I have been called inspirational a lot of times today. I am not bragging, I actually find it a little uncomfortable. I always think that inspirational people are extraordinary and I’m not doing anything that anyone else couldn’t do if they had the desire (and were crazy enough). A request for a retweet (I’m obsessed […]
#loveparkrun, don’t charge us for stayin
I hate cars on pavements. Seriously there’s nothing that gets me more angry so I wouldn’t ever mention it to me unless you want an hour long rant. My friend has just had a baby, she’s partial sighted so pavement parkers are bad for her at the best of time but she’s trying to be […]
1000 race miles in 2016 – #PoweredByPeop
Tuesday’s marathon was tough. It was too hot, my feet hurt (need new trainers) and was really tired. After the 4th of 8th laps I really starting to feel it but I didn’t have a choice but to push through. Just Giving have started a campaign called #poweredbypeople. I keep seeing it all over facebook […]
1000 race miles in 2016 – Back of the pa
I needed to go and run 13.1 this week for the Codopoly virtual race. As I was too ill to run Groundhog marathon I replaced it with two virtual races ( as per the rules, which I made up but still have to stick to) from How Hard Can It Be Events (My second one […]
Live blog from the Manchester Run Expo
Today I’ll be attending the first day of the Run Expo, part of the Swim, Bike, Run and Tri Expo, at Event City in Manchester. The expo is back again for a second year and is open all weekend, 10am to 5 pm today, Saturday and Sunday. Today you can grab a free ticket (children […]
Running Blind (with my Fairy Godfathers)
There are some amazing people in the world and I’ve met quite a few of them thanks to running. Last year at the Tunnel 10k I got really ill. Running through the tunnel was like running through one of those things that spins around at fun fairs, I had no idea which way was up […]
Can’t go can’t go can’t go
Meant to be doing a 20 mile recce of part of the 47 miler today to test out my kit including the pretty new trail ultra shoes that just arrived today but instead am sat on my chair with an angry dog on my knee (he don’t like me going out) with can’t go can’t […]
1000 race miles in 2016 update
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) […]
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 […]