Fresh in my mind, last Saturday was the Burnsall Half, run by Due North Events. I’ve been wondering whether to write this now, or give it a few days when I might forget the worst bits and just focus on the good bits but then I thought that isn’t really giving a true reflection of... Continue Reading →
Free race photo from Lakeland Trails - see the tiny dots across the right - runners behind me! Well I had something to prove with this run. I’d entered for the first time in 2018 and had found it hard, but enjoyed, up to the point of falling with about a mile to go and... Continue Reading →
June Training Miles: 100.34 Number of runs: 20 Average Pace: 09:38 min / mile Races: 0 July Training Miles: 86.39 Number of runs: 18 Average Pace: 09:36 min / mile Races: 1 (Walkington) Total Miles for 2019 so far = 579 Well I’m kind of on target for 1000 miles in the year. Although I... Continue Reading →
A beautiful place to hold a race I’ve run this race a number of times before and always enjoyed it. The weather can be…. variable! Well it is early March after all. It is a road run, the course basically making a rectangle and narrow country lanes. It is slightly undulating, with one longish drag... Continue Reading →
The last weekend in January I’m back again in Dalby Forest to run the No Ego headtorch race. Imagine the scene – it’s dark; it’s raining (actually pouring); it is cold. I’m about to set off into a pitch black forest with several hundred others. Did I mention it was raining? Obviously this means you... Continue Reading →
a mile run 