This morning I had the immense honour of being an official pacer at the Robin Hood Half Marathon! Living just a few miles away from the start, the Robin Hood is my biggest local race, so it’s always been close to my heart. I have never been a pacer at a race event before, just… Read More Pacing the Robin Hood Half Marathon 2019
What do a couple of runners (one enthusiastic – me, one less so – Tom) do when they book a holiday? Book a holiday race of course! We set off for a couple of days away in Norfolk and entered the Holkham 10K, which is set in the beautiful grounds of Holkham Hall. The Holkham… Read More Holkham 10k Race Review
On Sunday the 14th October I crossed the finish line of the Yorkshire Marathon. Six months previously, I was recovering from surgery after a miscarriage, two days before I should have been running the London Marathon (you can read my first ever post The Beginning here). The week before the Yorkshire marathon was a tough… Read More Running My First Marathon: The Yorkshire Marathon
Having now completed two exploratory runs in the Peak District (you can read about these here), I decided it was time to enter my first official fell race. The Black Rock’s race, organised by Matlock AC, was recommended to me on Twitter so I contacted the organisers to advise them of my terrible sense of… Read More My First Fell Race: The Black Rocks
Local athletics club Holme Pierrepont Running Club hold a summer Grand Prix series each year, consisting of four races over a fortnight, on Tuesday and Thursday evenings of which you can enter all four or any of your choice. We’ve had particularly hot weather recently, and on top of working long hours I have been… Read More HPRC Grand Prix
