I’ve had my head down, getting on with training for what seems like forever now. All through the winter months, the cold dark nights, long runs in the pelting rain, but I really feel as though it h...

I’ve spent a lot of time running on the Reading to Newbury stretch of the Kennet and Avon Canal, but only been further west once or twice. So, during the Christmas break I took the opportunity to ...

This weekend saw me with a rare break in my Under 7s football attendance duties, so I took the opportunity to run Newbury Parkrun. I know I need a longer warm-up these days, so I left from home an...

Double run today. Had hoped to get a long run in during my commute but couldn’t drag my lazy arse out of bed. Ran a fast 5.7m at lunchtime, including a hard effort up Norcot Hill (only 2 seconds o...

Easy 3 miler at lunchtime with Anna and Anthea so should be feeling good, but I’ve been suffering most of the day (Piriformis). Strangely seems worse on easy days. Anyway need to push through it –...

Really getting back into it! Got up this morning feeling strong and that gliding sensation as you walk around feeling 20 feet tall. Yesterday was a rest day after a late 11.4 miler (9min pace) on ...

Well I finally feel as though I’m getting back to it… I’m running for 5 or 6 days per week, covering around 30 miles with individual run being 3 – 12 miles. I also seem to be finding a bit of spee...

Nope, that’s not my latest running injury. It’s an assessment of the miserable year I’ve had in terms of ultrarunning training, racing and running ‘mojo’. It’s no surprise I’ve not blogged since Ma...

This year was the first time I had run the Hoka Highland Fling race and it’s fair to say it was a unmitigated disaster. Now don’t get me wrong the race itself is amazing – the organization, the vo...

The Thames Path 100 is an ultrarunning race put on by Centurion Running in March each year. Normally it starts in Richmond, London and follows the Thames Path all the way to Oxford. I got a place ...