2025 in Review
Mike As we count down the final few hours of 2025, I thought I would have a quick look at my year in running. The headline figure is that this year…
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Should I Use Free Hosting for my Blog?
A bit of a change of topic today but recently there has been a big question bouncing around inside my head. “Should I Use Free Hosting for my Blog?” For…
Using AI to Help my Blog
Everyone seems to be using ChatGPT or other forms of AI at the moment. I had a look to see how it could help my blog.
Strength & Conditioning as a Runner
For years I never saw the point in strength and conditioning training. I was a runner, why would I want or need to lift weights and work on my upper…
Trying to Find my Mojo
It can be strange. A couple of years ago I was speaking to a friend who hadn’t run in months. I couldn’t understand how someone who has run some pretty…
St Neots – Completed It!
In the past I have mentioned a handful of times about CityStrides. I first stumbled across the site during the earlier stages of the pandemic when I was lockdown running.…
I feel the need, the need for speed
When I was in the midst of my Marathon training there was one thing that became clear. Having the structured training plan was really helping me. I therefore made the…
Lockdown Running
I’ve read quite a few blogs in recent weeks about running through lockdown. After a couple of months I wanted to put down a few of my thoughts as well.…
#TwoPointSixChallenge
Sunday 26th April. For many months this date has been penned in my mind. I was waiting to run down The Mall and finish my first London Marathon. Alas, it…
Barford Power Station non-parkrun
Among the many things that have fallen foul of COVID-19 has been the weekly opportunity to run at parkrun. Now with my sons football, often I couldn’t make it on…