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 […]
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 […]
Dam Flask Relays
It’s that time of year again, the last week in June, which means the nights are now drawing in and 300 or so local runners take to the dam of flask at Lower Bradfield for a 3 or 4 legged race. No Camels involved this time around, unlike Percy Pud last year which takes in […]
Sheffield Half Marathon
I was up at 5.30am this morning and sat in an ice bath by 5.40am. All in the name of running. I can not explain why I was doing this – the Sheffield Half Marathon, my second year after a 32.5 mile Ultra Marathon the day before. I was officially mad. I had no idea […]
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. […]
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 […]
South Yorkshire 5 mile Road Race #4 – Worsborough
The fourth and final South Yorkshire road race series took place at Worsborough Mill just outside Barnsley on the 11 May 2011. A lovely run on a very sunny evening. I’ve started so I’ll finish, this the fourth in the series of 5 mile road races in South Yorkshire. Although my times for all previous […]
South Yorkshire 5 mile Road Race #3 – Pickburn
The third South Yorkshire 5 mile Road race series took place in Pickburn on 27 April 2011 in Pickburn a small village nestled near to Doncaster. The sun had even turned up for this bright sunny evening, it’s first proper appearance for one of these league races. It wasn’t wearing a bib number however so […]
South Yorkshire 5 mile Road Race #2 – Dam Flask
I will be dam if I do and dam if I don’t, Damm it, I do, I run another race only 3 days after my half marathon plus 1/4. Still sore from Sunday but determined to run this beautiful race around the lovely Dam Flask in Bradfield off I went with the multitude of other […]
South Yorkshire 5 mile Road Race #1 – Oxspring
So in the quintessentially South Yorkshire rolling hills, we take to these rolling hills on this springy but a little bit damp evening. So we got taken over a bridge to the start line, even though there was actually no line. The run was just in Barn-zaar-lee, the guy starting the race was broader than […]