I was the lone Strider at the Christleton 5k.
I arrived, with plenty of time to spare at the race car park at Chester Law School. It was clearly very careful about everything it does. There were no potholes, the turf was mown in perfect stripes and ...
Well done to all Sandbach Striders who managed to raise £240 for the fund to help find John Lawton, our friend and running buddy who has been missing in Greece since April 8th.
A big thank you to Andy Nodden Store Manager and Sarah Brown , Events Man...
Thursday 10th may 2012 Mobberley run round the Runway.
The weather for this day did not start good, raining most of the day. The afternoon brightened up a bit and by teatime the sun came out. The trip to Mobberley was a dry one. Registration was in t...
Tonight I ran the Clayton 10K race which is part of the NSRRA programme.Clayton 10 Lap 1It was easy to get to as you just got off at Junction 15 of the M6 and turned left into Clayton and headed to the Gatehouse Pub. You did have to park in the...
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Sandstone Trail Challenge, 34 miles.
Saturday 12th May 2012
Alan, Giles, Jo and Mik - Whitchurch car park very early in the morning.
I completed this event in 2011, but only after I took a wrong turn (across the golf course)
at 32 miles and managed t...
When Michael took a photo of my trainers with the comment “It’s for the kit report” I thought he was joking, I should have known better. At tonight’s hill training session he reminded me… so here it is.
I used to run in Asics trainers and al...
It's come to my attention that the 3rd UK Backwards Run is being held in Heaton Park (Manchester) on 27/05/12. It's a 1-mile course so clearly not beyond any of us.
Entry closes today (09/05/12) at midnight but I have my entry already in!
Check out h...
Summary – Really enjoyable route; Amazing support and atmosphere along the route; diabolical organisation.
It probably should have been a bit of an early “heads-up” at the marathon expo when they handed out t-shirts with the runners numbers tha...
Two different perspectives on this race, first of all one from Paul and then one from Liz...Sometimes you train hard and prepare yourself for a race. The race that I had prepared hard for this time was the South Cheshire 20. 20 miles of frequently hill...
To date, I think my race reports could all be subtitled "Confessions of a Virgin ---(insert appropriate distance) Runner" as I feel as if I have been on a steep learning curve in the past month. Since beginning my competitive career 1 month ago, I ha...
