Making a return to full fitness
With my injury woes now seemingly behind me, I am finally making a return to full fitness. It’s been a long road but one definitely worth going down. The last few weeks have seen...
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Ultras, injuries and a 30th birthday
Ultras, injuries & a 30th birthday. This pretty much sums up the last 2 weeks for me. I’ve been seeing a lot of people on Instagram running ultra marathons in the last couple of...
Having to shift my focus
So recovering from an injury isn’t easy. It obviously isn’t easy physically but also mentally. Because of this, I’ve found myself having to shift my focus from running, at least for the time being....
Building a stronger body
I was going to do a post this week on how well my recovery from injury was going, but those plans went out the window last Thursday. So instead of focusing solely on my...
The last 5 months
After promising to keep this blog up to date during my marathon training, I ended up failing miserably due to life’s amazing ability to take you on a rollercoaster ride. So without further a...
Marathon training wk3 – Back to the grind
This week was marathon training week 3 and it was very much a case of getting back to the grind after the PB joys of Gloucester half marathon. The week started off with a...
Gloucester Half Marathon 2018
Even though I am now training for my first marathon I still have a couple of races booked in before hand, the first of those was Gloucester half marathon last Sunday (14th January). I...
Marathon training has begun!
So now that my marathon training has begun for the inaugural Newport marathon I thought I’d post about how its going so far. I’ve never run a marathon before and I’ve also never followed...
Brean Down Santa Scramble 10k
Last Sunday was the second time I’ve done the Brean Down Santa Scramble 10k having done it last year and the 5th time I’ve done the Brean Down 10k in the last 18 months...
Brent Knoll Race 2017
The Brent Knoll race is a nice local race that is organised by my running club the Burnham Harriers. It’s very popular among the local running clubs as it’s also the final race of...