The prize for a hard race – a PINK T-shirt?????
Wilmslow was a lot harder than it should have been today. The course is pretty flat all in all – it’s classed as a PB course, at least when the conditions are right. Today was…
Half-Marathon
Snow in late March? This weather is broken!
Snow? In March? Here? The weather has gone completely mad. A year ago we were basking in unseasonal warm weather. I ran Wilmslow Half Marathon in 2012 in what was a PB time for me,…
The Island Race – a wonderful day on Anglesey
Sometimes you can look forward to something so much that it ultimately disappoints. I’ve been looking forward for weeks for today’s race on Anglesey and was really worried it might become a damp squib. I’m…
Bang! Blackpool and Burgers
Not been the greatest of weeks but at least I finished with a race! I’m very good at burying my emotions by being madly busy, and when work is also madly busy this gives a…
10 races booked, 2 selected, 1 requiring inspiration!
Well it’s been an interesting week! On Tuesday I was on a course and got to announce the 13 Challenge – and got a round of applause which I didn’t expect. But now it’s official,…
Races booked, but where are the door-knobs?
Been a bit of a gap since my last post. I’m still here, just running (metaphorically) around in ever decreasing circles. So what’s been going on. This last week is the heaviest of my weeks…
The 13 Challenge – or a numeric way to raise money for charity
I’m a long-distance runner, or at least I was before Christmas. Since then I seem to have been unwell and eaten a lot of chocolate, neither or which are particularly good for staying in shape….
Looking for the finishing line
I always hate this bit of the year when I’m searching for races to enter and nothing really takes my fancy. I did enter for Wilmslow – I’ve done it three times before and it’s…