I Have run a marathon. Okay, so it’s been done before. But not by me – Cliff Temple So its Saturday and its time for my first ever 26.2 – a marathon, that distance that is supposed to be the biggest thing that most people will achieve in their lives, my first one. I had […]
Stanage Stumble
Let’s get ready to stumble (Let’s get ready to run now) (Let’s get ready to run now) Watch us run the route Watch us run the route Buyte! So its Stanage Stumble time again. I really didn’t think i would be fit enough this year to endure 25 miles with over 3000ft of climb but […]
Darley Abbey Parkrun #2
It was the second park run of Darley Abbey only a few minutes walk from my friends’ house, so hell why not? Something to do on a Saturday morning. My last park run was a good 12 months ago at Sheffield Graves Park. I had no expectations, didn’t want a particular time just wanted to […]
Silkstone Shuffle #1
It was a lovely spring saturday morning, No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn. A little muddy, with a slight chill in the air and still a little bit of snow lingering in the corners of Barnsleys’ Silkstone as myself and Deb’s (and family) made our way to the dark side of South […]
Tiger Toger
Tonight I am going to give the weather an award, a perfect sunny evening gleaming over Dore, Sheffield and the Peaks of the Peak District. So what better way to spend this than running 5.72 miles around the Peaks on what they called straightforward hard-packed trail, a small section of loose rocky trail and a […]
South Yorkshire Vets Cross Country
The old fogies cross country races at Wentworth Castle; I didn’t even know what it was apart from there would be more grey hairs than any other colour hopping about the fields, as long as we weren’t to go backwards as there would be more receding hare lines than you could mention.It was apparently the […]
Vienna-LCC Adventslauf
My first ever race on foreign ground took place in a Prater Park. A Prater Park I hear you say? Is that a park where Prats go? Well yes you must be a prat to run around a park surrounded by minus stupid temperatures and an abundance of Austrian Christmas Markets, too much Gluhwein big […]
Percy Pud
I awoke this morning to a beautiful icy cold frosty winters’ morning for the 20th Anniversary Percy Pud. It certainty beat the previous years’ floods, snow and torrential rain, this was indeed the best weather so far in 5 years.. Oh yes.. 5 years ago.. I was stood on the same start line my first […]
Spooky Sprint
What a scary evening for many different reasons at The Spooky 10km at Nottingham’s National Water Centre. It was all supposed to be fun but spooky where 300 or so runners line up in either fancy dress or the technical illuminated long sleeved t-shirts and head torches all supplied courtesy of the race and run […]
Dukeries Dusk into Dark
And now for something completely different..a dusk into dark race around the splendid surroundings of Sherwood; Nottinghamshire. Well what else would you do with £20 on a Saturday evening? Walk early, run late and why not? I entered the race only 7 days prior to the event, doubtful that I would be able to:complete the […]