It was the biggest triathlon in the world – 13 000 people descended on London’s Excel near the Docklands for a swim, bike and run on the 7th and 8th August 2010. I won a place thanks to Runners World (or was that Triathletes World?) website, along with my Ironman Sleek 150 touch screen watch […]
Percy Pud
So you smell the pressure, it was on then it was off then it was on again, postponed because Percy had eaten too much pudding and ended up snowed in. An extra weeks’ training in 2ft of snow, ice and minus 10 temperatures did not fill me with the greatest of confidence and knowing I […]
Heanor Pudding Run
Too early for Christmas, baa humbug, Heanor was the location for the first Christmas pudding race of the year. Feeling cold? Well what do you expect in shorts and t-shirt and 4 degrees british autumn weather? After my previous flat race of over 46 minutes I had no real expectations for this race apart from […]
Spooky Sprint
Something to raise my spirits: On the 30th October we joined 250 ghoules and ghosts and skeletons around the National Water Centre in Nottingham to run 10km. It looked spookily flat after training on the hills of Sheffield. 2 laps of the lake nothing to fear here. WHo is going to win? No body! Everyone […]
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 […]
Bupa Great North Run
This was the big one, nothing to do with Roller coasters in Blackpool but one of the largest half marathons in the world – Newcastle to South Shields. I had completed a half marathon only once before 12 months ago on the same territory, uninjured and clocking in a respectable 1 hr 46 mins and […]
Bupa Great Manchester Run
36 000 people, the atmosphere was incredible. I was in Orange, whilst my friend Becky was in Green. This was my first 10km race after 5 months of injury. I was aiming for a sub 50. A flat route, crowded at first but fine after the first 1km. Lots of people to pace with throughout. […]
Race for Life Derby
Great run in Darley Abbey Park. My first race in 5 months due to injury. I didn’t expect a great time but got a PB. It felt a very comfortable race. I ate 3 hours before, drove down to Derby, and walked down to the park. Yeah, I can run. It’s just for fun. There’s […]
Barnsley 10km
A lovely autumn crisp day, quite cold to start with. The run was on the outskirts of Barnsley on country roads. A little narrow through the village at first and then people spread out. It was mostly flat for the first 4 miles as I tried to keep up with the club runners. Markers were […]
Bupa Great South Run
Portsmouth was crisp and cool on this late October Sunday morning. Over 20 000 runners gathered on the promenade for the Great South Run. Unfortunately I was put in green the last wave to go, but I managed to get to the front of green. A completely flat route and plenty of space at the […]