Charlotte Thomas
Charlotte Thomas is a freelance journalist and health and fitness blogger at Lunges & Lycra. Her work has also appeared in HuffPost.
Latest articles by Charlotte Thomas

16-Week Advanced Half Marathon Training Plan
By Charlotte Thomas last updated
If you’re willing to really push yourself to complete a half marathon in under 90 minutes, this is the training plan for you

16-Week Intermediate Half Marathon Training Plan
By Charlotte Thomas last updated
If you’re a regular runner who’s completed half marathons before, use this training plan to finish under 1hr 45min

Great Open-Water Swimming Challenges And Tips On Taking The Plunge
By Charlotte Thomas last updated
Plus, where beginners can test the open waters in the UK

16-Week Couch To Half Marathon Training Plan For Beginners
By Charlotte Thomas published
Mixing running and walking, this half marathon training plan is ideal for complete beginners

Beginner Half Marathon Training Plan
By Charlotte Thomas published
If you can already run comfortably for 30 minutes, this 16-week plan will get you ready to complete a half marathon in 2hr 15min or less

Sub 2 Hour Half Marathon Training Plan
By Charlotte Thomas published
Use this 16-week half marathon training plan from running coach James Poole to break the two-hour barrier

What to Eat Before a Run
By Charlotte Thomas published
Find out what and when to eat before high-intensity, race pace and recovery runs – as well as races

The Benefits Of Walking: Nine Reasons To Pound The Pavement
By Charlotte Thomas, Nick Harris-Fry published
Walk it off – the weight, that is…

Countdown to the Fitbit Fifty
By Charlotte Thomas published
We checked in with the challengers to see how their training is progressing

Think You’d Never Be Able to Attempt the Fitbit Fifty? Read This
By Charlotte Thomas published
Everyone starts somewhere. Here are three of our challengers’ surprising journeys to the Fitbit Fifty start line

Who’s Doing the Fitbit Fifty?
By Charlotte Thomas published
Meet the 12 successful applicants

Olympic Gold Medallist Helen Glover’s Training Regime
By Charlotte Thomas published
The work the rower put in to clinch her second Olympic gold medal with coxless partner Heather Stanning

Joe Clarke’s Olympic Gold-Medal Winning Training Regime
By Charlotte Thomas published
His victory was 12 years in the making

Team GB’s Olympic Training Plans
By Charlotte Thomas published
Plus, Olympic training tips from the greats

Boxer Josh Kelly’s Olympic Training Regime
By Charlotte Thomas published
Training three times a day, plenty of three threes and in bed by 8pm – that’s how Kelly got a place on Team GB

Track Cyclist Joanna Rowsell Shand’s Olympic Training Regime
By Charlotte Thomas published
Training ten times a week and 30g of protein every three hours have paved Rowsell Shand's road to Rio

Triathlete Gordon Benson’s Olympic Training Regime
By Charlotte Thomas published
The third man of Team GB’s triathlon team talks 30-hour training weeks and hurtling down Alpine passes at 80km/h

Swimmer James Guy’s Olympic Training Regime
By Charlotte Thomas published
How the English pool master is preparing his body for Rio

Free Fitness Classes in London
By Charlotte Thomas published
With these 15 free fitness sessions, you just bring the calories and the determination

Triple Jumper Nathan Fox’s Olympic Training Regime
By Charlotte Thomas published
Team GB hopeful Nathan Fox gives Coach a glimpse into how he’s preparing for Olympic selection

Two Open-Water Swimmers On Swimming The Amazon And The Thames
By Charlotte Thomas published
Coach spoke to the mermen who have swum some of the great stretches of open water – Martin Strel and Lewis Pugh – to find out more about their experiences

10 Last-Minute Tips for Acing the Virgin Money London Marathon
By Charlotte Thomas published
Olympian Mara Yamauchi’s tips for before, during and after the London Marathon
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