My journey to my sub 1.30 half marathon started at 7am as I left Sheffield and conquored the foggy fog of the Peak District. The beauty of the low flying fog left me breathless, frightened but in awe of this amazing place. Even my fog light made an appearance. Go fog light. I arrived at […]
Cutlers Relays
The Northern Cross Country Cutlers Relay Championships takes place once a year on a sunny Saturday crisp October morning. Runners from up north travel down to the border of “oopp north” AKA South Sheffield (the border is literally about half a mile away seeping into Derbyshire). A mumble jumble of northern accents, scousers, jordies, hullarians, […]
Tracks & Trails Holiday
So you need a holiday but you don’t know where to go. Sitting on a beach all day for 7 days is worse than watching paint dry and going Skegness for your holidays and eat ice cream on a soggy beach wrapped up in waterproofs and wellies is about as tempting as moldy cheese on […]
Bupa Great North Run
This was my third time at the Great North Run, my first one was 3 years ago, my second 2 years ago and this one, my deferred entry from last year. Previous years I had loved every minute of it. I had felt excited and very nervous. I had questioned my ability to complete the […]
Yorkshire Vets Relays
Today’s event – the Yorkshire VETs relays, nothing to do with men and women dressed up in white coats running around with dogs, cats and guinea pigs, no, this was the oldies relays for all clubs in the Yorkshire area. It certainty wasn’t raining cats and dogs today either as the sun was blazing down […]
Double or Quit
What better way to spend the evening of the 1st September 2012 running a 10 mile trail race – double or quit. The name says it all, you can double up or you can quit after 5 miles. Little did I know that I would be doubling up for the rest of the evening after […]
Belper Rugby Rover
Belper Rugby Rover – what is it? where is it? what sport does it entail? Well reading the title you would think it would be in Belper, it would be a Rugby match and it would be sponsored by Rover. Oh how wrong you are. It is a 30km trail run or walk around the […]
Dulwich Parkrun #17
A trip to London for a Park Run? Nope they are not that good down there, no way! It was just an excuse to see one of the last events of the London 2012 Olympic games – the men’s marathon. However my rucksack contained more running gear than anything else as I ventured on the […]
Edale Training Weekend
This wasn’t a race but worthy of writing about nonetheless because it involves running lots over some of the most amazing scenery in the UK. Just in the little Peaks of the Peak District that is if you can call the Peaks little. Total distance around 30 miles from Friday evening to Sunday afternoon with […]
Round the Island Ultra
Introduction A few months ago I decided to sign up to the “Round the Island Ultra Marathon – 2012″ –a run around the Isle of Wight, 69 miles in 2 days – a multiday ultra marathon. I had been motivated by a number of talks & films that had taken place at The Showcase Cinema […]