Holding On To What You Have
Mike 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…
Some Last Minute Tourism – Barnsley parkrun (parkrun Review)
Today found us back up north again for a family BBQ. I hadn’t originally thought there would be enough time to sneak in a parkrun but had thrown my kit…
Keep on touring – Temple Newsam parkrun (parkrun Review)
After a week on holiday and a few great runs, it was time to head home. However, we’re stopping over at my sister in law en-route so another tourist visit…
Holiday parkrun – The Pastures parkrun (parkrun Review)
It’s time for a holiday! Each year we go away with all my wife’s family to Northumberland. For years this holiday was synonymous with me trying to get back into…
Finally making it to Wakefield Thornes parkrun (parkrun Review)
I feel like I probably owe Wakefield Thornes parkrun a bit of an apology. At the turn of the year I decided that I would use trips to my in-laws…
An unplanned visit to Bakewell parkrun (parkrun Review)
This weekend we are away with some of my wife’s friends and their families. Obviously as a parkrun addict I had checked out the local area on the Tourist Tool.…
Happy Birthday Pocket parkrun
I have written before about how, whilst I liked the idea of parkrun, I couldn’t see the point in driving 20mins to take part. Then 12 months ago that all…
Junior parkrun comes to St Neots
I’ve written several times about how much I love that my kids have embraced running. The older two have both done Pocket parkrun with me. However, we were missing a…
Summer Returns
It’s been 4 weeks since Pocket parkrun returned to the Summer course. With my summer PB about a minute slower than my winter one, I was desperate to give it…