By the time I finish Liverpool half on Sunday I’ll have raced 187 miles for MS so far this year. It was meant to be more but I’ve had a couple of bad weeks. I did three races in two days at the end of February (Preston parkrun, Stanley Park 10k and Oulton Park half) […]
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Run Like a Legend
If you’re not one of us crazy people doing a 20 mile race on the 20th March then here’s a suggestion, why not run a mile race with a legend and visit the Manchester Run Expo at the same time. The race director, Steve Cram, is an gold World Championship medallist, has two gold at […]
Happy Beheading Day
As is tradition on this very special day, I bring you the story of Mike the headless chicken. Mike lived for 18 months back in 1945 with no head. Quite a bit longer than poor old St Valentine did all those many many years ago so that we could rejoice in his death by sending […]
Running In Fashion – 40% off at Lornah S
I love this brand. I first saw it at the Liverpool RnR expo and wanted everything but with tops starting from £50 it’s a little out of my price range. I’ve been obsessed with running dresses for quite a while now and there’s a Lornah one that I always keep coming back to. It’s […]
Bib swapping – The real impact
I checked five races today. I found 6 men in womens category top three. It seems that every running group I’m in on facebook has posts asking for race bibs. I removed myself from a lot of them because I struggle not to speak my mind, I disagree with it quite strongly and there’s a […]
Running in fashion – New Parkrun range
Update 05/02/2016 14:53: All 500 shirts have sold out. More will be available soon so keep an eye on Parkrun’s facebook page. Seems like I can’t get away from running clothes today (even though I’m meant to be reviewing medal frames). Just as I finish typing about the new DP Active range I found […]
Running in fashion – DP Active new cloth
Yes, that’s right, Dorothy Perkins have now joined the athletics wear list They’re calling it DP Active. Need a gym wear overhaul? Don’t sweat it. The brand new Dorothy Perkins performance activewear range is here. Expect flat seams, reflective taping and breathable, airtex fabrics to keep you feeling cool and comfortable whether you’re hitting […]
1000 race miles in 2016 update – 10% don
So one month down and 104.7 miles. That’s over 10% complete already and I can now say with authority that a 10% the day after a muddy marathon is not any easier than a marathon after 22.4 miles the three days before.The Tour of Merseyside has nothing on either. 🙂 I actually only ran […]
1000 race miles in 2016 update
So, 7 races and almost 70 miles completed already. Races completed: 7 Race miles: 69.2 Non race miles: 11.5 All miles: 80.7 930.8 race miles to go. The list of races entered is getting longer too. So that’s another 492 race miles entered which gives 560.8 in total. Still quite a few more to add […]
992.5 miles to go – Orlando New Year Run
I decided way back that I wanted to run a race on New Year’s Day if possible. When I came across the Orlando New Year Run by Epic Sports Marketing it looked perfect. There were two races, a 5 mile followed by a 2.5 mile race 45 minutes later. Why do one race when you […]