Marathon Training – Week 2
Mike This week was always going to be much tougher in my training plan. Not because of the realisation of what I was facing hitting home. Purely the logistics of Christmas…
2019
Marathon Training – Week 1
As I have written a few times, in April 2020 I will be taking on my first (and then second) marathon. I’ve done plenty of halfs, but now is the…
Return to Rothwell parkrun
Since getting into parkrun, I have really enjoyed the tourism element. A third of my runs have come away from home. However, one thing I hadn’t done was return to…
Travellers 6 – 15/12/2019 (Race Review)
Where I live is flat. Very flat! A cursory glance at my Strava stats shows that in November I climbed a total of 300m. About 40% of this coming in…
St Neots Half Marathon 17/11/19 (Race Review)
Whilst travelling away to a race is fun, nothing quite beats your home run. For me this is the St Neots Half Marathon with a start line less than 5…
Running for The UK Sepsis Trust
Friday 5th July started as a perfectly normal day. After a day in the office I headed home to meet my wife and kids on their way home from cricket…
There’s No Place Like Home! – Pocket parkrun 12/10/2019
On 15th June I crossed the line and picked up my finishers token at Pocket parkrun. It had been the events first birthday celebration that day and was the 5th…
St Aidan’s Trail Half Marathon 06/10/2019
Usually when you enter a race it’s because it’s local, you’ve heard good things about or maybe you’ve seen an advert on Facebook. However, it’s probably less often that you…
Holding On To What You Have
Friday night and so ends one of the hardest weeks of my professional career. Unlike the rest of my blogs, this isn’t about running but more about a week when…
First Race of 2019 – Bedford Half Marathon 01/09/2019 (Race Review)
As we moved into 2019, like most runners, I started to make a plan for the year. However, unlike the past couple of years, this didn’t include any spring time…