The New Langley 7 – Race Review
Langley 7 – some background Once upon a time there was a village called Langley which had a 7 mile road race The Langley 7 was an annual race organised by Macclesfield Harriers as a…
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Oldham Half Marathon – race review
Pre write-up waffle Well a month has passed by since my last race review write-up which was of the English Half Marathon in Warrington. In fact I have raced once since at the first leg…
Run up to Christmas – using Strava
This is a slightly unusual post. By way of background, a large number of my #LymeRunners group are taking part in this year’s RunUp2Christmas fundraiser for MIND. Whilst quite a few have GPS running watches,…
English Half Marathon – race review
Only one week since I completed my second ultra-marathon and I’m back out on the start line again for another race – the English Half Marathon. I thought I’d tell you about my day and…
Race Review – The Gritstone Grind
Today I completed my second ultra-marathon of the summer, and in fact my second ever bona fida ultra! So I thought I ought to tell you all about it. Beyond Marathon The Gritstone Grind is…
Why I run
After many years of hammering my body on the roads chasing after PBs, I’ve realised that I’ve lost a lot of the enjoyment that I used to get from running. In this blog I set out my thoughts about how this happened and what I’m doing to find my missing mojo.
Revisiting #REDBED
It seems like a long time ago that I embarked on a charity fund-raiser for MIND back in December 2017. In conjunction with the ‘Run Up 2 Christmas‘ project co-ordinated by a fabulous couple of…
Quarry Bank Trail Race – race review
It’s been a busy (ish) month for races during August 2018, although it wasn’t planned that way. Whilst Cracken Edge Fell Race had been on the calendar since January, the rest of the month was…
Eccles Pike Fell Race review
Having done precious little writing until recently I’ve now hit a period of races in quick succession. And whilst there are a number of other things I keep planning on writing about, I might as…
Cracken Edge race review & Gritstone recce
On starting this post I realise that last year when I wrote about the Cracken Edge Fell Race that I combined the post with one for another race. And history repeats itself, at least with…