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 […]
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. […]