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London Marathon

London Marathon

It’s taken me 6 months and a couple of attempts to write this post. It took some time to process it all amid a lot of other things I had going on in my...

Berlin Marathon 2022

In 2019 I entered the ballot for Berlin marathon fully expecting to be unsuccessful. I based this expectation on the stories I’d heard about how hard it can be to get into London marathon...

Trails

Loving The Trail Life

Last Saturday (7th September) I ran my first trail race in a long time. It was the Maverick Original Series Somerset event and its left me loving the trail life! I’d been looking forward...

Bridgwater

A Year In The Making

At last years Bridgwater half marathon I found out just how unfit I was while coming back from injury. Returning from said injury was tough. You could say its been a year in the...

Wessex 10k

Booking Wessex 10k was a bit of a last minute decision. I had planned to run Totnes 10k on the Sunday but left it too late to enter. So with that race sold out,...

Exeter

Exeter 10k 2019

I had high hopes of a PB going into Exeter 10k. My training had been going well and on the day, the weather was much cooler than the previous days. This race was essentially...

Making My Marathon Debut

Making my marathon debut has been a year in the making. After having to withdraw from last years Newport Marathon due to injury, I was seeking redemption this time around. After my experience last...

Taunton Half Marathon

Taunton half marathon became my secondary target race for this spring when I failed to PB at Newport half marathon. My primary target is of course Newport marathon but Simon and I have also...

Reading Half Marathon

Reading half marathon is a race I was supposed to do last year. Just like Newport half marathon, it fell victim to the snow. The event organisers then proceeded to handle the cancellation of...