Today was the day of the Stanage Stumble – a run / walk event in the Peak District over 10, 17 or 25 miles. The runners set off at 10am with walkers at 9am or earlier, the Stanage Stumble, let’s get ready to Rumble! Off the back of a 10km cross country race the day […]
Wiggle 10km
Wig Wag wig wag your tail for the Wiggle 10km Cross Country at Catton Park in Tamworth, a 10km cross country and running with dogs (not cats despite it being Catton park). Mudtastic! This was my second time at this race – last year I came second too, lets see if I can come second […]
Derby Midweek Time Trials
It’s mid-week which means its Wednesday which means I am stuck on a train going to some random office with work admist gazing out of dirty rain infested windows at the poor cows munching on the green grass in the pouring rain. Not only is it Wednesday but its April which means rain. Running rain. […]
Graves Park Parkrun #1
So down to the animal farm we went, me and my best friend now ‘Mrs Crosley’ to visit the animals and say moo to the highland cows, and of course to run the first ever Graves Park parkrun in Sheffield. Mr MacParkRun had an idea e-i-e-i-o With that idea he had a run e-i-e-i-o With […]
Concord Parkrun #56
An eggstremely cold Easter weekend, still suffering from snow-DOM legs (a.k.a having climbed Snowdon in the snow some 2 days earlier) me, myself, my best friend and the Easter Bunny travelled by hare plane, to concord Park run for the second time this year just so the Easter bunny could stay fit by getting some […]
Betws-y-coed Half
This was no April Fools – well it couldn’t be anyway as this particular race started at midday, however you would have been a fool to participate in it and what fool would go all the way to Snowdonia for a half marathon anyway? Really! Meanwhile my best friend has already run her 10km race […]
National Cross Country
My first ever ‘National’ cross country event in London. Cross Country in London I hear you say? London, you are going to London to run a Cross Country when you are from Sheffield? Hello World! But yes, indeed, home of Cross Country; Parliament Hill; Hamstead Heath – finally making a good use of a green […]
Yorkshire Vets Cross Country
So what does today have in store for you today my friends? For me the Yorkshire Vet’s cross country in Doncaster today my friends so off you go. I woke up on this Sunday morning at my usually bizarre time of 5.56am to a beautiful crisp Sunday morning but instead of taking myself out for […]
Colwick Parkrun #33
At 6.30am this morning it was minus 10 degrees’ – so cold my cat climbed into the refrigerator just to warm up. A thick blanket of frost outside, a blanket that was not as snug as a bug in in rug, but as cold as a mole in a frozen hole. So onwards and downwards […]
Concord Parkrun #45
Quit the excuses, there are no excuses run just run and appreciate the course, the weather and the surroundings and enjoy enjoy enjoy. This is the lesson I have learned from 2011. [headline h=”1″]Bad excuses are worse than none..[sub_title]Thomas Fuller[/sub_title][/headline] So off to Concord we flew, wheeee, we are going to fly today, traveling the […]