2020 – it’s a wrap (thank goodness)
It’s time for my annual write-up of the year. And it’s an odd one. Usually I’ve been places and run in events all over the country and occasionally beyond. But 2020. I guess it doesn’t…
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EfM: Day Release – (Virtual) race report
12 months ago I had the opportunity to take part in probably the most mad race going in the UK. Escape from Meriden (EfM) has a prison-break concept from the sleepy village of Meriden in…
Up and running. Ish
It’s a month since I hurt my knee and whilst I’ve been active for most of that time, it’s only really the last week that I’ve done any running. Injury update On the whole, the…
A lack of running (but hey, new music!)
Injury update It’s been over a fortnight since I managed to allow my knee to have a close encounter with a rock and whilst things seem to be improving OK, I’m very conscious that it’s…
Can we have our nice weather back? Please?
In true British style, it was the weather that formed the main talking point this week. For many weeks we’ve had pretty decent and warm weather for long stretches. Which, in the locked-down world was…
The start of summer 2020
Hasn’t the time shifted by this year? Despite many people’s lives seemingly being put on hold due to the COVID-19 it seems bizarre that in the last week we had passed by the Summer Solstice…
90 days, recovery and return of the tortoises
90 days since lockdown Today is the 90th since lockdown was imposed in the UK on 23 March 2020. As of this weekend it appears that the Government have reduced the risk level in the…
UK Lockdown to day 83: burial grounds, marathons and Beethoven
It’s been quite a week. From having trained alone for many weeks it’s been nice to run with a group again through to running a virtual ultramarathon on the road. Day 77 The day started…
The week up to Day 76: all change
This week hasn’t been the smoothest of lockdown. I think that’s probably the best thing I can say about this week. And yes a few things have changed. Website changes I’ve been a bit concerned…
69 Days and the UK lockdown loosens a bit more
It’s been another warm and dry week in the UK (and especially Manchester where that ball of fire in the sky isn’t seen as often as it might be). The weather has been great to…