Going right back to when – and why – I started running in the first place, control was a big issue. I had lost control of my life, with my health, wealth and happiness all seemingly being managed by a greater and more malevolent force than I could muster. So I ran. I ran around [...]
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Race report: The Kingston Breakfast Run 2013
I am really sick and tired of the winter weather this year. I realise that it is stupid to complain about the weather – it certainly is not going to change anything. But I have never known a winter of training like it. It has just been relentlessly cold and either raining of snowing almost [...]
Royal Parks Foundation Half Marathon – the return of the red squirrel
I am very sorry to report that the post I wrote this morning after the launch of the ballot for the Royal Parks Foundation half marathon and ultra were deleted by the company that hosts this website. I am going to try to rewrite the post but in the mean time, here are the details [...]
Finally getting to grips with the ‘cross?
I’ll readily admit that I didn’t start out as much of a fan of cross-country when I found running all of seven years ago. In fact I wasn’t much of a fan of running off-road at all. I remember going for long runs along the Regents Canal and cursing as I leapt around like a [...]
St Neots half marathon 2012
There are a few races that feature prominently in the calendar at my running club, the Mornington Chasers. There is the Finchley 20, the Cabbage Patch 10, the London marathon, the club’s 6 race 10km series in Regents Park… and the St Neots half marathon. Until recently I didn’t really understand completely while these races [...]
Cabbage Patch 10 Miler – race report
This is my race report from the Cabbage Patch 10 Miler (in addition to the review that I wrote for Men’s Running that you can read here). This is an important race in my calendar, as it acts as the Mornington Chasers‘ club championship race – the first man and woman home in each age [...]
What I learned this weekend…
I have a confession: I sometimes cause myself quite a lot of stress trying to keep too many people happy. That often involves trying to be in too many places at once or rushing from one event to another with no hope of successfully getting to everything. I am sure I am not alone in [...]
London Olympic Games Men’s marathon report
As the London Olympic Games of 2012 draw to a close, the men’s marathon promised to be a fitting end to a wonderful few weeks of sport. Perfectly appointed to provide a stunning backdrop to the action, London was going to make the most of this final act in the Olympic athletics calendar. And we [...]
Women’s Olympic Marathon Report
If you want to understand the inner workings of an elite women’s marathon, it helps to have a report from an elite female marathoner. I am extremely lucky and very grateful that Catherine Wilding, who has toed the start line of a number of elite women’s races, was at the women’s Olympic marathon last weekend [...]
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