Stockport Trail Half Marathon
Well I certainly hadn’t planned on such a long gap between blog posts. In fact a couple of posts were drafted but never completed. So today’s aim is to manage to get to the end…
2016 – a year in review
Well I’ve not done this for a couple of years. I guess the 2015 version would have just been the word AAAARGH! in 20 foot high letters. In Comic Sans font. So here we go…
Yorkshire 3 peaks
Yorkshire 3 Peaks – or “sixteen go mad in Yorkshire” Christmas pre-amble Well it’s Christmas which, as usual for most people, has involved sitting around and consuming far too much in warm houses for the…
Stockport 10 2016
Today was the annual Stockport 10 road race. As usual, I like to do a write-up of my races. Stockport 10 – a brief summary The Stockport 10 is a slightly unusual race as it’s…
Run Tatton – 10k & Half Marathon
As is my norm, I do a race and then I do a write-up about it. It gives me something to look back on and hopefully helps other people decide if it’s a race they…
Langley 7
So we’re now into November and the running gets to be more interesting. At least in my mind it does! Autumn is my favourite season for being outdoors. The lush colours of the summertime are…
One Year On
Much of my writing centres around my work for National Trust and on my attempts to improve my fitness. With the 1 year anniversary of my fledgling business approaching at the end of this month…
Returning to form: Congleton Half Marathon
It’s three years since I ran Congleton Half Marathon. It’s normally on the same day as Chester Marathon which I’ve run since. However, due to my lack of distance training I decided that 13.1 miles…
Summer Running
It’s the school winter term already and I’ve not even caught up with the summer running yet. When I last wrote, I’d bitten the bullet and dragged my body kicking and screaming around the Scott Snowdonia Trail…
Scott Snowdonia Trail Marathon
Well it’s been a long while since I wrote a piece about running. Mostly because I’ve been out injured since March and just after my last race on Anglesey. It had been my intention again…