Yorkshire home of Light Water Valley, so Sit thissen dahn an’ tell me abaht it, ‘ere goes. I got picked up by a big white mini bus, full of enthusiastic Sheffield Running Club guys. Oh what a lovely bunch of people we are. Ee, by gum. Up the motorway we went; ‘Ey up; an hour […]
South Yorkshire Cross Country #4 – Doncaster
This was my first cross country league of the season due to being injured previously, clashing of other races and just not having the confidence to run. However I was feeling good today so decided to give it a go. So off went a full little Clio of girls, running gear, cake, cake and cake. […]
Heanor Pudding Run
It’s the battle of the pudding runs as for the second year running I take part in the Heanor 10km pudding run, superseded by the Percy Pud 10km in a couple of weeks. Last year I was rocking, I had just joined the fantastic Sheffield Running Club and was enjoying my running smashing my previous […]
High Peak Relays
A foggy damp November Sunday descended upon the picturesque Derbyshire town of Matlock, Cromford Mill to be exact, bathing in Matlock bath. No baths for the 16 or so of Sheffield Running Club runners as we took part in this High Peak Relay. I was running leg 1 and was told it was up hill […]
Sheffield 101010
This was my first race since May 2011 after being injured with the dreaded Plantar Fascitis (nasty evil plantar f&*^%ing Fascitis). I had been running on and off short distance for about 3 to 4 weeks prior to today so wasn’t expecting anything nothing nothing at all. I had entered this race knowing it was […]
Chatsworth 10km
Chatsworth House 10km all in aid of Helen’s Trust – nothing to do with me just something to do with a great charity and a great place to run in Derbyshire on a sunday morning, and why not? So let the race commence, ready steady run. This multi terrain course had a reputation for being […]
Wiggle 10km
Wiggle wiggle wiggle I wonder why I wiggle? The last day in April took us to Burton on Trent for something completely different – a Wiggle 10km trail / cross country route on a lovely Saturday morning. This was part of a larger all weekend event but we weren’t game enough to ride bikes in […]
Yorkshire Cross Country
My second ever Cross Country with Sheffield RC, this time slightly bigger than 7 days previous in Graves Park Sheffield. This wasn’t the World Champs or anything but the Yorkshire Cross Country Championships, I knew there would be some fast runners out there, those that are heading for tops, I was there for the experience […]
Sheffield Open Cross Country
Finally a practical use for Graves Park – the Sheffield Open Cross Country races organised by my very own Sheffield Running Club. I’d never done XC before and enquired about it to several people during the past few weeks. Was I out of my league doing this? Should I be in the Sheffield Snailers – […]
Sheffield 101010
101010 10th Oct 2010 what a sucker for a novelty run and in my home town too. What a shame (can you hear the voices of Robbie and Gary now? – ‘ all together now ‘Oh what a shame’,….) I was a poorly purple person having just got back from Turkey the evening before with […]