Bristol and West Fast 5000s – My Track Debut
Last Saturday night I made my track debut at the Bristol and West Fast 5000s event. Regular readers/followers will know this is the race I’ve been training for over the last 6 weeks or...
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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...
A Summer of Speed
So what do you do after spending the first quarter of the year training for a marathon? Well for me at least, it was to change tact altogether and drop down the distances to...
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...
Newport Half Marathon
Newport half marathon is a race I was supposed to run this time last year. Due to the snow it was cancelled. It rearranged for 2 weeks later which was the same day as...
Finding The Right Running Shoes
Finding the right running shoes is incredibly important for runners. More so than I think most of us realise when we first start running. We all have a budget, especially when starting a new...
A Weekend in London
At the start of this year I entered a competition on Instagram. It was done by Eric Keeler and Run Through UK and I was lucky enough to win a free entry into the...
Chasing That Elusive PB
Chasing that elusive PB is something the majority of runners have done, and continue to do. When you first start out, new PB’s can be relatively easy to acquire as you make bigger jumps...