Its easy to think that the harder you work out the fitter you’ll get. I remember when I first started running I got faster with every session and I felt so proud. 8 years into my running journey and recently I’ve been feeling like the reverse is true. I feel like it’s getting harder and

Well, as races go, the build-up to this one has got to be one of the most stressful I’ve ever had. I’ve been following a training plan for months, and then the week before race day Storm Ciara hit the UK and races across the country were cancelled amid safety fears. Well, I thought, at

I’ll be honest, I had high hopes for this one. Over the last couple of years, my race times have declined dramatically. Not having actually trained for any of the races due to lack of time, injury, illness or just being damn exhausted from other activities was the reason. But this time was different. This

It’s been 3 years since I last ran the Trowse 10k. Coinciding, I would guess, with the time that they moved the run from Easter weekend in Spring, to Halloween weekend in October, as I’ve often had other engagements that weekend. This year, though, I was really looking forward to running it. Although I haven’t

The weekend just gone was shaping up to be a busy one. It was the opening weekend of Norwich Cocktail Week, on Saturday we were booked to run the Clapham Tough Mudder with Black Tower Wine, and on Sunday morning we’d managed to snag last-minute waiting list spots for the Marriott’s Way 10k. Sadly, some

Ah, Run Norwich. Every year I wonder why I keep signing up for you? Is it that I feel I deserve some kind of mid-summer punishment by running 6 miles I have invariably not trained for, round a hilly route on an absurdly hot day? Who knows? But this year I discovered that my dedication

Last year I headed back to the place I grew up, the Isle of Sheppey, to complete the Island Run 10k for the first time. As well as the momentous and historic occasion of being the first time I had run it, it was also the first time the race had been a 10k rather

One day I will start a race story with the words “I was feeling well trained and confident”. Sadly this is not that day. Marriott’s Way is my favourite 10k race to run. I’ve run it 3 times now. It was my first 10k back in 2012, then I ran it in 2013 and 2015.

This year was the 4th year Run Norwich has taken place, the 4th year I’ve run it, and my slowest one yet. Year one was pretty good, year 2 I went too fast for the heat, had a meltdown and limped in the last 2 miles, year 3 I went slow and steady. Year 4