Laura Potter
Contributor at Freelance
Writer, runner, cake baker, beach lover, city dweller and one time synchronised swimming teammate.
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1 month ago |
ca.news.yahoo.com | Laura Potter
Gifts for runners: the best shoes, socks and vests to buy the running enthusiast in your lifeMore than a quarter of Britons run weekly, which suggests many of us are likely to know someone – from marathon runners to parkrun enthusiasts – who would enjoy a running-related gift. You might think that running requires only a decent pair of trainers and some all-weather kit, but the gift options are endless, for every budget.
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Jan 6, 2025 |
theguardian.com | Laura Potter |Laura Whateley
Is loyalty or laziness costing me? People who don’t put in the legwork get charged more. Savings accounts often give a better interest rate for the first year, then it drops dramatically, because they want you to just sign up and forget about it. With mobile phones you pay off the handset within a couple of years, but keep paying a higher fee because you haven’t shopped around.
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Dec 27, 2024 |
theguardian.com | Laura Potter
Bend like a banana“A side bend stretches the intercostal muscles between the ribs, making more space for inhalation,” according to the psychologist Suzy Reading, author of Self-Care for Winter, “and when we breathe better we feel more lively. Either seated or standing, breathe in and stretch one arm up overhead, forming a banana shape for your side body. Breathe out to lower your arm back down and come back to centre.
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Dec 10, 2024 |
cyclist.co.uk | Laura Potter
Tucked away at the garage level of a 1960s housing block in Camberwell, southeast London, is a hand-painted sign that reads ‘Community Bike Shop’. It’s Saturday morning and the place is buzzing. Owner Marlon Plein is busy tidying up in preparation for Cyclist’s visit, meaning his girlfriend Lauren can’t now find the parts she needs for a bike she’s fixing up. Volunteer Jeff wheels in, slings his bike down by the entrance and heads off to make a round of teas.
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Nov 20, 2024 |
msn.com | Laura Potter
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