I’ve entered the Manchester Marathon. It’s about six months away and so I’m currently comfortable with my decision. I kind of assumed I’m not getting a place in London and so took advantage of an early bird offer and a guaranteed place in a spring 2109 marathon. I think I Read more…
After a year of getting mainly t-shirts as race mementos (or at one race a squished double decker) it was nice to get a bit of serious bling last weekend. T-shirts, particularly the ‘technical’ ones, are great but they are starting to take up precious kit drawer space. Talking to Read more…
Ever have those runs that are completely awful? Your legs feel like they are wading through treacle, your breathing won’t settle, you get a stitch (even when you never get a stitch, ever) and you wish you’d stayed in bed? That was last Sunday’s race. It was a local 10-miler Read more…
I finally made it to my first parkrun this weekend and really enjoyed it. My local one, Dishley Loughborough, is three weeks old and it was great to see nearly 300 runners from all over the area (and some from as far away as Southampton) taking part. The course is Read more…
The Round Sheffield Run is unlike anything I’ve ever ran before – 11 stages totalling 20 kilometres taking you through parks and woodland in and around Sheffield. Inclines so steep in places that you are walking up giant steps cut into the trails and then praying you don’t trip as Read more…
I haven’t run for three days… it feels like a very long time. A combination of the super-high pollen count and a virus has laid me low and I’ve even taken a day off work to try and rest. I’m not good at resting. My life is a whirlwind of Read more…
I’m running a race tonight and its pretty much all I can think about (in between work, making sure the kids are where they should be, eating and driving). It’s 10k and I haven’t ran a proper 10k race in about 18 months – it’s a good chance to see Read more…
Last weekend I ran my first proper trail race. Took me a while to find the courage to enter, mainly because I thought I would either get lost or encounter cows (see previous posts… there’s a theme). I entered with a friend… and then it got postponed due to snow. Read more…