Essar 4-Villages Half-Marathon – race review
The 4 Villages Half Marathon is an event I’ve wanted to run for about 5 years. This was the first year I actually managed to get there! Essar 4 Villages Half Marathon Starting in the…
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National Running Show
It has been a long and very busy weekend, all to do with running. I was racing today, but I’ll do my review of that in a separate post. The National Running Show I’ll start…
2018 planning
Well after my mass of running at the tail end of 2017, 2018 hasn’t exactly set on fire in it’s first 2 weeks! A planned break I’d always planned to have a little bit of…
A week on from #REDBED
Well it’s almost a week since I finished my Run Every Day / Blog Every Day #REDBED Challenge for December. And the eagle-eyed of you may have noticed it’s been a bit quiet on the…
Challenge wrap-up! The final day #REDBED Day 31
Well today is the final day of my #REDBED Challenge. I have managed to run and blog every day for the whole of December. As I alluded in yesterday’s post, I wanted to delve into…
2017 round-up (part 1) #REDBED Day 30
I had always planned on doing a wrap-up of the challenge at the end. Now the end is in sight I thought I would begin this task. A whistle-stop tour of 2017 Being the year-end…
Bad weather dodging #REDBED Day 29
I knew yesterday that I had to get the final long run in of #REDBED. I’d seen the weather forecast for today and it wasn’t pretty! Bad weather and bad planning My original hope for…
Life Bridges #REDBED Day 28
Whilst I’m aware that many of my #REDBED titled articles are clear, this one isn’t quite so obvious. Today represents a number of transitions, each of which bridge gaps in life. That probably hasn’t clarified…
Off-road Night Run #REDBED Day 27
It may have become apparent over the last couple of days that I haven’t been too excited about the runs. Work and family commitments left me with a limited window within to run meaning they…
Dodging the Boxing Day dog walkers #REDBED Day 26
After the peace and quiet of an early morning run on Christmas Day, Boxing Day mid-morning was the polar opposite. The shape of Boxing Day My Boxing Day is very similar in structure to Christmas…