The Outlaw X is a new middle distance (half ironman) triathlon for 2019 celebrating 10 years of OSB events. After my injury during the IRONMAN 70.3 MALLORCA 4 months ago, I decided that I would sign up to race this one right at the very end of the UK triathlon season. 4 months of injury recovery has gone quite well and I am going into this one … Continue reading OUTLAW X TRIATHLON 2019 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
This is my second time running the Mid-Cheshire 5k after running the Mid-Cheshire Spring 5k in April where I set a new PB of 18:10. Since then my run fitness has declined following a calf strain in May. I have not been able to get in as much speed work and the mileage has dropped as well. I am now 15 weeks into the recovery … Continue reading MID-CHESHIRE 5K SUMMER 2019 RACE RECAP
This is the story of my comeback race, the first race since I sustained a serious injury putting me out for most of the summer. How will I get on coming back from an injury, will my body still be able to do it? Continue reading TATTON PARK AUGUST 10K RECAP
A few words recapping on my Ride London 100 experience. I went in aiming for a sub 5:30 100 miler having missed out by 21 minutes two weeks ago. Could I bounce back and improve by over 21 minutes?? Continue reading RIDE LONDON:SURREY 100 2019 RECAP
A brief recap on my ride around Cheshire in the Evans Cycles Cheshire 100 Sportive. I went for the long route which is 100 miles and set out to attempt to ride 100 miles under 5hrs 30mins for the first time. This is the 2nd of 3 100+ mile sportives in a six week period. Continue reading CHESHIRE 100 2019 SPORTIVE RECAP
This is my first race since I suffered a grade two tear of the calf muscle 8 weeks ago at IRONMAN 70.3 MALLORCA whilst I have been able to train in the pool and on the bike, running has been very limited. I only got back to easy paced 5k running this week. I did try to cancel or defer all my races in June & July … Continue reading ABERSOCH SPRINT TRIATHLON 2019 RACE RECAP
So I will cut straight to the chase and tell you that this race was a disaster, I sustained an injury right at the very start which resulted in me pulling out after the bike leg. Back to the normal race recap style now and let’s go into a bit more detail. You can read about the registration in my IRONMAN 70.3 MALLORCA – DAY 1 blog … Continue reading IRONMAN 70.3 MALLORCA 2019 RACE RECAP
The Mid-Cheshire 5k is my first 5k since I ran an 18:51 PB at ROCK n ROLL LIVERPOOL 5k in 2018 (not counting the Chicago 5k and Abbotts Dash to the Finish as they were shakeout runs for the marathons the following day. I signed up for the Mid-Cheshire 5k as it is billed as a fast flat course, the fastest 5k in the UK in 2018 … Continue reading MID-CHESHIRE 5K SPRING 2019 RACE RECAP
This is my third 10k and forth race of 2019. So far, I have ran a PB in every race this year, in fact, I have PB’s my last 5 races dating back to my failure in Chicago. Can I continue that streak today? can I run a sub 37 10k? will I cramp up and injure myself like I did here last year, hopefully not….. Continue reading WILMSLOW RUNNING FESTIVAL 10K 2019 RACE RECAP
The Cheshire Runner. 