On 5th October, I ran the Cardiff Half Marathon, which was my first Super Half. This was my 3rd race of 2025 and first half-marathon since I ran a PB at the 2023 Stafford Half Marathon in March 23. As was the case at the Stafford half 2 years ago, the Cardiff half was part of my build up to the Chicago Marathon, which was … Continue reading CARDIFF HALF MARATHON 2025 RACE RECAP
On 17th May, I took part in the 2025 Brooklyn Half Marathon. This was a race I had registered for through Sports Tours International and paid for myself. Following the 2024 Chicago Marathon, I had picked up an achilles injury, which meant I had not run since 13th October. Having already committed to paying for this weekend, I decided to travel out to NYC and … Continue reading BROOKLYN HALF MARATHON 2025 RACE RECAP
On the 12th March, I raced the Stafford Half Marathon as part of my build-up towards the 2023 Boston Marathon which was 4 weeks later. This was my second race of the year coming 5 weeks after I set a new 5 mile PB at the Alsager 5. My original target for the Stafford half was to go for a sub 1:20 which would have … Continue reading STAFFORD HALF MARATHON 2023 RACE RECAP
This is my first race of 2020 and I have to say, I have been getting serious FOMO seeing so many people posting about races on social media. I haven’t raced for four months and only raced 5 times since returning from Tokyo 11 months ago. I have really been looking forward to racing hard this weekend and seeing what I can do and where … Continue reading THE BIG HALF 2020 RACE RECAP
My first half marathon of 2019 coming just 15 weeks after the calf tear which nearly put me out for the year. My aim for today is to run the half at full marathon pace and use this race as a long steady run as part of my build up for the New York Marathon. Continue reading CHESHIRE HALF MARATHON 2019 RACE RECAP
With two weeks to go until race day I thought I would set out my goal for the Brooklyn Half Marathon. My goal is simple. I am going here to race, I have been targetting this race since I signed up for the NYRR Virtual 6 programme in March 2018. This was how I got my place in the race and has been a goal … Continue reading BROOKLYN HALF MARATHON HOPES & DREAMS
Having ran the Rock n Roll Liverpool 5k and marathon in 2017 and really enjoying both races as well as scoring a PB in both, I wanted to return this year to have another go at the 5k and try to set a new half marathon PB. Continue reading ROCK n ROLL LIVERPOOL 5k & HALF MARATHON 2018 RACE RECAP
why did I decide to start running? what was my motivation and end goal from this. Kind of a constant moving goal and target but read on to see why first decided to put on my running shoes. Continue reading WHY DO I RUN?
My first proper race since the NYC marathon 4 months ago. Training has gone pretty well since, although all of that training has been endurance work in preparation for the Manchester & London marathon’s in April. So the big question was, how is my half marathon pace looking? can I run close to my PB pace or have I lost some of that speed during the endurance training. Continue reading THE BIG HALF 2018 RACE RECAP
This is my review of how things went for me during 2017. This was my second year of running, but really the first year where I actually had some structure to it. Continue reading 2017 REVIEW
The Cheshire Runner. 