Challenge 2014 – A Chester finale
Well after the false start of Edinburgh Marathon Festival, today I finally completed the marathon component of Challenge 2014: Marathon & More at Chester. Of course, with the title, to miss the marathon would make…
Challenge 2014
Almost race day!
I started 2014 wanting to run a(nother) marathon and to do a couple of big (for me) bike rides to try to raise a bit more money for Myeloma UK. It immediately went completely wrong…
Planning to be on top of the world
Well it’s been a few weeks since I last put pen to paper. Or at least pixels to websites. If I’m being honest, the time hasn’t been exactly exciting, just lots of work interspersed with…
A trip to Snowdonia
Well after a very downbeat week, I had a weekend planned to lift me again. It’s the Big Birthday Weekend. Woohoo! Whilst most people would probably go out and have a drink or 10, I…
A long weird week (involving strawberries, kittens and big hills)
Well that’s the end of a busy and unusual week. It started with an ‘away-day’ – a sort of morale boosting day without the boosting of much morale (but at least the lunch was fine)….
First race of the season
It seems like Wilmslow has it’s own micro-climate. Last year there was concern that the half-marathon would be called off due to widespread snow, yet Wilmslow had not a flake of the white stuff. This…
Anyone for a marathon?
In seventeen weeks today, if all goes to plan, I will have completed my second full marathon. I really enjoyed the multi-event escapade last year and it certainly kept me fit throughout the whole year….