Tewkesbury half marathon – hanging in the balance
Tewkesbury half marathon 2022 takes place on 14th May – six weeks after Manchester marathon. Obviously it would be no problem for me to run…
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The marathon paranoia (maranoia)
When you’re training for a marathon, it’s never far from your mind. I’m pretty sure I’m not just speaking for myself here, when I say…
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The athlete and the shin splints
It’s been more than four months since my younger was considered to be officially recovered from his avulsion fracture of the pelvis and able to…
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My son’s 50th parkrun
My younger son ran his first parkrun four years ago, back in September 2015. He has just run his 50th parkrun. Running parkrun regularly has…
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The athlete and looking forward
We felt a bit sad when my son was dropped from the elite rugby team. Because of his injury, he hadn’t been given a fair…
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The athlete and the broken bone (and dreams)
Yesterday I told you how my son had achieved his dream of qualifying for the national athletics competition. After coming second at the regional competition,…
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Why running with Strava may not be right for you
Strava is a fitness social media that is very popular with runners and cyclists. It tracks activities using GPS, then runners and cyclists upload them,…
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Concussion and recovery
Three weeks ago, my son suffered concussion at a rugby tournament. He’d gone in for a tackle at the same time as another player and had…
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How far did I run in January 2018?
Now I’m not going to write a post like this every month, but I thought it would be a nice start to my year of…
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Struggling to run
I bet that’s something you didn’t expect me to write. It’s not something I expected to write, either. But, ever since my injury a couple…
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How far did I run in 2017?
At the start of 2016, I started writing down all of my runs to see how far I ran in a year. I just wrote…
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The broken nose
A couple of weeks ago, I got a call from my younger son’s school. A call from school can mean one of three things –…
