Tagged: runner

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...

The Results of Consistent Strength Work

The results of consistent strength work were really big for me in the last year. This has been evidenced in both my running results and changes to my body. Those changes have become more...

A look at back 2021 (pt 3)

Ok, so here’s the final part of my mini blog series looking back at 2021. In the previous two posts, the second of which you can find here, I talked about my ultra marathons....

A look back at 2021 (pt2)

With the first part of 2021 covered in my previous post, its time to move on to what happened next. First of all, I took the opportunity to rest up after my solo ultra...

A look back at 2021 (pt1)

It’s been well over a year since I last posted on here despite wanting to do so for the last 6 months or so. 2021 was a big year for me. This was mostly...

A Different Kind of Marathon

I’ve run just over a mile, I’m already soaked through and my arms are cold. Steph, her mum and Poppy have just gone past in the warm comfort of a car and it’s dawning...

Trail race

Socially Distanced Racing

Socially distanced racing is a concept I don’t think many people would even have thought of, let alone participated in before March 2020. However, for those of us who wish to get back to...

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...