First prize

• Brush off your running mojo with entry to either the Dorney Lake 5k or 10k on February 22nd 2014 courtesy of F3 events and Write This Run
• Kick your training into touch with 6 months membership to the Run Lounge
• Prep your body with a High 5 nutrition pack
• Relax post-training and get inspired with a copy of Running Like A Girl
• Pair of Sweat Pink shoe laces
• Recover well after the event with a sachet of Après Hot Chocmalt drink

I'm already entered into the 10k and really looking forward to it. Your Run Lounge membership will get you access to training plans, strengthening and stretching videos as well as discussion forums and a great community. I'm a big fan of Après so I can't resist including a sachet of this as well.

As well as the main prize I'm offering three runner's up prizes of Sweat Pink shoe laces. I may throw in a little something else as well as a surprise

Pink laces make you run faster, don't you know

For your chance to win all you have to do is enter via the Rafflecopter widget below and cross your fingers! The competition is open until the 20th December, the winners will be announced before Christmas day and the prizes will be sent out in time for you to make your New Year's resolutions. This does mean that you won't be able to give any of these as Christmas presents, but this is meant to be a treat for you.

Good luck everyone!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Please note that no monetary alternative will be given for prizes and postage is within the UK only.

I'm a Sweat Pink Ambassador

The eagle-eyed among you will have seen a new little badge appear on the right hand side of this blog. It announces that I am a Sweat Pink Ambassador, which sounds quite lovely, doesn't it? But what does it *mean*?

SPAs are part of a community called Fit Approach. Fit Approach is a site founded by cousins Jamie and Alyse who are aiming to build a healthy community. Their mission, in their own words:

We believe that kicking ass is best done in pretty shoes. We’ve learned that real women sweat, and sweat hard. We know that assertiveness, strength, and ambition are the ultimate feminine qualities. We concede that sometimes it takes hours to get ready, but we’re also no strangers to just rolling out of bed and going. We’re convinced that we run faster in pink shoelaces. We believe in pushing ourselves, and we believe in giving ourselves a break, too. We’re all about the rush of endorphins and the thrill of the challenge. We’re all for looking great and feeling even better. We’re committed to finding our best fit, and making it stick.

Basically we try and inspire others while wearing pink shoelaces. Why pink shoelaces? I'm not really sure, but they are funky. You can find out a bit more here.

The community is very big in the states but a little less so over here, so applying seemed like a no-brainer. I'm all for trying to be inspirational and encouraging people to challenge themselves. Everyone who is accepted as an ambassador is invited to write an introductory article about their "aha" moment, the story about how they got into fitness and what drives them. Mine got published last week and you can read it here.

Contrary to what you might believe, this isn't just for women. My fella swiped a pair of the pink laces for his trail shoes, and mighty fine they look too.

Pink shoelaces... even Scotsmen can wear them.

I'm thinking of running a little competition at the beginning of December, something along the lines of a book/books on running and a chance to get your hands on some of these pink shoelaces. Would you be interested in that?