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Newport parkrun
The day before my ultra, my training plan called for Total Rest. Total Rest. On parkrunday. Hmmm. I visited Newport parkrun instead, vowing to take it VERY easy. Newport parkrun is in the grounds of Tredegar House, which is just … Continue reading
Cardiff Ultra
Yesterday, I ran* my first 50 mile race. I was firmly at the blunt end of the field and there was a point, at 46 miles or thereabouts** where I would have paid serious money for the “I just want … Continue reading
I have a favour to ask
It is very simple and it is this. Please stop reading my blog. If you read it because you know me personally, and you feel obliged to, then stop*. If you read it because I once commented on your blog … Continue reading
Sloth 1, #writethisrun 0
I’m doomed! I have just spent the day at Write this Run, listening to inspiring tales of derring do*, grit and general awesomeness from the likes of Donna DeWick, Mimi Anderson, Kevin Betts and Scott Overall. After which I drove … Continue reading
Hurdles and bluebells
After much soul searching, and some welcome words of wisdom from Run or go Crazy, I decided against the inaugural Pegwell Bay parkrun in favour of a trip to nearby Banstead Woods. My training plan called for an easy parkrun … Continue reading
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The rewards of sloth
I was lazy this morning. Instead of setting the alarm for stupid o’clock to tick off another new parkrun, I set it for the luxuriously late time of 8 o’clock and pottered off to Wimbledon… …where I bumped into Run … Continue reading
Winchester parkrun…
Not all inaugural parkruns go entirely to plan. At Wanstead Flats, the frontrunners missed a turn and we all took a small detour through the car park. At Burgess, the timer malfunctioned and the day was saved by some quick thinking … Continue reading
Preston Park parkrun
On Saturday, six days after the Brighton marathon, I returned to Preston Park for their inaugural parkrun. It’s one of the more unusual parkrun courses that I’ve run*. To anyone from Cardiff, St Albans, York, Harrogate or Bushy parkruns, this … Continue reading
Taking hints
Yesterday was one of those days. By 5pm, I had peered under rocks, peeled the lids off several cans of worms and opened Pandora’s box, and I still had a 2 hour run to fit in (deferred from Sunday, when a hard day of … Continue reading
Brighton Marathon
One of the oft-repeated bits of advice for inexperienced marathon runners is not to do anything on race day that you haven’t done in training. This includes things like wearing shoes that you bought ten days ago, using a race … Continue reading
