Brockwell parkrun – 17/01/2015

Another week of January training over and done with. Does anyone like January? The only reason I can imagine it could ever be enjoyable would be if you were sunning yourself on the beach in Australia and going surfing at the weekends. Here, we're stuck with freezing cold and dark mornings, trying to shuffle around …

Metropolitan league cross country – 10/01/15

I'm writing this on sunday afternoon and my legs have taken a bit of a battering this weekend. The club I run for - Serpentine, take part in the London Metropolitan cross country league with 5 fixtures held over the winter season. I'd run cross country before in the London and North London Championships but …

New Year’s Day Triathlon – 01/01/2015

Most normal people spend New Year’s Day trying in vain to shake off the hangover acquired the previous evening. Unfortunately for those closest to me, I’m no longer like normal people - something my family and friends probably discovered that a long time ago. That’s why a few months ago I signed myself up to …

2014 training summary

I may as well call this a 'running summary' rather than a training summary, as it's been a very run based year. Despite setting out with good intentions to do a couple of triathlons this year, it's basically been running races all the way through. However, that's not to say it's not been a successful …

Gut Buster 10 mile race – 28/12/2014

Signing up for this one seemed like a great idea at the time. A good chance to tackle a 'multi-terrain' course and burn off a few mince pies post Christmas. Putting our names down during a fairly mild October, it probably slipped my mind that the end of December would bring freezing temperatures and boggy …