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
On 23rd July, I raced the Wrexham 10k. This summer I had signed up to race three local 10k’s in a bid to beat my 10k PB of 37:30 which I set 3 years ago at the Chase The Sun Tatton 10k coming off the back of all that lockdown running. 6 weeks ago I raced the Colshaw Hall 10k on a hot early summer … Continue reading WREXHAM 10K 2023 RACE RECAP
On the 11th June, I raced the Colshaw Hall 10k in Cheshire. This was my first race since running a PB at London Marathon 8 weeks ago. In that time, I had taken a week off to allow some recovery time, obviously lowered the weekly mileage, and switched focus to shorter but faster intervals. My goal for the summer was to try and beat my … Continue reading COLSHAW HALL 10K 2023 RACE RECAP
On 11th May, I raced the Mow Cop Killer Mile for the third time but this my daughter also took part in the kid’s Killer Mile. There was a really big turnout this year which was super pleasing, this is a small-town race operated by the local running club and only returned in 2022 after disappearing from the calendar for 3 years. First up were … Continue reading MOW COP KILLER MILE 2023 RACE RECAP
On 23rd April I raced the London Marathon for the second time. After gaining a charity place for the 2018 London Marathon, this year I had a good-for-age place from last year’s Paris Marathon and was aiming for a much better time than the 3:58.13 I ran in 2018 whilst dressed as a Love Heart. Training for this year’s race had gone really well, I … Continue reading LONDON MARATHON 2023 RACE RECAP
So here we go then. A race recap I have saved in my drafts folder since March 2020. On 17th April 2023, I raced my first Boston Marathon, my 6th of the 6 World Marathon Majors, and my 14th marathon overall (not including virtuals). Man, it feels good writing that. So we’ll get the whole I have been waiting for this race for years and … Continue reading BOSTON MARATHON 2023 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
On the 5th February, I took part in the local Alsager 5. I ran this race for the first time last year and despite some really windy weather, I came home under 30 minutes (just) with a 29:45… Alsager 5 2022 Race Recap Like last year, I was using this race as a hard threshold session as part of my spring marathon training. Having dipped … Continue reading ALSAGER 5 2023 RECAP
The Cheshire Runner. 