Christmas Parkruns

Christmas morning for most involves nursing a slight Christmas eve hangover, usually sorted with a cheeky glass of champagne in the morning and some bacon/smoked salmon to kick start a day of serious eating. Things were different for me this year, as I found myself feeling relatively fresh waiting to be picked up by my friend …

Greenwich park 10K – 21/12/2014

I’ve decided to pack a ridiculous number of races into the Christmas period, and I can only see positives coming out of this arrangement. Firstly, it’s like having a guilt-free pass to eat as much as I want without piling on the pounds – result. I’m also in pretty good shape, so getting races is …

Milton Keynes half marathon – 14/12/2014

A large part of my pre-christmas training has been focused around the Milton Keynes winter half marathon, and since the Budapest marathon I’d been running well and doing some good speed work so was hoping to go close to a personal best. The weekend kicked off with the obligatory Brockwell parkrun, but the plan was to …

Brockwell parkrun – 6/12/2014

After pushing really hard in Cardiff last weekend, the plan this week was to go at around 80% effort and have an enjoyable Saturday morning run. The forecast was indicating that the mercury was going to plummet and they weren’t wrong, it was absolutely freezing. On the short jog over I lost all feeling in …

Cardiff parkrun – 29/11/14

This weekend I was over in Cardiff visiting Katie, and instead of lazing about like normal people on a Saturday morning, we were up at 8 so we could head down to Bute Park to take part in the Cardiff parkrun. This event is much larger than the one I normally take part in at …