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 9th August, I ran the Tatton Park 10k. This was my second race of 2025, having run the Brooklyn Half Marathon in May after 216 days out injured. My main focus this year is to get back to running consistently and get as prepared as possible for the Chicago Marathon in October. With that in mind, I haven’t been training for this 10k specifically, … Continue reading TATTON PARK 10K 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 13th October, I took part in the Chicago Marathon which was my 19th marathon overall and 14th World Marathon Major. I had previous run the 2018 Chicago Marathon where I had aimed for a 3:20 but fell short running 3:41. This time, when I signed up I had a big scary goal of attempting to run under 2hrs 50min that would have been over … Continue reading CHICAGO MARATHON 2024 RACE RECAP
On 29th September I took part in the Berlin Marathon, my 18th marathon overall and 13th Abbott World Marathon Major. This was also my second time running Berlin after the 2017 Berlin Marathon was my 1st time running a World Marathon Major and third marathon. Ever since then Berlin has had a very special place in my heart, not specifically because of the race or … Continue reading BERLIN MARATHON 2024 RACE RECAP
On 9th May, I raced the Mow Cop Killer Mile for the fourth time having ran in 2017, 2022, and 2023, each year getting faster so no pressure. Just like last year my daughter took part in the kids U12’s race which I ran with her as a “warm up”, although judging by her recent Junior Parkrun, she is starting to get to a pace … Continue reading MOW COP KILLER MILE 2024 RACE RECAP
On the 23rd April I raced my third London Marathon having taken part in the 2018 London Marathon with a charity bib and setting my current marathon PB in the 2023 London Marathon with a good for age place. That 2023 PB was good enough to get me another good for age entry for this year so I thought I would use it whilst I … Continue reading LONDON MARATHON 2024 RACE RECAP
On 15th April, I raced my second Boston Marathon. This being my 16th marathon (plus 4 lockdown virtuals) and 11th world marathon major. Last year I raced the Boston Marathon 2023 and got my first taste of this special race weekend. I was fortunate enough to run a BQ in Boston but then improved on that by a further 5 minutes at the London Marathon … Continue reading BOSTON MARATHON 2024 RACE RECAP
On 4th February I raced the Mad Dog 10k in Southport. This was my first time running this race after going down sick on race day in 2018 and missing out. I was using this race as a hard threshold effort as part of my training block for the Boston and London Marathons in April and it was a good job I wasn’t going all … Continue reading MAD DOG 10K 2024 RACE RECAP
On 19th August I took part in the Track Shack Celebration of Running 5k in Orlando FL. No plans or goals for this other than just to run hard and enjoy it. We arrived in Florida from the UK on 17th Aug and spent yesterday at Magic Kingdom clocking up the steps and time on feet. Not really a concern for a 5k and first … Continue reading TRACK SHACK’S CELEBRATION OF RUNNING 5k 2023 RACE RECAP
The Cheshire Runner. 