What a strange and spontaneous day today. How to go from a 5k to a 21k race in the space of 15 minutes. So I was all geared up for a 5km road relay race as part of the Northern Relay event in Catterick alongside 5 other Sheffield RC women for a 6 legged 5km […]
Nottingham Relays
1. (n.) relay race – a race between teams of contestants, each contestant being relieved by a teammate after running part of the distance. My first club relays at the University of Nottingham, that’s if we could find the entrance to the campus, that is. Being true northerners running for Sheffield Running Club we went […]
Norton 9
Norton 9 – no its not an anti virus conference or a new virus running through the Yorkshire countryside, but close, its something that’s running, its a run, a 9 mile road run in the heart of the Yorkshire countryside where 500 or so runners set afoot, a trainer or two and 1000 or so […]
Wombwell 5
When I stepped out the house this morning on a cold and foggy February and walked up to the car I did wonder what I was doing travelling to Barnsley for a 5 mile road race when most of the population would still be in bed or enjoying hot crispy toast and homemade jam with […]
Bolsover Castle
I had not prepared my mind at all, mind over race, race over mind, but that was fine I had no expectations for this race it was just a race to set me up for the year to come. The race had been postponed from 19 December 2010 due to ice. It was a perfect […]
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 – […]
Hangover Race
What would you do on New Years Day? Would you be suffering from a hangover from the previous evening or would you join a hundred runners in the middle of Derbyshire for a 5 miles Hangover road race in Whatstandwell near to Belper. Of course you would. The new year welcomed in some damp, drizzly […]